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Solubility of oxygen in water is directly proportional to

  1. Temperature

  2. Pressure

  3. Nutrients

  4. All of above


Correct Option: B

What are examples of lotic water?

  1. Streams, river and springs

  2. River, Lake and Ponds

  3. Swamps and Lakes

  4. Lakes and ponds


Correct Option: A

What is structure of water?

  1. Bihedral

  2. Trihedral

  3. Tetrahedral Arrangement

  4. Singe hedral


Correct Option: C

The upper part of sea water mainly contains ______________.

  1. Nektons only

  2. Planktons only

  3. Nektons and planktons both

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Plankton's are passively drifting or floating organisms. Most of these minute organisms, plankton includes photosynthesizing organisms as well as heterotrophic organisms.

So, the correct answer is 'Planktons only'

Maximum absorption of rainfall water is done by ______________.

  1. Tropical deciduous forest

  2. Tropical evergreen forest

  3. Tropical Savannah

  4. Scrub forest


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The biome occurs in equatorial or sub equatorial regions where both rainfall and warmth are abundant Rainfall is above 140 cm/yr usually between 200-500 cm/yr. It may be upto 1000 cm. Rain occurs through major parts of the year.

So, the correct answer is 'Tropical evergreen forest'

Match List I(Type of rainfall) with List II (Type of vegetation) and select the correct answer.

List-I List-II
a. Moderate to heavy rainfall throughout the year $1$. Scrub forests
b. Moderate to heavy rainfall occurring in $7$ to $8$ months in a year $2$. Grasslands
c. Little summer precipitation but sufficient rainfall in the winter $3$. Evergreen rain forests
d. Sufficient rainfall in summer and little in winter $4$. Deciduous forests
  1. A-$2$, B-$4$, C-$3$, D-$1$

  2. A-$3$, B-$1$, C-$4$, D-$2$

  3. A-$2$, B-$3$, C-$1$, D-$4$

  4. A-$3$, B-$4$, C-$1$, D-$2$


Correct Option: A

______________ is the natural phenomenon, caused by an unlimited and unprecedented rainfall.

  1. Soil erosion

  2. Cyclone

  3. Floods

  4. Heightening


Correct Option: C