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Two Fathers and Two Sons Riddle

Two fathers and two sons sat down to eat eggs for breakfast. They ate exactly three eggs, each person had an egg. The riddle is for you to explain how

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.

Manja, or the glass-coated string used for flying kites, not only poses threat to humans, animals and birds but also to trees. A study by the country's oldest botanical garden has revealed that it poses a great threat to trees. But how can a snapped string struck in a tree kill the tree? Apparently, it does so by allying with the creepers in the garden.

A research paper by three scientists of the Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, located in West Bengal's Howrah district, illustrates in detail how the manja, in collusion with climbers, does the damage. "The abandoned, torn kite strings act as an excellent primary supporting platform for the tender climbers, giving easy passage to reach the top of the trees. Lateral branches from the top of the climber and other accessory branches from the ground reaches the top taking support of the first climber, completely covers the treetop, thus inhibiting the penetration of sunlight," says the research paper.

Abandoned, torn kite strings stuck in trees benefits whom?

Select the synonym of

bouffant

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

There needs to be a

P : more coordinated effort

Q : forest diseases in India

R : towards dealing with

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

One of the major

P : crises facing the

Q : country is the

R : looming water shortage

B.C.Roy Award is given in the field of

Improve the given sentence if necessary.

He decided to take the help of a guide lest he may miss the way.

With reference to earthquakes, which of the following statements are correct?

A. Earthquakes largely occur along the converging plate boundaries.

B. Point of origin of earthquake in lithosphere is known as focus/hypocenter.

C. Intensity of earthquake decreases with distance from the epicenter.

D. Epicentre of earthquake always remains over continents only.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.