Question Discussion & Solution

Explanation:

• Evolutionary biology: It is a field of science that deals with the study of evolutionary processes like natural selection, speciation & common descent that has led to the diversification of life on earth.
• Charles Darwin is known as the father of ''Evolutionary Biology''.
• Darwin proposed a theory of evolution called natural selection in the year 1859. According to it those populations which are a better fit (reproductively fit) in an environment will be selected by nature and will survive more.
• Charles Darwin wrote a book named ''The origin of species'' which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biology.

Additional Information 

• Herbert Spencer- He Was best known for the introduction and application of evolutionary theory to philosophy, psychology, and social sciences
• The famous phrase 'Survival of the fittest' to mean Natural Selection was coined by Herbert Spencer. He originated this phrase after the publication of famous biologist Charles Darwin’s book ‘Origin of Species’ which talked about ‘Natural Selection’.
• Julian Huxley was an English biologist, philosopher, educator, and author who greatly influenced the modern development of embryology, systematics, and studies of behaviour and evolution.
• Stanley Miller along with H.C. Urey provided experimental evidence of ''chemical evolution''

Concept-

• Roots are the underground structures that help in the absorption of water and minerals, provide a proper anchorage to the plant parts, storage of reserve food material (Carrot, Radish), and synthesis of PGR (plant growth regulators).
• Sometimes roots get modified to perform different functions like Storage of food, respiration, climbing, etc.
• These types of roots are called modified roots.

Explanation-

• The Coralloid roots are the specialized roots found in cycas, these roots exhibit a symbiotic relationship between the cyanobacteria and cycas where the cyanobacteria fix the nitrogen and in return, the cycas provide a stable environment to live.
• Cycas, a genus of 105 species of palmlike tropical and subtropical ornamental cycads (family Cycadaceae), among them trees 12 meters (40 feet) or more in height. 
• Their leaves are dark green and circinate (uncoiling as fern leaves do), differing from those of other members of the family in having a midrib but no lateral veins. 
• The seeds are borne along the margins of modified leaves, which are arranged in a whorl at the top of the trunk, rather than in compact cones. 

Thereby coralloid roots are found in cycas.

Additional Information

• Lycopodiopsida
  • It is a class of herbaceous vascular plants known as lycopods, lycophytes.
  • Members of the class are called clubmosses, firmosses, and quillworts.
• Pine
  • A pine is any conifer in the genus Pinus of the family Pinaceae. Pinus is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae.
• Dryopteris
  • It is commonly called the wood ferns, male ferns, or buckler ferns is a fern genus in the family Dryopteridaceae.​

The pattern followed here is:

25 → First digit of 23 and second digit of 65.

68 → First digit of 61 and second digit of 38.

? → First digit of 72 and second digit of 48 → 78.

Hence, the answer is 78.

The correct answer is the 15th Bengal Native Infantry.

• The battalion that rebelled at Nasirabad in 1857 was the 15th Bengal Native Infantry.
  • The first rebellion in Rajasthan took place on 28 May 1857 at Naseerabad
  • News of Meerut Rebellion AGG (Agent to Governor-General) George Patrick Lawrence and he sent the 15th Bengal Native Infantry based at Ajmer to Nasirabad, causing discontent among the soldiers.
  • Soon the news of the revolt of the soldiers reached the soldiers in Nasirabad as well and on 28 May 1857, the soldiers of the Native Infantry revolted in Nasirabad.
  • The soldiers of the 30th Native Infantry also joined in and after burning and capturing the soldiers of the cantonment left for Delhi.

Additional Information

6 British Cantonments in Rajasthan are: 

Key Points 

Spleen is an organ on the left side of the abdomen below the stomach. 

It performs two major functions:

1. Storage of blood - Blood vessels of spleen can alter their thicker and become wider or narrower depending on the situation. In case of emergency situations like trauma & severe injuries where a lot of blood gets lost, the spleen expand its vessels and hold the blood. This reserve blood is then transported to the organ where blood is required. For this reason the spleen is also called the blood bank of human body.
2. Filtration of blood - Spleen filters the blood & removes the old & dead RBCs. It acts like a maze from which healthy RBCs can easily pass while the old & dead RBCs get stuck in it. These are then broken down in the spleen by macrophages. For this reason the spleen is also called as The Graveyard of RBCs.

Additional Information 

Heart:

• The heart is a mesodermally derived organ, that is present in the thoracic cavity, in between the two lungs, slightly tilted to the left. It has the size of a clenched fist. It is protected by a double-walled membranous bag, pericardium, enclosing the pericardial fluid.

Liver:

• The liver is the largest gland of the human body. It performs the function of detoxification of harmful substances in the body
• For example, it converts harmful ammonia into urea,  It also breaks down alcohol and other such substances in the blood. 

Bone marrow :

• Bone marrow refers to the tissue located in the hollow interior of long bones. It is composed of adipose tissue, areolar tissue, and blood cells.
• Bone marrow is mainly of two types – red and yellow