10 Sept 2024

General Science

• Which plant hormone helps the ripening of fruits?
Ethylene

 • Blood bank was invented by:
Charles Richard Drew


 • Law of triads was put forward by:
Johann Dobereiner

 • The high reactivity of fluorine is due to:
Its high electronegativity

 • Bakelite is a copolymer of Phenol and:
Formaldehyde 

• The process by which DNA is copied to RNA is called:
Transcription

• Calcium absorption is facilitated by the presence of Vitamin D

 • Potassium permanganate is used for purifying drinking water because:
It is an oxidising agent


• What happens to the liquid when the vapours pressure is equal to atmospheric pressure?

It starts boiling

• The pollutant that may lead to Black foot disease is:
Arsenic 

• The maximum number of electrons on a principal shell is:
2n²

 • Andidiuretic hormone is produced by 
 Hypothalamus

Cutting of plants in ornamental shape is called 
 Topiary

The term green revolution was first used to by
William Gowd

 

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