NEET Biology question

Which one of the following aspects is an exclusive characteristic of living things?

(A)Isolated metabolic reactions occur in vitro
(B)Increase in mass from inside only
(C)Perception of events happening in the environment and their memoryCorrect
(D)Increase in mass by accumulation of material both on the surface as well as internally

Answer: (C)

Solution

NCERT concludes that growth, metabolism and reproduction each fail as truly exclusive defining features of life because non-living systems can mimic some aspect of them (crystals/mountains increase in mass; isolated, cell-free in-vitro systems can show metabolic reactions even though such systems are not themselves

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