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Which of the following is not a function of the skeleton system?

  1. Production of erythrocytes

  2. Storage of minerals

  3. Production of body heat

  4. Locomotion


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Skeletal system is the articulation bones to give perfect shape to the body. They help in locomotion by attaching with muscles. 

Bones are made up of minerals like Ca++ and po4-. So they act as store house of minerals. 
Bones have bone marrow which contain stem cells. Stem cells are the precursors of blood form cells like RBC, WBC and platelets,
Skeletal system doesn't play any role in production of heat. Heat production is regulated by metabolic processes. 
So the correct option is C.

Social forestry is useful in yielding

  1. Floriculture

  2. Timber

  3. Medicines

  4. Multipurpose uses


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Forests cannot be conserved until and unless conservation of forests is turned into a people's movement and masses are involved in conservation efforts. With this motive twin programmes of social and urban forestry, were launched for rural and urban areas respectively. Social forestry was started in 1976 with the aim of raising quick growing multipurpose plants in common village lands for meeting requirement of fodder, firewood and small timber. This will reduce the dependance on existing forests, lead to development of new green cover, provide employment, reduce pollution and utilise the unused land for benefit of rural masses.

'Social forestry' aims at 

  1. Growing different types of plantations together

  2. Growing one type of trees on the land

  3. Management of forests by villiige bodies

  4. Management of forests by cooperative societies


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Social forestry is the forestry by the people and for the people, whose main purpose is to fulfill the needs of forestry, which are - manure, food, fruit, fibre and productive capacity. 

As a whole social forestry's main objective is to reconstruct the ecosystem and conserve the environment. The 'National Commission for Farmers' has determined the following objectives for social forestry-
(i) To cooperate soil conservation and to prevent spoiling the productive capacity of soil.
(ii) To increase fuel availability and to increase the food modification by increasing fruit production.
(iii) To encourage plantation of large and beautiful trees, which provide shadow to enhance the natural beauty and to plant all around the cultivation field to increase production.
(iv) To encourage environment conservation by plantation and to create general consciousness regarding environment conservation.
(v) To enhance the natural beauty of the villages and cities by plantation.

Intake of food is called

  1. Ingestion

  2. Egestion

  3. Digestion

  4. Nutrition


Correct Option: A
Explanation:
  • Ingestion is the consumption of a substance by an organism.
  • This is accomplished by taking in the substance through the mouth into the gastrointestinal tract, such as through eating or drinking.
    Hence, the correct answer is A.

Which city is called the 'Manchester' of India?

  1. Jalandhar

  2. Ahmedabad

  3. Amritsar

  4. Sarnath


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ahmedabad.

Which city is called the Manchester of South India?

  1. Coimbatore

  2. Chitoor

  3. Hubli

  4. None of these


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coimbatore.

The first successful textile mill was established in Mumbai in the year _______.

  1. 1824

  2. 1854

  3. 1864

  4. 1884


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

1854.

Which one of the following places has woolen and silk textile industry combined?

  1. Varanasi

  2. Srinagar

  3. Mirzapur

  4. Agra


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Varanasi.

The first successful textile mill was established in _______.

  1. Delhi

  2. Vishakhapattnam

  3. Chennai

  4. Mumbai (Bombay)


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The first successful textile mill was established in Mumbai (Bombay).

Textile industry is an example of  ________.

  1. Agro based industry

  2. Co-operative sector industry

  3. Mineral based industry

  4. Marine based industry


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Textile industry is an example of Agro based industry.