Question Discussion & Solution

Concept:

• Food chain:​ The sequence of living organisms in a community in which one organism consumes another organism to transfer food energy is called a food chain.
• In simple words, A list of organisms showing 'who eats whom' is called the food chain.
• The food can be transferred from one organism to the other through the food chain.
• Each step in the food chain is represented by a trophic level.
• Producers occupy the base of the food chain, producers are followed by Consumers → Secondary consumers → Tertiary consumers → Decomposers.

Explanation:

• Humans occupy the position of consumers in a food chain.
• The human can be divided into two types of consumers - Primary consumer & Secondary consumer.
• Primary Consumer - When humans derive their nutrition directly from the producers (green plants) in the form of fruits & vegetables.
• Secondary Consumer - When humans derive the nutrition indirectly by eating primary consumers like goat, cow & buffalo.

The correct answer is In 1829.

• In order to prevent the practice of Sati, in 1829 it was first banned under the "Bengal Sati Regulation".

Key Points

• The Bengal Sati Regulation
  • ​The Bengal Sati Regulation was passed on December 4, 1829, here is all you should definitely know about the practice of Sati.
  • The Bengal Sati Regulation which banned the Sati practice in all jurisdictions of British India was passed on December 4, 1829, by the then Governor-General Lord William Bentinck.

Additional Information

• About Sati practice
  • Sati was a historical Hindu practice, in which a widow sacrifices herself by sitting atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre.
  • The extent to which sati was practised in history is not known with clarity.
  • However, during the early modern Mughal period, it was notably associated with the elite Hindu Rajput clan.

The correct answer is 740 meters.

• The approximate height of Dhosi hill above sea level is 740 meters.

Key Points

• Dhosi hill
  • ​Dhosi Hill is an extinct volcano.
  • It is standing alone at the northwest end of the Aravalli mountain range, of which it is a part, with height varying from about 345 to 470 meters from the surrounding land.
  • It is 740 meters from sea level. 
  • Dhosi Hill is located on the borders of Haryana and Rajasthan.

Additional Information

Top 3 Major mountain peaks of the Aravali Ranges of Rajasthan:

The correct answer is 1939.

Key Points

Congress Party: 

• An Indian political party founded in 1885 as Indian National Congress.
• Founded by Allen Hume, a British colonist and, until World War-I it was a moderate body.
• Later, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, it began a campaign of non-violent non-cooperation.
• It was declared illegal between 1932-34. It led the movement to end British rule and was the government party after independence from 1947-77.

Key people-Congress Party Leader: 

•  Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1888-1958): Leading Muslim member of Congress Party; Congress president, 1940-1946; Indian education minister after independence.
•  Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma) (1869-1948):  Studied law in London; 1893-1914, worked in South Africa; on return to South Africa, rose to dominance in Congress Party, becoming its president in 1924. Led a number of civil disobedience campaigns, spending a number of spells in prison. Made numerous attempts between 1944-1947 to stop the partition of India but failed. Assassinated, 1948.
• Jawaharlal (Pandit) Nehru(1889-1964) Barrister and politician in the United Provinces of India; supporter of Gandhi; President of Indian National Congress, 1929, 1936-37, 1946, 1951-54; first prime minister of India, 1947-1964.

Let Rahul’s age be x.

Let Rita’s age be y.

Let Ekta’s age be z.

⇒ x = y + 3

⇒ y = 4z – 3

⇒ x = 4z – 3 + 3

⇒ x = 4z

⇒ x/z = 4

⇒ x ∶ z = 4 ∶ 1