Question Discussion & Solution

Milk is measured in litres.

Similarly, Rope is measured in Meters

For alphabet: Increase by + 4

 D + 4 → H + 4 → L + 4 → P + 4 → T + 4 → X

For Number: Decrease number by - 4

23 – 4 → 19 – 4 → 15 – 4 → 11 – 4 → 7 – 4 → 3

The correct answer is Western disturbances.

Key Points

• Western Disturbances are responsible for the rainfall during winter over the northwestern part of India.
• The Western Disturbance originates in the mid-latitude region near Europe and the Atlantic Ocean.
  • The low pressure builds up over the Mediterranean Sea and moves over Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan before entering India, and contains substantial amounts of moisture.
  • When these low-pressure systems reach the Indian subcontinent, they are blocked by the Himalayas and rain as snow over the northwestern plains and the higher reaches of the western Himalayas.
  • After precipitation over northwest India, they weaken and are devoid of moisture, they blow as dry winds that form dense fog over the northern plains of India.

Additional Information

• The period June to September is referred to as the Southwest Monsoon period.
  • Southwest Monsoon period is the principal rainy season for the Indian subcontinent.
  • This is the summer monsoon period where the southwest monsoon holds away over the country.
  • The whole country receives nearly 75% of its rainfall during this period.

Rickshaw, bus and train are the means of transport.

Mobile and radio are the means of communication, so out of the given options only letter is a mean of communication.

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.​