SSC CGL 23 Aug 2021 Shift 1 Paper

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What do you call the property of an organism of self-regulation and the tendency to maintain a steady state within an external environment which is liable to change?

Consciousness
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Irritability

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Solution:

Homeostasis has become the central unifying concept of physiology and is defined as a self-regulating process by which an organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity

( {pH})

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