Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Leaves.

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Food is stored in the leaves. Onion as a whole is a modified stem

Key Points

• Different parts of plants like roots, shoots, leaves, flowers, fruits, etc perform the function of storage of food 
• The fleshy leaves of onion are its consumable part.
• As a whole, the onion is a bulb, which is a short modified form of a stem that is surrounded by these fleshy leaves that store food for the onion shoots.

Important Points

• The stored food in onion leaves is Sugar.

Additional Information

• In plants like carrot, reddish, beetroot, sweet potato, turnip, etc. roots perform the function of food storage.
• Some plants store their food in the form of fruit. Ex- apple, guava, grapes mango, etc.
• Plants like potato, ginger, garlic, sugarcane, etc. store their food in stems.​

The correct answer is Section 366 B.

Key Points

• A girl child can be punished under section 366B for importing a girl child from abroad.
  • Kidnapping or inducing women to compel a marriage, purchase of minor girl child and import of minor girl from abroad and punishable under Indian Penal Code Sections 366, 366A and 366B of the Indian Penal Code 1860 defined under.
  • According to section 366B of the Indian penal code, Whoever imports any girl under the age of twenty-one years from any country outside India or from the State of Jammu and Kashmir with the intention that she may be, or knowing that she may be likely to compel or seduce to have unlawful intercourse with any other person, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Additional Information

• ​According to section 366A of the Indian penal code, Whoever, by any means whatsoever, induces any minor girl under the age of eighteen years to go from any place or to do any act with the intent that such girl maybe, or knowing that it is likely that she will be, forced or seduced to illicit intercourse with another person.
  • Importation of girl from a foreign country - 10 Years + Fine (Punishment)
• According to section 372 of the Indian penal code, Whoever sells, lets to hire, or otherwise disposes of any person under the age of eighteen years with the intent that such person shall at any age be employed or used for the purpose of prostitution or illicit intercourse with any person or for any unlawful and immoral purpose.
• Section 363 talks about punishments for kidnapping Whoever kidnaps any person from India or from lawful guardianship, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.

Biosphere reserves are areas of terrestrial and coastal ecosystems that promote the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use. 

• They are internationally recognized within the framework of UNESCO’s Man and Biosphere (MAB) program and nominated by national governments.
• There are over 500 biosphere reserves in over 100 countries around the world.
• There are 18 notified Biosphere reserves in India.
• Out of them, 11 Biosphere Reserves are in UNESCO’s MAB World Network. 

Important Points

Biosphere Reserves and their respective years of including in the MAB network are as follows:

• ​Nilgiri (2000)
• Gulf of Mannar (2001)
• Sunderban (2001)
• Nanda Devi(2004)
• Nokrek (2009)
• Pachmarhi(2009)
• Similipal (2009)
• Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere Reserve (2012)
• Great Nicobar Biosphere Reserve (2013)
• Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (2016)
• Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve(2018)

From the above, we can conclude that Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is the first Biosphere reserve in India.

Additional Information​ 

Nilgiri Biosphere reserve:-

• ​The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was the first and Oldest biosphere reserve in India established in the year 1986.
• It is located in the Western Ghats and includes 2 of the 10 biogeographical provinces of India.
• The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve falls under the biogeographic region of the Malabar rain forest.
• The Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary Bandipur National Park, Nagarhole National Park, Mukurthi National Park, and Silent Valley are the protected areas present within this reserve.

Pattern followed is:

Hence, “GIO” is the correct answer.

The correct answer is A solid in gas.

Concept:

• A system made up of a substance distributed or scattered as minute particles of solid droplets of a liquid or extremely tiny bubbles of gas into the body of another substance is called a dispersion system.
• A dispersion system is a two-phase system.
• The distributed substance is called the dispersed phase and the continuous medium around it is called the dispersion medium.
• Depending upon the particle size of the dispersed phase, the dispersion system may be classified as 1. True solutions 2. Colloidal solutions 3. Suspensions.

Explanation:

Classification of colloids based on the type of phases:

• The colloidal system is heterogeneous in nature and consists of two phases called the dispersion medium and the dispersed phase.
• The component that is present in a small amount and behaves like a solute is called the dispersed phase and the component present in excess is called dispersion medium.
• Depending on the nature of dispersed phase and dispersion medium, colloids can be classified as:

• From the above table, it is clear that smoke contains solid particles suspended in the gaseous phase.
• Hence, smoke is a dispersion of solid in gas.

Important Points

• Gas in the gas phase is true solution.