Question Discussion & Solution

Concept:

Vitamins:

• Vitamins are organic compounds that are present in minute amounts in natural foodstuffs.
• Most vitamins come from food because the body either does not produce them or produces very little.
• Vitamins are of two types.
  • Fat-soluble vitamins- Vitamins A, D, E, K.
  • Water-soluble vitamins- Vitamin C and all the B vitamins. 

• There are 13 vitamins - A, C, D, E, K, and B vitamins (thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, B6, B12, and folate), each of them have a different job.
• Vitamin A, D, E, K are Fat-Soluble vitamins and are stored in fat cells while vitamins B and C are water-soluble vitamins that are not stored in your body.
• The liver acts as a storage site for vitamin A, D, E, K, and B12 for the times when they may be lacking in the diet.
• Vitamin D acts as a hormone, produced by the kidneys it helps to control the concentration of calcium in the blood and is vital for the development of strong bones.
• Water-soluble vitamins like Thiamine, folate, biotin, riboflavin are synthesized by gut bacteria.

Explanation:

• Vitamin E is a mixture of four vitamins called α, β, γ and δ tocopherols among which α tocopherol is the most active.
• Characteristics:
  • Light yellow fat soluble in oils.
  • Stable to heat and oxidation.
• Sources are cotton seed oil, maize oil, peanut oil and wheat germ oil.
• Deficiency causes damage to the reproductive system.

Hence, Vitamin E is also called tocopherol.

Additional Information 

• Riboflavin is vitamin B₂.
• Calciferol is vitamin D.
• Thiamine is vitamin B₁.

The correct answer is Rani Kanakwati.

• Rani Kanakwati built the Jagat Shiromani temple of Amer.

Key Points

• Jagat Shiromani temple of Amer 
  • Jagat Shiromani is a Hindu temple situated in Amer, Jaipur.
  • This temple is dedicated to the Hindu gods Krishna and Vishnu.
  • It was constructed between 1599-1608 AD by Queen Kanakwati, who was the wife of King Man Singh I.
  • The temple was built in the memory of their son Jagat Singh.

​Additional Information 

• Other famous temples of Jaipur
  • ​Birla Mandir
  • Garh Ganesh
  • Shila Devi
  •  Galta Ji Temple
  • Govind Devji Temple
  • Moti Dungri Temple 

The correct answer is a Female egg cell.

The female egg cell is the largest cell in the human body. The nerve cell is the longest cell in the body.

• The egg cell or ovum is the largest cell in the human body.
• It has a diameter of about 0.1 mm.
• A nerve cell is the longest cell in the human body.
• Muscle cells are the primary cells responsible for the movement of the body. There are three types of muscle cells found in our body, namely ;
  • Skeletal muscle or voluntary muscle.
  • Smooth muscle or involuntary muscle.
  • Cardiac muscle.

Mistake Points

• The smallest cell is Mycoplasma (PPLO-Pleuro pneumonia-like organisms).
• It is about 10 micrometres in size.
• The largest cell is an egg cell of ostrich.
• The longest cell is the nerve cell.
• The largest cell in the human body is the female ovum.
• The smallest cell in the human body is the male gametes, that is, sperm.

The positions of the letters according to the English alphabet series:

The pattern for this code is as follows;

Similarly;

Hence, "HFIZG" is the correct answer.

Shortcut Trick

Shortcut to remember the reverse positional letters.

The correct answer is Viceroy Curzon.

Key Points

• Lord Curzon:
  • ​He served as Governor-General of India from 1899 to 1905.
  • He passed the Calcutta Corporation Act in the year 1899.
  • According to the act, it increased the number of official members and decreased the strength of elected official members.
  • As official members were mostly British Subjects it caused resentment in the Indian public.
  • He was the Viceroy who passed a law for protecting Ancient Indian monuments.
  • He passed the law in 1904 made the destruction of Ancient Monuments an offence and directed officials to collect and preserve ancient monuments.
  • British viceroy in India, Lord Curzon, carried out Partition of Bengal, (1905) despite strong Indian nationalist opposition.

Additional Information

• The Partition of Bengal was announced on 19 July 1905 by the then Viceroy Lord Curzon.
  • And was implemented on 16 October 1905
  • However, in 1911 it was withdrawn by Lord Hardinge.
• The stated reason was to ease the administration.
  • But the actual reason was to weaken the growing nationalism in Bengal and break the unity.
• As per Curzon, after the partition, the two provinces would be Bengal (including modern West Bengal, Odisha, and Bihar) and Eastern Bengal and Assam.
• Annulment of Bengal:
  • The partition of Bengal was annulled in 1911 by Lord Hardinge.
  • The capital of British India was moved to Delhi from Calcutta in 1911.
  • Despite the annulment, the partition already succeeded in making a communal divide between Muslims and Hindus of Bengal.