▪ An epiphyte is a plant that normally grows on another plant for support. It is not parasitic, but uses the host plant for support only.
▪ Anthophobia is the fear of flower. Xenophobia is the dislike or fear of people from other countries.
▪ Photophobia is the extreme sensitivity to light.
▪ ―Herpes is a disease caused by a herpes virus, affecting the skin or the nervous system.
―Erythrocyte is a red blood cell ( typically a biconcave disc without a nucleus) that contains the pigment hemoglobin and transports oxygen and carbindioxide to and from the tissues.
▪ ―Leucocyte is a colourless cell which circulates in the blood and body fluids and is involved in counter acting foreign substances and disease ; a white blood cell.
▪ ―Isobar a line on a map connecting points having the same atmospheric pressure.
▪ ―Pneumonia is a lung infection in which the air-sacs fill with pus.
▪ ―Leprosy is a contagious bacterial disease that affects the skin, mucous membranes and nerves, causing discoloration and humps on the skin and, in severe cases, disfigurement and deformities.
▪ ―Lithophytes are a type of plant that grows in or on rocks. Lithophytes feed off moss, nutrients in rain water, litter, and even their own dead tissue.
▪ Gunpowder is a mixture of sulphur, charcoal and potassium nitrate (nitre). When water is added to the mixture potassium nitrate dissolves.
A black hole is a region of spacetime
from which nothing, not even light, can escape.
▪ Rabies (Hydrophobia) is a disease recognized by Insane Dog biting. It effect on the Central Nervous system.
▪ Pneumonia affects the respiratory system.
▪ ―Cooking gas is a mixture of Butane and Propane.
▪ Iron articles rust because of the formation of a mixture of ferrous and ferric hydroxide.
―Chlorination is the process of adding the element chlorine to water as a method of water purification to make it fit for human consumption as drinking water.
▪ Sulphur is mixed with the rubber to make it more flexible.
▪ Dysentery is an intestinal inflammation, especially in the colon, that can lead to severe diarrhea with mucus or blood in the feces.
▪ Vibrio cholerae is a Gram-negative, comma-shaped bacterium. Some strains of V. cholerae cause the disease cholera.
▪ ―Thanatophobia is an extreme and irrational fear of death.
▪ ―Psoriasis is a common skin condition that causes skin redness and irritation.
―Hippocratic Oath is an oath historically taken by physicians and other healthcare professionals swearing to practise medicine ethically. It is widely believed to have been written by Hippocrates, often regarded as the father of western medicine, or by one of his students.
▪ Microphone is used to convert sound waves into electrical energy.
▪ Penicillin is widely used as an antibiotic
▪ The air we inhale is mixture of gases. Which of the following gases in the mixture is highest in percentage? Nitrogen
The average thickness of the earth’s crust is 32km.
The substances human body produces to fight against disease germs are called Antibodies.
▪ The distance of place south or north of Equator is called Latitude.
▪ ―Aboriculture is a science of the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants.
▪ ―Vitamin E is present in egg.
▪ ―Y2K is a computer problem.
▪ Which of the following animals can hear ultrasonic sound? Bat ▪ SIM stands for Subscriber identity Module.
▪ The energy generation in stars is due to Fusion of light nuclei.
▪ Martin Cooper is known for his invention of Mobile Phone.
▪ The law of floating bodies was discovered by greek scientist Archimedes.
▪ First human heart transplant operation conducted by Dr. Christian Bernard on Louis
Washkansky, was conducted in 1967
▪ Exposure to sunlight helps a person improve his health because the ultraviolet rays convert skin oil into Vitamin D
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