{
"question_no": 1,
"exam": "NCERT",
"question": "How wonderful is the living world! The wide range of ___________ types is amazing.",
"options": [
"living",
"non-living",
"artificial",
"extinct"
],
"answer": 1,
"explanation": "The statement says, 'The wide range of living types is amazing.'"
}
{
"question_no": 2,
"exam": "NCERT",
"question": "The extraordinary ___________ in which we find living organisms, be it cold mountains, deciduous forests, oceans, fresh water lakes, deserts or hot springs, leave us speechless.",
"options": [
"species",
"habitats",
"communities",
"populations"
],
"answer": 2,
"explanation": "Living organisms are found in a wide variety of habitats such as mountains, forests, oceans, lakes, deserts, and hot springs."
}
{
"question_no": 3,
"exam": "NCERT",
"question": "The beauty of a galloping horse, of the migrating birds, the valley of flowers or the attacking shark evokes ___________.",
"options": [
"fear and confusion",
"awe and a deep sense of wonder",
"anger and excitement",
"sadness and disappointment"
],
"answer": 2,
"explanation": "The passage states that these natural sights evoke awe and a deep sense of wonder."
}
{
"question_no": 4,
"exam": "NCERT",
"question": "The ecological conflict and cooperation among members of a population and among populations of a community or even the molecular traffic inside a cell make us deeply reflect on ___________.",
"options": [
"how species become extinct",
"what indeed is life?",
"how mountains are formed",
"the age of the Earth"
],
"answer": 2,
"explanation": "The complexity of ecological interactions and cellular processes makes us reflect on the fundamental question: 'What indeed is life?'"
}
{
"question_no": 5,
"exam": "NCERT",
"question": "what indeed is life? This question has ___________ implicit questions within it. The first is a technical one and seeks answer to ___________, and the second is a philosophical one, and seeks answer to ___________. As scientists, we shall not attempt answering the second question. We will try to reflect on - ___________.",
"options": [
"two; what living is as opposed to the non-living; what the purpose of life is; what is living?",
"three; what the origin of life is; what evolution is; what is biodiversity?",
"one; what life is; what the purpose of life is; what is ecology?",
"four; what living is; what death is; what is adaptation?"
],
"answer": 1,
"explanation": "The passage states that the question 'what indeed is life?' has two implicit questions: a technical question about living versus non-living, and a philosophical question about the purpose of life. Scientists focus on the question 'what is living?'."
}