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    What is the common name for 'Ranun culus repens' ?
    Creeping butter cup

    What is the common name for 'Bellis Perennis' ?
    Daisy

    To which class of vertebrates grass snakes and slow worms belong
    Reptiles

    Is the 'wood louse' an insect or a crustacean ?
    Crustacean

    To which order of animals to the gorilla and chimpanzee belong ?
    Primates

    What is the name of the common green, one celled-alga that grows on the trunks of trees ?
    Pleurococcus

    What is the name given to the filaments that form the body of a fungus ?
    Hyphae

    Which insect carries and transfers the malarial parasite to humans ?
    Mosquito- Female of Anopheles gambiae

    What disease is caused by the parasite 'Trypanosoma gambiense' ?
    Sleeping sickness

    What is the everyday name for Paramecium ?
    Slipper animalcule

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    What is the scientific name for the bristles of an earth worm ?
    Chaetae

    What is the common name for Nere is ?
    Sand worm

    How many true legs does a caterpillar possess ?
    60

    What are the larva of the house-flies called ?
    Maggots

    What are young trouts called ?
    Alevins

    What name is given to the 'second stomach' of a bird ?
    Gizzard

    Which vitamin is responsible for the coagulation of blood ?
    Vitamin K

    Where is Insulin secreted ?
    Pancreas

    Which hormone contains iodine ?
    Thyroxine

    Which enzyme can hydrolyse sucrose ?
    Invertase

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    What is invert sugar ?
    Mixture of glucose and fructose

    Who introduce the pH scale ?
    Sorenson

    What is the chemical name of Vitamin B1 ?
    Thiamine

    What is riboflavin ?
    Vitamin B2

    What is cyanocobalamin ?
    Vitamin B12

    What are the Vitamins present in B Complex ?
    B1, B2, B6 and B12

    What is ascorbic acid ?
    Vitamin C

    What is the Vitamin present in rice-polishing ?
    Vitamin B2

    Beriberi is caused by the deficiency of
    Vitamin B1

    What is calciferol ?
    Vitamin D3

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    Which is a steroid vitamin ?
    Vitamin D

    Which vitamin prevents Pellagra ?
    Niacin

    What is a Sunshine Vitamin ?
    Vitamin D

    What is Ziegler- Natta catalyst ?
    TiCl4+Al(C2H5)3

    What is meant by malleability ?
    Converting into sheets

    What is the last element of the Periodic table that occurs in nature ?
    Uranium

    What is used for the measuring the wavelength of light ?
    Interferometer

    In which solvent gold can dissolve ?
    Aqua regia

    What is the unit of magnetic moment ?
    Bohr magnetron

    What is Bordeaux mixture ?
    Mixture of CuSO4+Ca(OH)2

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    What is Pitch-blende ?
    An ore of Uranium

    What is EDTA ?
    Ethylene Di amine Tetra Acetic acid

    What metal is present in hemoglobin ?
    Iron

    What is vermilion ?
    Red form of HgS

    What is salt gas ?
    Hydrogen Chloride

    What is King's Yellow ?
    As2S3 + As2O3

    What is mosaic gold ?
    SnS2

    What is the chemical name of Aspirin ?
    Acetyl Salicylic acid

    What is laughing gas ?
    Nitrous gas

    What is the metal name after a goddess ?
    Vanadium (Goddess Vanadis)

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    What is called sugar of lead ?
    Lead acetate

    What is Paris Green ?
    Double salt of Copper acetate and Copper arsenite


    What is oil of vitriol ?
    Sulphuric acid

    What is agate ?
    Naturally occurring silica

    What is carborundum ?
    Silicon Carbide

    What is milk of lime ?
    Calcium Hydroxide

    What is absolute alcohol ?
    99% Ethyl alcohol

    What is Mohr's salt ?
    Ferrous ammonium sulphate

    What is water gas ?
    Mixture of Carbon monoxide and hydrogen

    What is dry ice ?
    Solid Carbon dioxide

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    Who discovered electrons
    J.J. Thomson

    Who stated the uncertainty principle ?
    W Heisenberg

    Who discovered X rays ?
    WK Roentgen

    What is the expansion of LASER ?
    Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation

    Name the particle that has the highest velocity ?
    Photon

    Who discovered neutrons ?
    J Chadwick

    What is Zeeman effect ?
    Splitting of spectral lines by magnetic field

    What is the instrument is used to measure the atmospheric pressure ?
    Barometer

    What is the SI unit of pressure ?
    Pascal (Pa)

    What is the melting point of ice in Kelvin ?
    273 K

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