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Theertha sudeep from Delhi public school, Bengaluru
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 5

Select the correct statement out of the following.

A Sandy soil needs regular addition of fertilisers as it holds a large amount of water.
B Loamy soil has good qualities of both sandy and clayey soil and thus is most suitable for pottery.
C Clayey soil develops cracks in hot weather causing harm to the roots of plants, thus is not suited for agriculture.
D The water holding capacity is highest in clayey soil and lowest in loamy soil.


Loamy soil is a mixture of sand and clay , which is suitable for growing plants . So, option (B) is also correct

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Shruti Rajshree from NPS Indiranagar, Bengaluru
Class : Class 5
but as given in the options it says that loamy soil is perfect for pottery which is false . Thus the correct answer is option C.

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Shruti Rajshree from NPS Indiranagar, Bengaluru
Class : Class 5
but as given in the options it says that loamy soil is perfect for pottery which is false . Thus the correct answer is option C.

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deepika from INDIAN SCHOOL JALAN OMAN, Alkamil oman
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 2

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Darshil Rath from Sai International School , Bhubaneswar
Class : Class 3
Correct Answer should be D

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Falaah Qidwai from DPS Noida, Noida
Class : Class 2
Answer is d

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Arjun from chirec heydrabad, heydrabad
Class : Class 3
correct answer should be D

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Nishtha maheshwari from Inventure Academy, Bengaluru
Class : Class 2
the correct answer should be D

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MANIT from Lotus valley, Gurgaon
Class : Class 2
correct answer should be D here?

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Arjun from chirec heydrabad, heydrabad
Class : Class 3

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ALICE from CENTRAL ACADEMY, UDAIPUR
Class : Class 1
correct answer should be D

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Darshil Rath from Sai International School , Bhubaneswar
Class : Class 3

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Aryaman m from Podar international school bangalore, Bangalore
Class : Class 2
correct answer should be D

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Arjun from chirec heydrabad, heydrabad
Class : Class 3
Correct answer should be D

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Arjun from chirec heydrabad, heydrabad
Class : Class 3

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Shreyansh from Don Bosco Academy Patna, Patna
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 7

During the science activity, Ms Prabha demonstrated an experiment in following steps:

Step 1 : She burned a substance X over the candle flame and white dazzling light was observed. Also white powdery ash was left behind.
Step 2 : She mixed the white ash formed with small amount of water. Then she dipped red and blue litmus papers into the solution one by one.

Which of the following observations are correct?
I. The substance burned in step 1 was magnesium.
II. The white ash formed in step 1 was magnesium oxide.
III. The solution formed in step 2 was acidic in nature
IV. The solution formed in step 2 turned blue litmus red.

A I and II only
B III and IV only
C I, II and III only
D II, III and IV only


I think the correct answer is a but the trainer is showing b

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SAMIT from JSS SMCS DHARWAD, DHARWAD
Class : Class 7
OPTION A

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Manvi Mundepi from Montfort School Roorkee, Roorkee
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Shayan Bari from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Katihar
Class : Class 6
D is a flower but others are leaves.

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Shriya Sreekrishna from BLUEBELLS SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL, New Delhi
Class : Class 6

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Sunita from Dps, Greater Noida
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 5

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Manvi Mundepi from Montfort School Roorkee, Roorkee
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Ashher Pervez from DPS Bhilai, Bhilai
Class : Class 7
the answer is option c as the compass needle always points to south pole of a magnet.in this figure the compass needle is pointing towards the left hand side magnet's pole which means that pole's polarity is south and the pole of right hand side magnet is north. you should do a practical of this figure!

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Manvi Mundepi from Montfort School Roorkee, Roorkee
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Manvi Mundepi from Montfort School Roorkee, Roorkee
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Manvi Mundepi from Montfort School Roorkee, Roorkee
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 6

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Devangi from DELHI PUBLIC SCHOOL, Panipat
Class : Class 7

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Meetansh Agrawal from GG, Pune
Subject :NSO    Class : Class 3

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