Viruses exhibit characteristics of both living and non-living entities. Which of the following properties of viruses MOST strongly supports the argument AGAINST their classification as living organisms?
Presence of genetic material (DNA or RNA)
Ability to evolve and adapt to their environment
Inability to reproduce independently outside a host cell
Specific interaction with host cells
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Among the following listed features, which is not a unique feature of living organisms?
Increase in size
Response to stimuli
Self organisation
Growth and reproduction
Read the following features and select the correct option from the options given below with respect living beings I. They reproduce II. They metabolise
III. They have cellular organization IV. They have ability to respond to stimuli
I and III are true
I and II are true
Only III is true
All are true
Regeneration was first discovered in
Hydra
Planaria
Sponges
Amoeba
Biological organization in living state is at
Atomic level
Molecular level
Cellular level
Tissue level
Metabolic reaction take place
Invitro
Invivo
Both A and B
None of the above
In majority of higher animals and plants reproduction and growth are
Mutually exclusive events
Simultaneous events
Dependent events
Identical events
Metabolism can be best defined as
The process in which a chemical is formed inside a body
The process in which a chemical is destroyed inside a body
The sum total all of chemical reactions only occurring in a body
A complex construction process only
Which of the Following organism do not reproduce?
Mules
Sterile worker bees
Sterile human couple
All of the above
In plants growth occur by … throughout their life span.
Choose an appropriate option to complete the given NCERT statement
Cell dedifferentiation
Cell differentiation
Cell multiplication
None of these
Which of the following is a defining feature of all living organisms
Reproduction
Growth
Self Consciousness
Response to external stimuli
