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  • Question
  • Movement of cell against concentration gradient is called


  • Options
  • A. osmosis
  • B. active transport
  • C. diffusion
  • D. passive transport

  • Correct Answer
  • active transport 

    Explanation
    Active transport, this is the only transport method that can move species against their concentration gradient (from low to high concentration). Facilitated diffusion only moves species down their concentration gradient from high to low concentration.

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    • 1. Ramapithecus and Cro-Magnon man are considered

    • Options
    • A. ancestors of modern man
    • B. ancestors of monkey
    • C. ancestors of lion
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 2. Placenta is the structure formed

    • Options
    • A. by the union of foetal and uterine tissue
    • B. by foetus only
    • C. by fusion of germ layers
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 3. Photosynthesis takes place faster in

    • Options
    • A. yellow light
    • B. white light
    • C. red light
    • D. darkness
    • Discuss
    • 4. Number of chromosomes in Down's syndrome is

    • Options
    • A. 46
    • B. 47
    • C. 48
    • D. 49
    • Discuss
    • 5. Plants growing on sand are called as

    • Options
    • A. chasmophytes
    • B. oxylophytes
    • C. lithophytes
    • D. psammophytes
    • Discuss
    • 6. Plant have ____ while animals lack it.

    • Options
    • A. starch
    • B. cellulose
    • C. protein
    • D. fat
    • Discuss
    • 7. Pine, fir, spruce, cedar, larch and cypress are the famous timber-yielding plants of which several also occur widely in the hilly regions of India. All these belong to

    • Options
    • A. angiosperms
    • B. gymnosperms
    • C. monocotyledons
    • D. dicotyledons
    • Discuss
    • 8. On which of the following plants did Gregor Mendal perform his classical experiment?

    • Options
    • A. Gram
    • B. Maize
    • C. Pea
    • D. Wheat
    • Discuss
    • 9. Most abundant tissues of our body are

    • Options
    • A. muscular
    • B. connective
    • C. epithelial
    • D. nervous
    • Discuss
    • 10. Pollination by wind is called

    • Options
    • A. anemophily
    • B. hydrophily
    • C. zoophily
    • D. entomophily
    • Discuss


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