Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Liver.

Key Points

• Excessive consumption of alcoholic drinks causes damage to the Liver.
  • Alcohol is readily absorbed from the digestive tract, and up to 98% is metabolised in the liver.
  • Each liver cell contains three pathways for alcohol metabolism.
  • All of these result in the production of a highly toxic metabolite which can contribute to liver cell damage.
  • With regular alcohol use, the regenerative ability of liver cells may be inhibited and lead to sustained liver damage.
  • Long term heavy alcohol use may lead to fat accumulation in the liver, which may progress to alcoholic hepatitis, or liver cirrhosis.
  • Over time, excessive alcohol use can lead to the development of chronic diseases and other serious problems including -
    • High blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, and digestive problems. 

Additional Information

• Kidney:
  • Healthy kidneys remove wastes and extra fluid from your blood.
  • But when your kidneys fail, wastes and extra fluid can build up in your blood and make you feel sick. 
  • Kidneys can become damaged from a physical injury or a disease like diabetes, high blood pressure, or other disorders.
  • High blood pressure and diabetes are the two most common causes of kidney failure.
  • Kidney failure does not happen overnight.
• Lungs:
  • Chronic alcohol abuse and heavy drinking can greatly increase the risk of several pulmonary conditions.
    • including lung disease, alcoholic pneumonia, acute lung injury, and acute respiratory distress syndrome.
  • Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to develop heart disease, stroke, and lung cancer.
    • Smoking can cause lung disease by damaging your airways and the small air sacs (alveoli) found in your lungs.
    • Lung diseases caused by smoking include COPD, which includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
• Heart:
  • Smokers are at greater risk for diseases that affect the heart and blood vessels.
  • Increases in your blood pressure can also be caused by weight gain from excessive drinking.
  • Heavy drinking weakens the heart muscle, which means the heart can't pump blood as efficiently.
    • It's is known as cardiomyopathy and can cause death, usually through heart failure.

Total number of people = 45

Position of A from the behind = 26^th

Position of A from the front = Total number of people – A’s position from the behind + 1

= 45 – 26 + 1

= 20^th

The correct answer is Three.

According to the Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, 3 conditions related to dowry have been stated.

Key Points

Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961

• Dowry Prohibition Act, Indian law, enacted on May 1, 1961, intended to prevent the giving or receiving of a dowry.
• Under the Dowry Prohibition Act, dowry includes property, goods, or money given by either party to the marriage, by the parents of either party or by anyone else in connection with the marriage.
• There are three occasions related to dowry.
  • One is before the marriage,
  • The second is at the time of marriage 
  • The third is at any time after the marriage. The third occasion may appear to be an unending period. But the crucial words are in connection with the marriage of the said parties.

The correct answer is Gold.

Key Points

• Gold is the most malleable metal as it can be hammered to a thickness of 0.0025 mm.
• 1 gram of gold can be beaten into a sheet that spreads across an area of 1 m².
• Malleability, as a physical property of metals, is used to describe a given metal’s reaction to compressive forces.
• A metal with low malleability, like tungsten, will shatter when exposed to compression.
• A metal with high malleability, like lead, will deform when compressed.

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.