Which of the following is the "physical basis of life"?

DNA

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Protoplasm

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Nucleus

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Sex chromosome

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Solution

The correct option is B Protoplasm
Protoplasm is the living matter. It was called the sarcode by Dujardin in 1835. The term protoplasm was coined by Purkinje in 1839. Huxley called protoplasm as the physical basis of life, in 1868, because all the properties of life reside in the protoplasm.
So, the correct answer is 'Protoplasm'.

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