Essential Science MCQs for JKSSB Exams
Essential Science MCQs for JKSSB Exams
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3. Which of the following is not a 11. The blood group protein of man is
mucopolysaccharide? composed of –
a) Heparin a) Glycoprotein
b) Chondroitin sulphate b) Mucoprotein
c) Hyaluronic acid c) Lipoprotein
d) Inulin d) Phosphoprotein
4. Primary source of energy utilized by human 12. Food standards like Agmark and ISI are
body ? beneficial for:
a) Carbohydrates a) Consumer
b) Proteins b) Producer
C) Fats c) Both a &b
d) Fibers d) None of the above
b) Insulin
c) Glucose
d) Vitamin B12
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14. Protein most abundant in human body are 21. Glucose is also called as:
a) Collagen a) Dextrose
b) Mysosin b) Corn sugar
C) Actin c) Grape sugar
D) Albumin d) All of the above
a) Pigeon pea
b) Soya bean 3. The most abundant element present in the
c) Horse pea
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plant is
d) Wheat a) Carbon
b) Nitrogen
c) Manganese 11. Which is the leading cause of blindness in
d) Iron children worldwide?
a) Glaucoma
4. which vitamin is essential for red blood b) Cataracts
cells? c) Colour blindness
a) Vit B1 d) Vit A deficiency
b) Vit B9
c) Vit C 12. which of the following vitamin functions
d) Vit K as both, hormone and visual pigment ?
a) Thiamine
5. Which vitamin deficiency disturb the vision b) Retinol
capacity? c) Riboflavin
a) Vit A d) Folic acid
b) Retinol
c) Both A& B 13. Human sweat contains
d) None of the above a) Citric acid
b) Ascorbic acid
6. Who is the father of Vitamin ? c) Lactic acid
a) Funk d) Pyruvic acid
b) Alexander
c) Robert Koch 14. which of the following disease is caused
d) Louis Pasteur by the deficiency of Niacin?
a) Scurvy
7. Which mineral is essential for the b) Rickets
transmission of nerve impulses in the nerve c) Pellagra
fibers of human body? d) Pernicious anaemia
a) Chloride
b) Cobalt 15. Demineralizing of the enamel of a tooth
c) Iodine can cause
d) Sodium a) Dental caries
b) strengthening of dentin
8. which vitamin is important for brain c) loosening of gums
functioning? d) whitening of the tooth
a) Vit B9
b) Vit B6 16. Which of the following vitamins has a
c) Vit B12 coenzyme function?
d) All of the above a) Vit A
b) Vit C
9. Which of the following is the most essential c) Vit B
nutrient for a woman during her initial stages d) All of the above
of pregnancy to prevent birth defects ?
a) Thiamin 17. Cheilosis is caused by deficiency of
b) Folic acid a) Vitamin C
c) Vit C B) Vitamin D
d) Vit E c) Vitamin B
10. which of the following are anti-oxidant d) Vitamin K
vitamin ? 18. The total number of essential vitamins
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d) Vit A b) 13
c) 15 b) Fructose
d) 22 c) Glucose
d) Water
19. which one of the following helps in
regulation of blood volume and blood pressure 4. Roots of the plant absorb water from the soil
a) Iron through the process of :
b) Iodine a) Diffusion
c) Sodium b) Transpiration
d) Phosphorus c) Osmosis
d) None of these
20. Marasmus is the deficiency disorder of
a) Nutrition 5. which of the following statement is/are true?
b) Water a) All green plants can prepare their own food
c) Vaccines b) Most animals are autotrophs
d) None of the above c) Carbon dioxide is not required for
photosynthesis
21. which of the following chemical substance d) oxygen is liberated during photosynthesis
present in bones and teeth? choose the correct answer
a) Calcium phosphate a) i & iv
b) Calcium chloride b) ii
c) Calcium sulphate c) ii & iii
d) Calcium borate d) i & ii
22. Which of the following Vitamin is most 6. The term that is used for the mode of
likely to get destroyed when food is roasted, nutrition is yeast, mushroom and bread mould
fried or boiled? is:
a) Vit D a) Autotrophic
b) Vit C b) Saprophytic
c) Vit E c) Insectivorous
d) Vit K d) Parasitic
d) NOTA b) Water
3. The first visible product of photosynthesis c) Starch
is: d) Carbon dioxide
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a) Starch
c) minerals
a) Xanthophyll
d) Proteins
b) Anthocyanin
c) Chlorophyll
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4. Photorespiration involves: 12. The net gain of ATP produced during the
a) Glycolate cycle oxidation of one glucose molecules in a plant
b) Krebs cycle cell?
c) calvins cycle a) 38 ATP
d) CAM cycle b) 30 ATP
c) 36 ATP
5. Which of the following organs functions as d) 24 ATP
an air conditioner
a) Larynx 13. White lung disease is prevalent among the
b) Pharynx workers of
c) Nasal chambers a) Paper industry
d) None of the above b) Cement industry
c) Cotton industry
6. In the average, What percentage of human d) Pesticide industry (asbestosis)
body has the element of oxygen?
a) 65 % 14. Respiration is:
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b) 25 % a) Anabolic process
c) 10% b) Exothermic process
d) 5 % c) Endothermic process
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d) Endergonic process
d) Larynx
15. The membrane covering the lungs is :
a) Pleura 23. During inspiration:
b) Pericardium a) The diaphragm contracts and rib cage
c) Peritoneum expand
d) Mesothelium b) The diaphragm relax and rib cage contract
c) Diaphragm does not move and rib cage
16. End product of citric acid / Kreb cycle is expands
a) citric acid d) All of the above
b) pyruvic acid
c) lactic acid 24. Name the instrument that measure the
d) carbon dioxide and water amount of air inhaled and exhaled during each
breath?
17. Tobacco smoke is injurious to health a) Lactometer
because it contains: b) Spirometer
a) Carbon monoxide c) Hygrometer
b) Nicotine d) Odometer
c) Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
d) Tar
c) Epiglottis
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MCQs ON TRANSPORTATION IN d) either 1 or 2
PLANTS AND ANIMALS
8. Which of the following substance is
[Link] obtained from soil by the plants:
a) Nitrogen
1. A person with blood group AB b) Carbon dioxide
a) Can donate blood to persons with blood c) Oxygen
group A, B and O d) None of the above
b) Is called universal blood donor
c) Can receive blood from any group 9 ------------ carry blood to heart while ---------
d) is neither a universal recipient nor a donor carry blood away from the heart
a) Capillaries, veins
2. what is approximate time required for a b) Veins, arteries
heart beat? c) Arteries, veins
a) 0.5 sec d) Veins, capillaries
b) 0.8 sec
c) 0.5 min 10. Which of the following force is responsible
d) 1.0 min for raising water up to the tall plants:
a) Root pressure
3. How many times does the heart beat b) Capillary action
approximately in a minute in humans? c) Transpiration pull
a) 25 times d) Air pressure
b) 30 times
C) 72 times 11. Oxygenated blood is carried by :
d) 96 times a) Pulmonary vein
b) Pulmonary artery
4. Transpiration is regulated by the movements c) Renal vein
of : d) Hepatic portal vein
a) Parenchyma cells
b) Guard cells 12. When the concentration of soil solute is
C) Epithelial cells low, the absorption of water is:
d) None of the above a) Normal
b) Increased
5. ECG is used to detect the functioning of c) Decreased
a) Heart d) Stopped
b) Lung
c) Kidney 13. Who discovered ABO blood group
d) Brain system?
a) Karl Koller
6. Transport of food materials in higher plants b) Maurice Hileman
occurs through c) Karl Landsteiner
a) Flowers d) Edward Jenner
b) Companion cells
C) Tracheids 14. The excess of transferring sugar from sieve
d) Sieve elements tube to sink is called :
a) photosynthate transfer
7. If the father has blood group A and mother b) source sink transfer
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a) Liver c) AB-
b) Kidney d) AB+
c) Heart
d) Bone marrow
16. Which animal have closed blood vascular 23. Animals from class -------- are warm
system blooded animals:
a) Hippocampus a) Aves
b) Pheretima b) Pisces
c) Pila c) Reptilia
d) Periplaneta d) Amphibia
choose the correct answer:
1. a & b
2. b& c
3. c & d
4. a & d
d) Major calyces
b) O-
4. The outer part of kidney is called : 12. Artficial kidney was first introduced by
a) Cortex William J Kolff in: father of dialysis
b) Pelvis a) 1920
c) Hilum b) 1925
d) Glomerulus c) 1930
d) 1943
5. In amoeba excretion takes place through the
process of : 13. The coversion of ammonia to urea is done
a) Diffusion by:
b) Infusion a) Arinine cycle
c) Uricotelic b) Fumaric cycle
d) None of the above c) Ornithin cycle
d) None of the above
6. Malphigian body is constituted by :
a) Glomerulus only 14. Conversion of excess of amino acids into
b) Glomerulus and efferent vessel urea is done in:
c) Glomerulus ans afferent vessel a) Lungs
d) Glomerular and Bowmans capsule b) Large intestine
c) Liver
7. The lungs are important organ for excretion d) skin
of :
a) Ammonia 15. The condition where urea accumulates in
b) Water blood is:
c) Carbon dioxide a) Anaemia
d) Urea b) Glycosuria
c) Uremia
8. Nephron is made up of : d) Acidosis
a) Renal Capsule
b) Tubule 16. The yellow color of urine is due to:
c) a and b a) Uric acid
d) Neuron b) Urea
c) Urochrome
9. Which vessel carries blood to kidneys? d) Melanin
a) Renal artery
b) Renal Vein 17. In Kidney, glucose is mainly absorbed by :
c) Both a and b a) Bowmans capsule
d) Only A b) Loop of Henle
c) Proximal Convoluted tube
10. The amount of water excreted as urine is: d) Distal convoluted tube
a) 1.5lt
b) 2.5 lt
c) 3.5 lt
d) 4.5 lt
b) Collecting duct
c) Loop of HENLE
D) Proximal Tubule
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a) Rickets
b) Jaundice
c) Diabeties
d) Anaemia
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MCQs ON COMMUNICABLE AND NON
COMMUNICABLE DISEASE
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18. Name the condition when concentration of
Ketone increases in urine:
1. Haemophilia is an example of :
a) Turners syndrome
a) Hereditary disease
b) Diabetes Mellitus
c) Sickle cell anemia b) Degenerative disease
c) Deficiency disease
d) Acromegaly
d) None of the above
19. Amount of blood passes through the
2. BCG vaccine is used for prevention of :
kidney per minute is:
a)110 to 200ml a) Polio
b) Dengue
b) 150 to 200ml
c) 100 to 120 ml c) Tuberculosis
d) Pneumonia
d) 500 to 1000ml
20. A condition in which urine contains blood 3. The disease SARS stands for:
a) Severe acute renal syndrome
is termed as:
a) Creatinine b) Simple acute respiratory syndrome
c) Severe acute respiratory syndrome
b) Anuria
c) Haematuria d) None of the above
d) Ketonuria
4. Which of the following disease is caused by
21. In which animal the excretory substance is virus and transmitted by mosquito:
a) Plague
ammonia?
a) Camel b) Typhus
b) Human c) Yellow fever
d) Filariasis
c) Whale
d) Fresh water fish (bony fishes)
5. Mumps is an:
22. What is glycosuria: a) Viral disease
a) Average amount of sugar in urine b) Bacterial disease
c) Fungal disease
b) Low amount of sugar on urine
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13. Which of the following disease is called as 21. Amoebiasis is caused by:
Hydrophobia a) Trypanosoma histolytica
a) Rabies b) Entamoeba histolytica
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a) Salmonella
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b) 2 & 3
3. A noise level of 100 decibel would c) 1& 4
correspond to: d) 1,2, 3, 4
a) ordinary conversation
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d) Both b & c
d) All of the above
a) O2 layer
11. Acid rain is caused by the pollution the b) O3 layer
environment by: c) CO2 layer
a) Carbon dioxide and nitrogen d) SO2 layer
b) Carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide
c) Ozone and Carbon oxide 19. Formation of ozone hole is maximum over
d) Nitrous oxide and sulphur dioxide a) Europe
b) Africa
12. Maximum green house gases are release c) India
from which country: d) Antarctica
a) India
b) USA 20. Which of the following devices can be
c) France used to measure ozone in the stratosphere from
d) Britain the ground?
a) Spectrometer
13. Montreal protocol is related to : b) Photometer
a) Global warming c) Spectrophotometer
b) Ozone layer depletion d) Spectro-ozonometer
c) sustainable development
d) food security 21. Which of the following UV radiations is
responsible for causing sun burn and skin
14. The zone of atmosphere in which the cancer?
ozone layer is present is called : a) UV –A
a) Ionosphere b) UV-B
b) Mesosphere c) UV –C
c) Stratosphere d) all of the above
d) Troposphere
22. Cattle farming results in which of the
15. Which important green house gas other following green house gases?
than methane is being produced from the a) Nitrous oxide
agricultural fields? b) Carbon monoxide
a) Ammonia c) Methane
b) Nitrous oxide d) All of the above
c) Arsine
d) Sulphur dioxide
atmosphere
c) Same as present
d) Less than present
18. The supersonic jets cause pollution by the
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thinning of :
c) Deep sea
LEC- 10 d) Tropical rain forest
MCQs ON ECOSYSTEM
[Link] 8. Upper part of sea/ aquatic ecosystem
contain s:
1. The term ecosystem was coined by a) Plankton
a) AV Humbolt b) Nekton
b) H Reiter c) both a& b
c) Ernst Haeckel d) Benthos
d) Sir Arthur Tansley
9. Presence of plants arranged into well
2. The natural place of an organism or defined vertical layer depending on their
community is known as : height can be seen best in:
a) Niche a) Tropical Savannah
b) Biome b) Tropical rain forest
c) Habitat c) Grassland
d) Habit d) Temperate Forest
electrolytic refining?
b) Decomposer food chain
a) Ag
b) Cu d) Fe
c) Na
d) Mg 9. Which of the following non-metal is
Choose the correct answer Lustrous?
1. a & b a) Sulphur
2. a & c b) Phosphorus
3. b & c c) Nitrogen
4. c & d d) Iodine
8. Which one of the following metals does not b) Bromine--- reddish brown color
react with cold as well as hot water? c) Iodine
a) K d) Sulphur
b) Mg
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c) Ca
22. Which of the following that gives a green 4. The maximum no. of electrons in a subshell
coating when exposed to moisture?
is given by the expression:
a) Silver a) 4l+2
b) Magnesium
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b) 4l-2
c) Copper
c) 2l+1
a) k+
2. a&c
3. b&c
4. d
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12. When ferrous sulphate is heated strongly it 19. When a magnesium ribbon is burnt in air,
undergoes decomposition to ferric oxide as a the ash formed is:
main product accompanied by a change in the a) black
colour from: b) white
a) Blue to green c) yellow
b) Green to blue d) pink
c) Green to brown
d) Green to yellow 20. Which of the reaction is used in black and
white photography ?
13. Consider equations: a) Combination reaction
Ca+2 (aq) +2OH- (aq)------Ca(OH)2 (s) b) Decomposition reaction
Precipitate of calcium hydroxide will be of : c) Displacement reaction
a) Green color d) Oxidation reaction
b) Brown color
c) Blue color 21. It is necessary to balance a chemical
d) White color equations in order to satisfy the law of :
a) Conservation of motion
14. The chemical formula of lead sulphate is: b) Conservation of momentum
a) Pb2SO4 c) Conservation of energy
B) Pb(SO4)2 d) Conservation of mass
c) PbSO4
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MCQs ON STATES OF MATTER
15. The reaction in which two compounds [Link]
exchange their ions to form two new
compounds is called: 1. Which of the given gases can be used for
a) Displacement reaction storage of fresh sample of an oil for a long
b) Combination reaction time?
c) Double displacement reaction a) Carbon dioxide or oxygen
d) Redox reaction b) Nitrogen or helium
c) Helium or oxygen
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c) Tin, Copper and zinc 10. Which gas is used in filling electric bulb?
d) Tin, lead and zinc a) Neon
b) Argon
3. The inert gas abundantly found in c) Radon
atmosphere is: d) Krypton
a) Xe
b) Kr 11. Tincture of iodine has antiseptic properties.
c) He This solution is made by dissolving
d) Ar a) Iodine in potassium iodide
b) Iodine in Vaseline
4. On converting 250c, 380c and 66oc to c) iodine in water
Kelvin scale, the correct sequence of d) Iodine in alcohol
temperature will be:
a) 298k, 311k, 339k 12. Which of the following is found in solid
b) 298k, 300k, 338k state at room temperature?
c) 273k, 278k, 543k a) Stone
d) 298k, 278k, 338k b) Sand
c) Mercury
5. Indane gas is a mixture of: d) Both a and b
a) Butane and hydrogen
b) Butane and oxygen 13. Scattering of light takes place in:
c) Butane and propane a) Electroplating
d) Methane and oxygen b) Electrolysis
c) Solution of electrolyte
6. The gas which emits from rice field is: d) Colloidal solution
a) Ethane
b) Methane 14. During summer, water kept in an eathern
c) Nitrogen pot becomes cool because of the phenomenon
d) All of the above of :
a) diffusion
7. The latent heat of fusion of ice and latent b) transpiration
heat of vaporization of water in J/Kg c) osmosis
respectively are: d) evaporation
a) 3.35x105, 22.60x105
b) 3.35x105, 3.35x105 15. Which gas is responsible for swelling of
c) 22.60x105 , 3.35x105 bread?
d) 22.60x105 , 22.60x105 a) Oxygen
8. Milk is a: b) Carbon monoxide
a) mixture c) Carbon dioxide
b) element d) Ammonia
c) Metal
d) None of these 16. Which one is a sublime substance?
a) Table salt
9. A mixture of sulphur and carbon disulphide b) Sugar
is: c) Iodine
a) heterogeneous and shows Tyndall effect d) Potassium iodide
b) homogeneous and shows Tyndall effect
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d) 4.689 W
d) All
16. When a body starts from rest its -------- is 4. Which of the following is used as a
zero moderator in the reactor of a nuclear power
a) Final velocity plant:
b) initial velocity a) Liquid sodium
c) Acceleration b) Boron
d) None of these c) Graphite
d) Carbon dioxide
17. Convert a speed of 54km/h into m/s:
a) 18m/s 5. Dead organisms are transformed into
b) 15m/s petroleum and natural gas in:
c) 16m/s a) Presence of air
d) 19m/s b) Absence of air
c) Presence of sunlight
18. Newtons third law of motion explains the d) None of the above
two forces namely ‘action’ and reaction
coming into action. when two bodies are in
contact with each other. These two forces :
a) Always act on same body
b) act on different bodies and opposite
directions
c) have same magnitude and direction
d) acts on either body at normal to each other
b) Silicon
2. Fossil fuels are :
c) Silver
a) renewable source of energy d) Aluminium
b) non-renewable source of energy
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c) Both a& b
13 . Hot water or steam carrying geothermal energy often comes up to surface in ………….
a) New Zealand
b) Ice land
c) Germany
d) Both a & b
14. Which of the following state has highest potential for solar energy:
a) West Bengal
b) Jammu & Kashmir
c) Karnataka
d) Rajasthan
15. The variety of coal which has the highest carbon content:
a) Anthracite
b) Non-Bituminous
c) Bituminous
d) Lignite
16. Which part of the solar cooker is responsible for green house effect:
a) Coating with black color inside the box
b) Mirror
c) Outer cover of the solar cooker
d) Glass sheet
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17. A device in which electricity is produced by the process of controlled nuclear fission reaction is
called?
a) Nuclear chain reaction
b) Hydro power plant
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c) Nuclear reactor
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ANSWER KEY
LEC-1 4. C 3. C 2. C LEC-9
1. A 5. A 4. B 3. C 1. B LEC-11
2. A 6. B 5. A 4. C 2. C 1. C
3. D 7. A 6. D 5. A 3. D 2. 1
4. A 8. C 7. D 6. A 4. A 3. A
5. B 9. B 8. A 7. B 5. C 4. C
6. C 10. D 9. B 8. D 6. A 5. A
7. B 11. C 10. C 9. A 7. C 6. 3
8. C 12. D 11. A 10. A 8. A 7. D
9. B 13. A 12. B 11. C 9. A 8. D
10. C 14. D 13. C 12. B 10. B 9. D
11. A 15. A 14. D 13. A 11. D 10. C
12. C 16. C 15. D 14. B 12. B 11. D
13. D 17. D 16. A 15. A 13. B 12. C
14. A 18. B 17. D 16. A 14. C 13. 4
15. D 19. C 18. B 17. D 15. B 14. B
16. A 20. A 19. A 18. C 16. A 15. A
17. B 21. B 20. C 19. A 17. D 16. B
18. C 22. B 21. B 20. C 18. B 17. A
19. B 23. B 22. B 21. B 19. D 18. D
20. A 23. A 22. C 20. C 19. B
21. D LEC-4 23. C 21. B 20. C
1. A LEC-6 24. B 22. C 21. D
LEC-2 2. B 1. D 25. C 22. C
1. A 3. A 2. C LEC-10 23. C
2. A 4. A 3. B LEC-8 1. D
3. B 5. C 4. A 1. B 2. C LEC-12
4. C 6. A 5. A 2. D 3. A 1. B
5. A 7. A 6. D 3. D 4. A 2. A
6. D 8. B 7. C 4. B 5. B 3. A
7. D 9. D 8. C 5. C 6. B 4. A
8. B 10. D 9. A 6. D 7. C 5. D
9. C 11. A 10. A 7. A 8. A 6. C
10. D 12. A 11. A 8. D 9. B 7. C
11. B 13. D 12. D 9. D 10. B 8. B
12. C 14. B 13. C 10. C 11. B 9. C
13. C 15. A 14. C 11. C 12. A 10. C
14. A 16. D 15. C 12. D 13. A 11. B
15. D 17. A 16. C 13. A 14. B 12. A
16. C 18. C 17. C 14. B 15. D 13. C
17. B 19. C 18. B 15. D 16. B 14. B
18. C 20. C 19. C 16. C 17. B 15. C
19. A 21. C 20. C 17. B 18. A 16. A
20. A 22. D 21. D 18. C 19. A 17. C
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3. A 2. B 1. A
LEC-13 14. D 6. C
1. A 15. C 7. A
2. 2 16. C 8. D
3. B 17. C 9. B
4. D 18. B 10. B
5. A 19. B 11. D
6. D 20. D 12. D
7. C 21. D 13. B
8. B 14. C
9. D LEC-15 15. C
10. D 1. C 16. B
11. B 2. D 17. B
12. D 3. A 18. B
13. D 4. C 19. A
14. C 5. D
15. C 6. A LEC-17
16. A 7. A 1. D
17. D 8. A 2. B
18. A 9. A 3. A
19. B 10. D 4. C
20. B 11. D 5. B
21. D 12. B 6. D
13. D 7. B
LEC-14 14. A 8. D
1. B 15. A 9. D
2. A 16. A 10. D
3. D 17. B 11. D
4. A 18. B 12. B
5. C 19. A 13. D
6. B 20. C 14. D
7. A 15. A
8. A LEC-16 16. D
9. A 1. D 17. C
10. B 2. C 18. B
11. D 3. C 19. C
12. D 4. B 20. D
13. D 5. A
21.
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