Which of the following phenomena are caused due to ‘atmospheric refraction’?
1. Flickering of objects seen through a turbulent stream of hot air rising above a fire.
2. The reddening of the sun at sunrise and the sunset.
3. The apparent flattening of the Sun’s disc at sunrise and sunset.
4. The Sun is visible to us about 2 minutes before the actual sunrise, and about 2 minutes after the actual sunset.
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Which of the following phenomena are caused due to ‘atmospheric refraction’?
1. Flickering of objects seen through a turbulent stream of hot air rising above a fire.
2. The reddening of the sun at sunrise and the sunset.
3. The apparent flattening of the Sun’s disc at sunrise and sunset.
4. The Sun is visible to us about 2 minutes before the actual sunrise, and about 2 minutes after the actual sunset.
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Consider the following statements about Carbon dioxide (CO2):
1. Volcanic eruptions are a natural source of Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
2. Carbon dioxide is confined only to the tropospheric layer of the atmosphere.
3. Excess of Carbon dioxide in the air is removed by green plants by respiration.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Which among the following are the characteristic features of birds?
1. They are cold-blooded animals.
2. They lay eggs.
3. Two forelimbs are modified for flight.
4. They breathe through lungs.
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Consider the following statements with reference to the ‘magnetic field’ of a bar magnet:
1. Magnetic field is a quantity that has both direction and magnitude.
2. Inside the magnet, the direction of field lines is from its south pole to north pole.
3. Magnetic field-lines of two different magnets can intersect each other.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?
With reference to ‘blood’ present in the human body, consider the following statements:
1. It carries oxygen and food to all the cells in human body.
2. It collects wastes from the cells for disposal.
3. It is a type of connective tissue.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Consider the following statements:
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Which of the following statement(s) about Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is/are correct?
1. AIDS is a congenital disease caused by a retrovirus known as Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV).
2. AIDS is characterised by a progressive decrease in the number of T-lymphocytes in the body of the infected person.
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The most common nutrients causing eutrophication are:
The twinkling of a star occurs due to atmospheric refraction of starlight. This twinkling phenomenon occurs only in stars and not in planets, it is because of which of the following reasons?
Consider the following statements:
1. Some substances like carbon dioxide or oxygen can move across the cell membrane by a process called Osmosis.
2. In the cell’s external environment, the concentration of carbon dioxide is low as compared to that inside the cell.
Which of the statement(s) given above is/are correct?