{"id":195583,"date":"2022-06-17T14:29:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T08:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/?p=195583"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:01:46","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T07:31:46","slug":"biology-chapter-wise-important-topics-and-weightage-for-neet-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/biology-chapter-wise-important-topics-and-weightage-for-neet-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Chapter-wise Important Topics and Weightage for NEET 2022 Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlp.aakash.ac.in\/medical\/one-year-all-india-aakash-test-series-aiats-neet-2023-class-xii-passed?utm_source=seobanner&amp;utm_medium=DLP_Aakashweb&amp;utm_campaign=AIATS_blogcontent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d20x1nptavktw0.cloudfront.net\/wordpress_media\/2023\/02\/750x242-v2.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEET-UG 2022<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comprises 180 questions that are divided into three sections, i.e., <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physics<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (45 questions), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chemistry<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (45 questions), and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biology <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(90 questions). It means the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weightage of the Biology section<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is more than the other two sections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the smart techniques to prepare for the NEET 2022 exam is to know about the important questions from each chapter. This article will help you with important questions from each <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/important-concepts\/biology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biology<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> chapter for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/neet-exam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEET 2022 exam<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Chapter-wise Important Questions for NEET 2022<\/h3>\n<h4><b>Chapter 1: The Living World<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dlp.aakash.ac.in\/medical\/neet-booster-test-series-2023?utm_source=seobanner&amp;utm_medium=DLP_aakashweb&amp;utm_campaign=Neet_Booster_blogcontent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/d20x1nptavktw0.cloudfront.net\/wordpress_media\/2023\/02\/750x242.jpg\" width=\"750\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n1. What is the correct representation of organisation levels in living beings?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Atomic\u2192Molecular\u2192Subcellular\u2192Cellular\u2192Tissue\u2192Organ System\u2192Individual<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the first step of taxonomy?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step of taxonomy is the identification of the organism.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 2: Biological Classification<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the sequence of taxonomic categories?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Division\u2192Class\u2192Order\u2192Family\u2192Tribe\u2192Genus\u2192Species<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What do you mean by Biological Classification?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To identify dissimilarities among organisms and place them into groups that reflect their most important features and relationship.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/aakashdigital.com\/mock\/neet-test?utm_source=AKBY_Blog&amp;utm_campaign=AKBY_NEETMockTest2022&amp;utm_Content=AK-Website\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click Here to Register for NEET Mock Test 2022 by Aakash Byju&#8217;s<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Chapter 3: Plant Kingdom<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Why does Funaira require water?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Funaira, fertilisation occurs only in water. Therefore, it requires water.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What do you mean by Phenetics?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phenetics is a method of classification based on similarities between organisms without regard to their evolutionary relationships. In this classification, the organisms are arranged according to the overall similarities of existing organisms based on observation characters.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 4: Animal Kingdom<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Name the two animals that have non-glandular skin.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chameleon and Turtle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Name the common feature shared by birds and mammals.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both are warm-blooded.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 5: Morphology of Flowering Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What are adventitious roots?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roots developed from the part of the plant other than the radicle are called adventitious roots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Where does the placenta attach to develop the seed?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is attached to the developing seed near the hilum.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 6: Anatomy of Flowering Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. What is the responsibility of the pericycle in roots?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To form the lateral roots.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Why is grafting not possible in monocots?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grafting is not possible in monocots because they lack cambium.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 7: Structural Organisation of Animals<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Who secretes the non-cellular basement membrane of epithelial cells?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The epithelium and connective tissues secrete it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Which system is associated with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respiratory system.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 8: Cell: The Unit of Life<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Give an example of the dye not used for staining chromosomes?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Safranin stain is not used for staining chromosomes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Who proposed the fluid mosaic model of the plasma membrane?<\/p>\n<p>J. Singer and G. L. Nicolson proposed the improved model of cell membrane structure. Later this model was widely accepted as the fluid mosaic model.<\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 9: Biomolecules<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What does glycogen make up?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glycogen is made of glucose units.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the most plentiful component of a cell in a living organism?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most abundant component of a cell is water.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 10: Cell Cycle and Cell Division<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Where does the nuclear membrane disappear?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nuclear membrane disappears in the Late Prophase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Where does pairing between homologous chromosomes take place?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the zygotene stage of prophase-I.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 11: Transport in Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. What happens when potassium ions enter the guard cells?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When K\u207a ions enter the guard cells, stomata open, and when K\u207a ions exit the guard cells, stomata close.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the use of a Potometer?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is used to determine the rate of transpiration in plants.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/neet-medical-crash-courses?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=neetcrashcourse&amp;utm_campaign=blog\"><b>Click Here to Register for NEET Crash Course 2022 by Aakash Byju&#8217;s<\/b><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4><b>Chapter 12: Mineral Nutrition<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Which bacteria converts ammonia into nitrite?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nitrosomonas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is Hydroponics?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the technique of growing plants without soil in the nutrient solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 13: Photosynthesis in Higher Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. To form a glucose molecule, how many molecules of ATP and NADPH\u2082 are required in plants?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants required 18 molecules of ATP and 12 molecules of NADPH\u2082 during the formation of glucose.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. What is the correct sequence of stages of the Clavin cycle?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carboxylation\u2192Reduction\u2192Regeneration<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 14: Respiration in Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Why does R. Q. get highest when the respiratory substance is maleic acid?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It happens because maleic acid is an organic acid that produces CO\u2082 after oxidation. Due to which R. Q. gets highest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. It is said that Phosphorus plays an important role in the energy metabolism process. Why?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is because Phosphorus produces ATP energy during the energy metabolism process.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 15: Plant Growth and Development<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. What is differentiation?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the process when totipotent embryonic stem cells change their structure, shape, and chemistry to meet the function they perform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Why is abscisic acid known as a stress hormone?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abscisic acid is known as a stress hormone because it increases the tolerance of plants to various stresses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 16: Digestion and Absorption<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Why do you lose hunger in a fever?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hunger is excited with the average decrease in body temperature. As the body&#8217;s temperature increases in fever, hunger is lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. How many monophyodont teeth are there in human beings?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are eight premolars and four molars in human beings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 17: Breathing and Exchange of Gases<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the correct sequence of the air passage in a man?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External nares\u2192Nasopharynx\u2192Larynx\u2192Trachea\u2192Bronchi\u2192Bronchioles\u2192Alveoli<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Why is CO more toxic than CO\u2082?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Haemoglobin shows a maximum affinity for CO, and CO reduces the oxygen-carrying capacity of haemoglobin. It makes CO more toxic than CO\u2082.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 18: Body Fluids and Circulation<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is Pericardium?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heart is encircled in a double-walled sac known as Pericardium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Name the doctor who performed the first heart transplant.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William Harvey.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 19: Excretory Products and Their Elimination<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. In which part does Aldosterone act?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Which part of the nephron is also called Renal Corpuscle?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bowman\u2019s capsule and Glomerulus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check our visual story on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/web-stories\/neet-2022-biology-syllabus-and-important-topics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEET 2022 Biology Syllabus and Important Topics<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"rIJNAooSi9\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/web-stories\/neet-2022-biology-syllabus-and-important-topics\/\">NEET 2022 Biology Syllabus and Important Topics<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;NEET 2022 Biology Syllabus and Important Topics&#8221; &#8212; Aakash Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/web-stories\/neet-2022-biology-syllabus-and-important-topics\/embed\/#?secret=EehoYJIgug#?secret=rIJNAooSi9\" data-secret=\"rIJNAooSi9\" width=\"360\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 20: Locomotion and Movement<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is muscular dystrophy?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A genetic disorder resulting in progressive degeneration of skeletal muscles is called muscular dystrophy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is Rigour Mortis?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rigidity produced in muscles after the death of the person is called Rigour Mortis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 21: Neural Control and Coordination<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. How does the potential of the resting membrane maintain?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resting membrane potential is maintained by ion pumps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Who controls the function of visceral organs?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sympathetic and parasympathetic neural systems control it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 22: Chemical Coordination and Integration<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the responsibility of thymosin?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s responsible for the differentiation of T-lymphocytes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the name of the group of hormones produced by Leydig cells?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They produce a group of hormones called androgens.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 23: Reproduction in Organisms<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Match the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Column A<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>Column B<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potato<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conjugation<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spirogyra<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stem cuttings<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rose<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conidiospores<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Penicillium<\/span><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stem tubers<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potato &#8211; Stem tuber, Spirogyra &#8211; Conjugation, Rose &#8211; Stem cuttings, Penicillium &#8211; Conidiospores<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Why are dogs called seasonal breeders?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dogs are seasonal breeders because they exhibit the oestrous cycle only during favourable seasons in their reproductive phase.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 24: Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the meaning of siphonogamy in angiosperm?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In seed plants, fertilisation is known as siphonogamy. A pollen tube brings the male gametes to the egg containing the female gametophyte.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is a haploid plant?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A plant raised from a single germination pollen grain under cultural conditions is called a haploid plant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/how-to-prepare-for-neet-biology-exam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NEET Biology Preparation: How to Prepare for NEET Biology 2022 Exam?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/10-study-tips-to-prepare-biology-for-neet-exam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Study Tips to Prepare Biology for NEET Exam<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/10-smart-techniques-to-study-biology-for-neet\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 Smart Techniques to Study Biology for NEET<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 25: Human Reproduction<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. The ampulla is the part of which reproductive system?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Female reproductive system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Name the sections in which the man\u2019s epididymis from the anterior to posterior is divided?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epididymis has three parts: anterior caput, middle corpus, and posterior cauda epididymis.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 26: Reproductive Health<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the most dangerous sexually transmitted disease?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HIV\/AIDS is the most dangerous sexually transmitted disease. HIV causes AIDS. It weakens the immune system and can\u2019t be cured.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. In the artificial insemination technique, where does semen collected?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Artificial insemination is a fertility treatment method in which semen either from a husband or a healthy donor is artificially introduced directly into a woman\u2019s womb.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 27: Principle of Inheritance and Variation<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Why can\u2019t males be the carriers of colour blindness?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colour blindness is a sex-linked recessive trait. And males only have X-chromosomes which makes them unable to be its carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What will be the cross result between a homozygous female and a haemophiliac male?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cross result between a homozygous female and a haemophiliac male would produce a normal male or a female carrier child.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 28: Molecular Basis of Inheritance<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. How many base pairs of nucleotides are present in the human genome?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The human genome has 3.1647 billion (3 x 10\u2079 bp) nucleotide base pairs and about 20,500 genes. The average gene size is 3000 base pairs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. Which enzyme is known as the \u2018chemical knife of DNA?\u2019<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Endonuclease enzymes are known as the \u2018chemical knife of DNA.\u2019 They cleave DNA at or near the specific recognition sequences (known as restriction sites).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch our video on How to prepare for NEET 2022 Biology | NEET 2022 Biology Preparation Strategy | Aakash Byju&#8217;s NEET<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to prepare for NEET 2022 Biology | NEET 2022 Biology Preparation Strategy | Aakash Byju&#039;s NEET\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LJU76CGPumM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4><b>Chapter 29: Evolution<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Why do most biologists think RNA was the first genetic material?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is because the existence of ribozymes suggests that early cells could have used RNA to catalyse chemical reactions and transfer information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. According to the chemical evolution theory, what is the sequence of origin of life?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inorganic molecules\u2192Organic molecules\u2192Colloidal aggregates\u2192Coacervates\u2192Cell<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 30: Human Health and Disease<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the WHO Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS) composition?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ORS is the most effective way to cure acute diarrhoeal diseases. It is composed of Sodium Chloride, Anhydrous Glucose, Potassium Chloride, and Trisodium Citrate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the definition of \u2018health\u2019 according to WHO?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health is defined as complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 31: Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Which infectious and contagious bacterial diseases affect cattle, horses, sheep, goats, and buffaloes?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anthrax is an acute infectious disease of farm animals caused by the bacterium \u2018Bacillus Anthracis.\u2019 This disease can also be transmitted to humans by contact with animal hairs, hides, and excrements.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the name given to the somatic hybridisation between potato and tomato?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The somatic hybrid between potato and tomato belonging to two different genera is called Pomato.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 32: Microbes in Human Welfare<\/b><\/h4>\n<p>1. Which antibiotic was extensively used to treat American soldiers wounded in World War II?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1940, E. Chain and H. Florey obtained a relatively stable penicillin preparation. This antibiotic was extensively used to treat the wounds of American soldiers in World War II.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is the Batch Process?<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this process, the nutrients and microorganisms are put into the closed reactor and allowed to proceed until maximum yields have been observed.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><b>Chapter 33: Biotechnology: Principles and Processes<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. Why are DNA ligases called genetic gum?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DNA ligases join two individual fragments of double-stranded DNA by forming phosphodiester bonds between them. They help in sealing the DNA fragments. Therefore, they act as genetic gum or molecular glue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. What is Recon?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recon is the smallest unit of DNA that is capable of recombination.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 34: Biotechnology and its Applications<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is Pathophysiology?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u2018Pathophysiology\u2019 means the functional changes associated with or resulting from a disease or injury or a disease or syndrome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2. Does organic farming involve genetic engineering?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In organic farming, farmers use manure, biopesticides, biofertilizers, and biocontrol agents to increase crop production instead of artificial fertilisers and pesticides. It doesn\u2019t include genetic engineering.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 35: Organisms and Populations<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is the reason for the increase in global temperature?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concentration of CO\u2082 is increasing day by day due to human activities. CO\u2082 can absorb heat radiation. Therefore, it increases global warming (or global temperature).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. How does PAN form?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PAN (Peroxyacetyl Nitrate) is formed due to the occurrence of the photochemical reactions between nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Chapter 36: Ecosystem<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1. What is net primary productivity (NPP)?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total energy stored in the plant tissues after utilising some energy for their metabolic activities through respiration is called net primary productivity (NPP).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>2. If all the world&#8217;s plants die, all the animals will also die. 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