NCERT Solutions for Chapter: The Living World, Exercise 4: LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

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NCERT Biology Solutions for Exercise - NCERT Solutions for Chapter: The Living World, Exercise 4: LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS

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Questions from NCERT Solutions for Chapter: The Living World, Exercise 4: LONG ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS with Hints & Solutions

EASY
11th CBSE
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What is the common name of the plant Brassica campestris Linn, whether it is mustard or cabbage?

EASY
11th CBSE
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Brassica campestris Linn. What do the first two parts of the name denote?

MEDIUM
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Define a taxon. What is meant by taxonomic hierarchy? Give a flow diagram from the lowest to the highest category for a plant and an animal. What happens to the number of individuals and number of shared characters as we go up the taxonomical hierarchy?

MEDIUM
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A student of taxonomy was puzzled when told by his professor to look for a key to identify a plant. He went to his friend to clarify what 'Key' the professor was referring to? What would the friend explain to him?

MEDIUM
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Metabolism is a defining feature of all living organisms without exception. Isolated metabolic reactions in vitro are not living things but surely living reactions. Comment on this statement.

MEDIUM
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Do you consider a person in a coma as living or dead?

MEDIUM
11th CBSE
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What is the similarity and dissimilarity between - whole moong daal" and "broken moong daal" in terms of respiration and growth? Based on these parameters, classify them into living or nonliving?

MEDIUM
11th CBSE
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Some of the properties of tissues are not the constituents of their cells. Give three examples to support the statement.