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The biogenetic law was proposed by

A) Alfred Russel Wallace B) Charles Darwin
C) Ernst von Haeckel D) Lamarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ernst von Haeckel

Explanation:

The biogenetic law states that ontogeny (study of development) repeats phylogeny (origin from previous group of racial history), The young one of the frog namely the tadpole is like a fish cosidered to be ancestral to frog.

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Q:

Which is the liquid that shows Capillary fall?

Answer

Mercury

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Who Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell?

A) Otto Hahn B) John Dalton
C) Robert Brown D) Marie Curie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Robert Brown

Explanation:

Robert Brown, Scottish botanist, Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell in 1831, London. When Brown was studying orchids under microscope when he observed an opaque area, which he called the "Areola" or "Nucleus", in the cells of the flower's outer layer.

The nucleus was also described by Franz Bauer in 1804 but in detail Robert Brown made it in 1831.

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Q:

Bind it and it walks, Loose it and it stops. What is it?

Answer

A Sandal.


It has sticking strips to make them fit for our feet. If you bind them only you can start walking or other wise it comes out.

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World Intellectual Property Day (WIP) is observed on which date ?

A) 27 April B) 24 April
C) 25 April D) 26 April
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 26 April

Explanation:

26th April; Theme for the year 2017: "Innovation – Improving Lives".

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Q:

The first session of the Constitutional Assembly was held on

A) Nov 26, 1946 B) Dec 9, 1946
C) Aug 16, 1947 D) Jan 26, 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dec 9, 1946

Explanation:
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Q:

Which of these is unique to flowering plants?

A) double fertilization B) an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
C) haploid gametophytes D) pollen production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) double fertilization

Explanation:

In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.

 

Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

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Which of the following are not pastoral nomads?

A) Pygmies B) Kazaks
C) Masai D) Lapps
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pygmies

Explanation:

The pygmies are hunting nomads

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