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Peak sensitivity of rods corresponds to which wavelength?

Pick B: 498 nm. Thinking about Sensory System Eye Physiology in a practical way — what the structure does, or what the process achieves — leads you here. Clinically and academically, the same logic shows up again and again: 498 nm is the option that correctly names the structure, process, or principle asked for in Sensory System Eye Physiology. Hence 498 nm is correct. Treat this as a building block for the rest of Sensory System Eye Physiology; neighbouring topics often reuse the same principle. Keep a one-line summary card for this idea and revisit it before the paper; short, repeated review beats long cramming sessions.

Ref: Animal physiology is Unit 7 of the CSIR NET Life Science Syllabus, covering core body systems. It accounts for roughly 10% of the total marks in Sections B and C.

Color vision is mediated by which photoreceptor?

Answer: B) Cones. For Sensory System Eye Physiology, once you lock onto the key mechanism or definition, Cones is the clear fit. If you restate the concept in your own words, Cones is the option that correctly names the structure, process, or principle asked for in Sensory System Eye Physiology. So Cones is the clean, accurate selection. If a similar stem appears later, start from the same core fact and you will land on the same kind of answer. In class notes, highlight this same phrase next to the related diagram so the wording and the picture reinforce each other.

Ref: Animal physiology is Unit 7 of the CSIR NET Life Science Syllabus, covering core body systems. It accounts for roughly 10% of the total marks in Sections B and C.