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Choose the Odd One Out: Rods, Cones, Night Blindness, Rhodopsin - Biology

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Question

 Choose the Odd One Out: 

Options

  • Rods

  • Cones

  • Night blindness

  • Rhodopsin

MCQ

Solution

Cones

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Chapter 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Choose the Odd One Out

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Choose the Odd One Out | Q 10

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