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Boojho wanted to test the presence of starch in leaves. He performed the following steps.

(1) He took a leaf and boiled it in water,
(2) He placed the leaf in a petri dish and poured some iodine over it.

He did not get the expected result. Which step did he miss? Explain.

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Boojho took a leaf and boiled it in water and he placed the leaf in a petri dish and poured some iodine over it. Then also he did not get the expected result because he did not boil the leaf in spirit/alcohol to remove the chlorophyll.

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Priyanka Kumari

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