Question Discussion & Solution

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.

SRAM (static RAM) is random access memory (RAM) that retains data bits in its memory as long as power is being supplied.

Inside a dynamic RAM chip, each memory cell holds one bit of information and is made up of two parts: a transistor and a capacitor.

Explanation:

• The metallic property of the elements of the periodic table decreases when we move across the group whereas it increases when we go down the group, as we go down the number of electrons increases and thereby their distance from the nucleus increases. 
• This increase causes them to shed more electrons and thereby have a greater electropositive or metallic character. 

Among the given compounds Na shows maximum Metallic character. 

The correct answer is option 4, i.e. Ocean, snow and rain, underground water.

• Water resources available on earth are :
  • Freshwater: Glaciers, ice caps, and snow
  • Groundwater
  • Oceans, seas, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds
  • Wetlands- lagoons, swamps, and marshes
  • Precipitation- Rain, snow, and dew

Hence, from the above points, we can clearly infer that the resources of water on the earth are ocean, snow and rain, underground water.

The correct answer is F2.

Key Points

• F2 function key is used to edit the content of a cell in MS-Excel.
• To enter Edit mode, we can follow any of these steps:
  • Double-click the cell that contains the data that you want to edit.
  • Click the cell that contains the data that you want to edit, and then click anywhere in the formula bar.
  • Click the cell that contains the data that you want to edit, and then press F2.

Additional Information

Some important shortcuts used in MS Excel:

• Ctrl + N Create a new workbook.
• Ctrl + O Open an existing workbook.
• Ctrl + S Save the active workbook.
• F12 Save the active workbook under a new name, displays the Save as dialog box.
• Ctrl + W Close the active workbook.
• Ctrl + C Copy the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard.
• Ctrl + X Cut the contents of the selected cells to Clipboard.
• Ctrl + V Insert the contents of the Clipboard into the selected cell(s).