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What is vegetative propagation? Give two suitable examples. Solution:In plants, vegetative propagation is a prevalent form of asexual reproduction. A portion of a plant is used to grow another plant...
Explain with two examples each of the following: coordination entity, ligand, coordination number, coordination polyhedron, homoleptic and heteroleptic. Coordination Entity: A coordination entity is...
What distinguishes the offspring produced by asexual reproduction from those produced by sexual reproduction? Solution: Asexual progeny have a single parent and are genetically identical to the...
Offspring formed due to sexual reproduction have better chances of survival. Why? Is this statement always true? Solution:However, the organisms produced by sexual reproduction do not always survive...
Q 1.5) When a glass rod is rubbed with a silk cloth, charges appear on both. A similar phenomenon is observed with many other pairs of bodies. Explain how this observation is consistent with the law...
Q 1.4) (i) Explain the meaning of the statement 'electric charge of a body is quantised'.(ii) Why can one ignore quantisation of electric charge when dealing with macroscopic i.e., large scale...
Q 1.3) Check that the ratio $\mathrm{ke}^{2} / \mathrm{G} \mathrm{m}{\mathrm{e}} \mathrm{m}{\mathrm{p}}$ is dimensionless. Look up a Table of Physical Constants and determine the value of this...
FeSO4 solution mixed with (NH4)2SO4 solution in 1:1 molar ratio gives the test of Fe2+ ion but CuSO4 solution mixed with aqueous ammonia in 1:4 molar ratio does not give the test of Cu2+ ion....
2. Two cards are drawn at random and without replacement from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the probability that both the cards are black. Solution:There are a total of 26 black cards, as we...
List various types of isomerism possible for coordination compounds, giving an example of each. Answer: a. Geometric isomers: These are nonsuperimposable mirror image isomers. These are possible in...
16. If $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A})=1 / 2, \mathrm{P}(\mathrm{B})=0$, then $\mathrm{P}(\mathrm{A} \mid \mathrm{B})$ isA. 0B. 1 / 2C. not definedD. 1 Solution:C. Not definedExplanation:Using conditional...
Q 1.2) The electrostatic force on a small sphere of charge $0.4 \mu \mathrm{C}$ due to another small sphere of charge $-0.8 \mu \mathrm{C}$ in the air is $0.2 \mathrm{~N}$.(a) What is the distance...