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Indian Navy’s survey vessel INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar power system on board. The solar power system works on sunlight and hence is 100% per cent reliable for power source that can be used for communication equipment, battery charging and general lightings onboard round the clock with battery outputs during night. The system is maintenance free.

The blood of some invertebrate animals like the earthworm is red due to haemoglobin pigment, but the pigment is dissolved in the plasma. In vertebrates the same pigment is found in the red corpuscles and not in the plasma.

Stalk means the main stem of a herbaceous plant.

Synonyms for Stalk are - Shoot, trunk, cane, bent, reed, straw, bine, stock,...

Excessive use of nitrate including manure may be responsible forthe presence of toxic substance in groundwater. Phosphate can also enter the groundwater via excessive use of fertilizers. High application rates of nitrogen containing fertilizers combined with the high-water solubility of nitrate, leads to increased runoff into surface water as well as leaching into groundwater, thereby causing groundwater pollution.

Only a fraction of the nitrogen-based fertilizers, is converted to produce and other plant matter. Nitrate pollution in groundwater comes from pit latrines, it can cause blue baby syndrome.

coulomb is unit of Electric Charge,

watt per meter per degree celcius is unit of Thermal Conductivity,

joule per kilogram per Kelvin is unit of Specific Heat capacity.

Daemon is a program that runs in the background without user’s interaction. A daemon runs in a multitasking operating system like UNIX. A daemon is initiated and controlled by special programs known as ‘processes’.

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Cellular repiration takes place in the mitochodria.

There are 3 phases of cellular respiration. They are:

1. Glycolysis (Fermentation),

2. Krebs Cycle, and

3. Electron Transport.

Glycolysis takes place in the cytoplasm. The Krebs cycle and electron transport takes place in the mitochondria.