‘A’ got her gall bladder removed surgically as she was diagnosed
with stones in her gall bladder. After the surgery, she faced
problems in digestion of certain food items when consumed in
bulk. Can you tell which kind of food items would they be and
why?
Which one of the following is not a plantation crop?
(a) Coffee
(c)
Wheat
(b) Sugarcane
(d)
Rubber
Boojho took some grains of boiled rice in test tube ‘A’ and Paheli took boiled and chewed rice in test tube ‘B’. Both of them poured 1 – 2 drops of iodine solution into the test tube and observed the colour change. What colour change would they have observed? Give reasons for your answer.
Most of the Indian Peninsula will be grouped according to Koeppen’s system
under:
(a) “Af” (b) “BSh” (c) “Cfb” (d) “Am”
Following statements describe the five steps in animal nutrition.
Read each statement and give one word for each statement.
Write the terms that describes each process.
(a) Transportation of absorbed food to different parts of body and their utilisation.
(b) Breaking of complex food substances into simpler and
soluble substances.
(c) Removal of undigested and unabsorbed solid residues of food from the body.
(d) Taking food into the body.
(e) Transport of digested and soluble food from the intestine to blood vessels
Koeppen’s system of classification of climates can be termed as :
(a) Applied (b) Systematic (c) Genetic (d) Empirical
Fill in the blanks with suitable words:
(a) The alimentary canal stretches from to.
(b) Teeth are rooted in separate in between the .
(c) Digestion of food starts in and gets completed in .
(d) is the largest gland in the human body
You were blindfolded and asked to identify the drinks provided in two different glasses. You could identify drink A as lime juice and B as bitter gourd juice. How could you do it inspite of being blindfolded?
Choose the odd one out from each group and give reasons.
(i) liver, salivary gland, starch, gall bladder
(ii) stomach, liver, pancreas, salivary gland
(iii) tongue, absorption, taste, swallow
(iv) oesophagus, small intestine, large intestine, rectum
Which one of the following is suitable for Koeppen’s “A” type of climate?
(a) High rainfall in all the months
(b) Mean monthly temperature of the coldest month more than freezing
point
(c) Mean monthly temperature of all the months more than 18o C
(d) Average temperature for all the months below 10° C