Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Jaisalmer and Bikaner.

Key Points
Tropical Thorn Forest:

• These forests are found in Jaisalmer, Bikaner and Barmer.
• It comprises 6.25% of the forest in Rajasthan. 
• Rainfall varies from 0 to 25 cm. It is scanty in nature.
• Xerophytic vegetation is found in this forest. 
• Khejri, Rohida, and Jaal are prominent trees present in the Forest.

Additional Information

The correct answer is Shark — Tortoise — Otter.

Key Points

• Shark - Scientists believe that sharks came into existence around 400 million years ago. It is believed that they descended from a small leaf-shaped fish that had no eyes, bones on fins.
  • These fish then evolved into two main groups of fish that are found today.
  • Bony fish and cartilaginous fish which include shark and Chimaira.
  • Sharks are on the top of the marine food chain and are the only huge marine reptiles that exist today.
• Tortoise is believed to have existed for 250 million years.
  • They belong to the reptile species of the family Testudinidae.
  • Tortoise has a hard shell to protect from the outside environment. They are believed to have evolved from very large body sizes of around 100 kgs. They are among the longest-living land animals in the world.
• Otters are believed to have existed on earth for the past 23 million years.
  • They have evolved significantly and have gone through many adaptations to survive till this time.

Additional Information

• They have the ability to move both on water and land except sea otters. The rest of the otters have webbed feet which help them to move in the water.
• They have five toes which help them to move on land as well. It is believed that they were once land animals only but they ended up going in the water to be safe from predators.
• It is also believed that the food sources were available in limited quantities on land so they started hunting in water to survive.

Given that-

We add upper two number then divide by 2 and then square of that number we get lower number.

(6 + 4) ÷ 2 = 5² = 25

(3 + 1) ÷ 2 = 2² = 4 

Similarly,

(5 + 3) ÷ 2 = 4² = 16

Alternate Method 

Figure 1: 6 × 4 + 1 = 25 

Figure 2:  3 × 1 + 1 = 4

similarly, 

Figure 3:  5 × 3 + 1 = 16

Hence, "16" is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Prime minister.

Key Points

• Prime Minister is the ex-officio chairman of the NITI Aayog in India.
• NITI Aayog is an executive body, that was established by the government in 2015, through an executive resolution.
• The newly created body replaced the erstwhile planning body- the Planning Commission of India.
• The term NITI stands for National Institution for Transforming India.
• NITI Aayog is a think tank that advises the government in policy formulation, unlike the Planning commission which was empowered to allocate and distribute funds for the planning.
• NITI Aayog's main focus areas are cooperative & competitive federalism, decentralized planning, scenario planning, capacity building, etc.

Additional Information

• Full-Time Organisational Framework:
  • Chairman: Prime Minister
  • Vice Chairperson: Rajiv Kumar
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO)- Shri Amitabh Kant
  • Full-Time members- Shri VK Saraswat (former DRDO Chief), Prof. Ramesh Chand (Agriculture Expert), and Dr. VK Paul (Public Health expert)
  • Ex-officio members: maximum 4 
  • Special Invitees: Experts and practitioners as appointed by the Prime Minister.

The pattern followed here is:

This is an alternate series of subtraction. The first number is subtracted by 2 to get the second number and then 4 is subtracted from the second number to get the third number and so on.

Hence, 42 is the correct answer.