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The Union Territories get representation in Both the houses of Parliament i.e, The Lok Sabha and The Rajya Sabha.

The famous hill-station Kodaikanal lies in Palani hills.

Lactose is the major carbohydrate in the milk of most species.

Lactose is a disaccharide composed of the monosaccharides D-glucose and D-galactose, joined in a ß-1,4-glycosidic linkage. The chemical name for lactose is 4-0-ß-D-galactopyranosyl-D-glucopyranose.

True, Air is a Mixture.

Air is considered as mixture for the following reasons ;

1. Air can be separated into its components like N2, O2 , Argon and CO2 by the process of fractional distillation of liquid air.

2. Air shows the properties of all the gases present in the atmosphere.
For example : Oxygen is good Supporter of combustion. Hence air also is good supporter of combustion.

3. Air does not have a fixed formula.

4. Air has a variable composition because air at different places contains different amount of gases.

5. Heat or Light energy is neither absorbed nor released when air is prepared physical by mixing required amount of gases .

6. Mixture does have fixed boiling Point. It holds good in case of liquid air.

The Sumerians were the first to evolve a proper system of writing called cuneiform. The script is wedge-shaped. Henry Rawlinson a British officer, deciphered the cuneiform script. He discovered by chance an inscription known as the behistun inscription. Relentless work of almost 12 years by Henry Rawlinson on this inscription, he managed to decipher the cuneiform script.