Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Banded Column.

• Banded Column is used in Ms-Word to make the formatting of even columns different from subject columns.

Key Points

• Banded Column 
  • ​Adding colour to alternate columns.
  • Banded columns are available in the Design tab.
  • Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature allows us to apply cell shading to every other row in a worksheet.
• • By selecting the range we want to apply banded columns, and then click Conditional Formatting > New Rule under Home tab.
  • For applying banded columns, we can use this formula =MOD(COLUMN(),2)=0.

​Additional Information

• Banding
  • Adding colour to alternate rows or columns called banding.
  • It can make the data in our worksheet easier to scan. 
• Banded rows
  • The term banded rows are referring to the shading of alternating rows in a worksheet.
  • Excel’s Conditional Formatting feature allows us to apply cell shading to every other row in a worksheet.

Windows is NOT correct.

Key Points 

• Among the options, only Windows is NOT an open-source operating system.
• Windows is a closed source operating system marketed by Microsoft.
• Microsoft first introduced the Windows operating system on 20 November 1985.
• Closed Operating Systems are built with numerous codes and complex programming and that is called source code. 
• An Open-source Operating System is the Operating System in which source code is visible publically and editable.
• The operating system is a collection of programs that controls the overall operations of the computer.
• Operating system is a System software in computers.
• It works as an interface between user and computer hardware components.
• Examples of operating systems are:
  • Linux.
  • Unix.
  • DOS.
  • Windows.
  • Ubuntu.
  • Embedded operating system.
  • OpenBSD.
  • Mac OS.

The correct answer is Liver.

Key Points

• The liver secretes bile juice, which is a digesting juice.
• Bile is stored in the gallbladder.
• Bilirubin and biliverdin, as well as bile salts and cholesterol, make up bile juice.
• Bile juice helps in the emulsification of fat.
• Large fat globules are broken down into smaller globules by bile juice, making it easier for pancreatic enzymes to act on them.
• The human liver is the largest gland in the body.
• The liver is situated on the right side of the stomach.
• The main function of the liver is to produce bile pigment.
• Ammonia and urea are produced in the liver.

Additional Information

• Insulin and Glucagon are the hormones secreted by the pancreas.
• The nutrients in digested food are absorbed from the small intestine.
• The stomach is a hollow organ that holds food while it is being mixed with stomach enzymes.

Explanation:

• Plants that grow in the desert have to withstand long dry spells of summer and extreme weather condition
• Hence their leaves stem and roots get modified to prevent loss of excess water and to store water
• Some common adaptation seen in desert plants are:
• 'they have a long root that goes deep in search of water
• they have reduced or very few leaves
• The stem is modified to store water
• Additionally, leaves may turn into spines to protect from predators

Additional Information

• Desert Oak is a tree that is found in  Australia.
• It is found in the dry and arid regions of Australia
• It grows almost 10 ft tall
• It has very few leaves
• Its roots go very deep in search of water
• This water is stored in the tree trunk. Local people use a thin pipe to drink this water.

• Scientific Name: Allocasuarina decaisneana 

• The suspensions that hand from branches are nothing but modifies leaves in order to reduce water loss

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.​