General Knowledge Questions

Chloroplasts use energy from light to transform carbon dioxide and water into sugar and oxygen.

A green pigment located in membranes within the chloroplasts of plants and algae and in the membranes of certain prokaryotes.

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The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act or Right to Education Act (RTE) which describes the importance of free and compulsory education for children between 6 and 14 in India is enacted under Article 21A of the Indian Constitution.

Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in animals and humans which is analogous to the starch in plants. Glycogen is synthesized and stored mainly in the liver and the muscles.

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.

The number of cell layers and cell types together give rise to 6 different types of epithelial tissue.

1. Simple squamous epithelia

2. Simple cuboidal epithelia

3. Simple columnar epithelia

4. Stratified squamous epithelia

5. Stratified cuboidal epithelia

6. Stratified columnar epithelia

Stratified squamous epithelia is best suited for areas subject to friction.