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l 25 cm is the distance of ‘distinct vision’ for nor- l Some oil- rich seeds can be stored for long peri-
mal eye ods without any change in their oil content be-
l A body which is a good absorber of heat is also a cause of the presence of Antioxidants
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l Semiconductor materials are Silicon and Ger- An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxi-
manium dation of other molecules. Oxidation is a chemical
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chain reactions that may damage cells. Antioxidants
A semiconductor is a substance, usually a solid
such as thiols or ascorbic acid (vitamin C) termi-
chemical element or compound that can conduct
nate these chain reactions
electricity under some conditions but not others,
making it a good medium for the control of electri- l Food chain is present in Marine ecosystem, For-
cal current est ecosystem and in Pond ecosystem etc
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Chemistry
Food chains begin with plant-life, and end with an-
l When dust gets into the eye, the part that be- imal-life. Some animals eat plants, some animals
comes inflamed and pink is the Sclerotic eat other animals. A simple food chain could start
l Chromium salt is used as a mordant in dyeing with grass, which is eaten by rabbits
l Green house effect in the environment is due to
the increase of Carbon dioxide
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Arpanet was a precursor to the Internet
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Biology
l Opium is a plant product obtained from dried
The Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (AR-
latex
PANET) was an early packet switch-ing network and
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Opium is the dried latex obtained from the opium TCP/IP. Both technologies became the technical
poppy. Opium latex contains appro-ximately 12 per- foundation of the Internet
cent of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which is l In Java, thread is an independent sequential flow
processed chemically to produce heroin and other of control within a process
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drug trade
Java is a multi-threaded programming language
l The colour of cow’s milk is slightly yellowish due
which means we can develop multi-threaded pro-
to the presence of carotene
gram using Java. A multi-threaded program contains
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Cow milk fat contains a colouring pigment called each part can handle a different task at the same
Beta-carotene (a carotenoid which is precursor of time making optimal use of the available resources
vitamin-A). Whereas buffalo milk lacks the same especially when your computer has multiple CPUs
thus it is not yellowishlike cow milk. The same car- l The author of the book ‘Journey of a Nation :
otenoid is also found in vegies like carrot Indian National Congress – 125 Years is Anand
l Pneumonia is not caused or aggravated by air Sharma
pollution l France became the first country in Europe to
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Pneumonia is usually caused by infection ings in 2011.
with viruses or bacteria and less commonly by l K. Balachander was selected in 2011 for the
other microorganisms Dada shaheb Phalke Award for the year 2010
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in all chordate except in larvae of Eel fish
Manoj Kumar has been honoured with Dada Saheb
l Ilium is a part of Pelvic girdle
Phalke Award 2016
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The pelvic (hip) girdle transfers the weight of the the Wimbledon 2011 Championship
upper body to the legs. It consists of a pair of coxal
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bones, each of which contains three fused bones:
the Ilium, ischium, and pubis Andy Murray won the Men’s Singles Title in the
l The pores in leaves through which liquid water
Wimbledon 2016 Championship
oozes out at times are called Stomata l The Book ‘Mein Kampf ‘ was written by Adolf
Hitler
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