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(iii) Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

The causes of poverty are as follows: 

• Population explosion: Due to the increase in population, poverty is growing rapidly. 
• Slow economic growth: There is slow industrial and agricultural growth due to which the economy is growing slowly. 
• Unemployment and underemployment: Unemployment is the major factor of increased poverty. 
• Economic inequalities: There are inequalities in the distribution of income, assets, consumption expenditure, which in fact have increased poverty.
• Inaccessibility to infrastructural facility: Due to lack of sufficient income, purchasing power is less. This leads to the inaccessibility of infrastructure such as energy, transport, communication, etc. 
• Inflation: Inflation is the major cause of poverty where prices are increased on basic food and commodity.
• Regional imbalance: Economic development of some of the states in India is happening at a lower growth rate thus creating poverty. 
• The vicious circle of poverty: Vicious circle of poverty can be explained, where all the factors are interrelated with each other like low national income, low per capita income, low saving, low capital formation, low production, less employment resulting in poverty. 
• Other factors: Gender discrimination, corruption, natural disasters, caste, religion are some of the other factors which lead to poverty.

No, there is unequal access to education, healthy drinking water. In urban areas, people can afford all the amenities. There are many educational institutions 24 hours availability of electricity, many health centers with modern equipment and technology, clean drinking water, etc.

Yes, I agree with the statement. In rural areas, most of the people (300 to 522 million) still practice open defecation. In addition to considerable Indian homes having no toilets, access to water supply and drainage facilities is also another serious problem.

No, I don’t agree with the statement. In India a large number of people especially women and children are not able to get food. 14.8% (195.9 million people are undernourished, 51.4% of women age between 15 to 49 years) are anemic, 38.4% of the children aged under five are too short for their age, 21% children have weight too low for their height and there is high child mortality rate prevailing in India.

(d) All the above

1. Adaptation 

2. Hollow, Feathers 

3. Nictating membrane

1. 

2. Observation: 

1. Grasshopper: Three pair of legs, green colour, antennae on head, red eyes, long body.

2. Butterfly: Three pair of legs, different colours, long trump, small body, big feathers.

3. Bee: Three pair of legs, yellow colour, poisonous sting on the back side of body, small body, segmented.

4. Lady bird: Three pair of legs, circular shape, red colour having back spots.

5. Mantis: Three pair of legs, antennae on head, long wings, green colour, long and slim body

 6. Aphid: Three pair of legs, green colour, small eyes, body oval shaped.

1. Water 

2. Gills 

3. Neck 

4. Ship 

5. Feathers

1. Excessive heat (desert) 

2. Extremely cold regions (Polar and Tundra) 

3. Regions of normal atmospheric conditions 

4. sweet and brackish water areas etc.

The physical characteristics of living organisms which enables them to survive in particular environmental conditions is called adaptation.

Ship of Desert is Camel.

(c) Polar region

Camel and wild rat.

Long fore legs and long neck are adaptations found in camel.

Peacock is our national bird.

Due to cushions, camels foot do not stuck in the sand. It can move freely in sand. If cushions are not present, it makes difficult for camel to walk on sand.

In polar areas, most of the times, land is covered with ice. Here, its very cold. The thick fat layer present beneath the skin protect it from cold. If this thick layer is absent, then it would be difficult for beers to survive in polar regions.

a. Cockroach is lying. It has six legs.

b. Hen is lying because hen’s toes are not webbed. Duck has webbed toes.

c. Cactus is lying. It’s fleshy, green part is a stem not a leaf.

Insulin obtained from animal source causes allergy.

a. 1. White skin colour camouflage with the snow so penguins cannot be easily spotted and they get protected from enemies. 

2. Thick skin and thick layer of fat underneath gives them protection from severe cold.

b. Penguins live in flocks sticking close to each other because sticking close to each other reduce the relative area so there is least loss of heat and they get protection from cold.

c. 1. Penguins inhabit Antarctica region. Antarctica is surrounded by ocean. Climate is colder, drier and windier. 

2. It does not have human population. This climate is suitable for penguins, so they inhabit Antarctica.

d. 1. I should be a warm blooded animal. This should allow me to permanently live in polar region. 

2. My body has to be covered with thick fur or scale so that loss of heat will be very less and I can survive in severe cold.

1. Ballad

2. Tempest

3. Cabin

4. Shatter

5. rattle.

6. Anchor

7. Breakers

8. Stagger

“Ballad of the Tempest” was written by James Thomas Fields. Once a ship was caught by the violent storm. In this poem, the poet describes the situation and condition of the sailors. The poem is a ballad and it is one of the poet’s masterpiece. Here the speaker of the poem is the Sailor. Really voyage on the sea is an adventurous task. Here the poem starts in which the sailors had to face great danger. The ship was caught by the violent storm at midnight. All the sailors had crowded in the cabin.

Though it was midnight no one dared to sleep. All were frightened. The storm was very deep. It was fearful because it was winter season. The ship was to break apart by the gust of wind. The sailors heard the rattling sound of the trumpet and someone thundered to cut away the mast. All sailors were in silence out of fear. Even the strongest brave person had held his breath. The sea was roaring like a hungry lion. The large turbulent waves talked with death and moving towards the land. All were sitting in darkness.

Everyone was praying God for their safety. At that moment the captain shouted that they were lost When he was coming unsteadily down the stairs, his little daughter by her innocent heart whispered. She took her father’s cold hands and said that the God upon the ocean was the same as on land isn’t it? By hearing her talk all got some hope and prayed the God earnestly. All were kissed the little maiden. Suddenly the astonishing change occurs, and the sailors anchored the ship safely in harbour. The morning in the sky was shining very clearly. The danger which comes like a mountain could disappear like sand. Fortune favours the brave. God is everywhere but man has faith in him.

(A) both homozygous and heterozygous conditions

An allele is dominant if it is expressed in both homozygous and heterozygous conditions

The poet as a blind boy is the voice of the poem.

Correct answer is C.

When F₁ hybrid is crossed with homozygous recessive parents, it is called a test cross.

1. blessings of sight

2. cheers of mind

3. talk of wondrous things

The blind boy appeased himself, that we can know by the following lines. A loss I never can know Then let not what I cannot have My cheer of mind destroy and then he feels Whilst thus I sing, l am a King, Although a poor blind boy.

You mean reader in the poem.

The rhyme scheme of the poem is as follows.

The rhyming words are

light – sight

enjoy – boy

see – he

bright – night

make – awake

play – day

hear – bear

woe – know

destroy – boy

With heavy sighs I often hear.

How can the blind boy make it day night.

The blind boy can feel warm of the sun.

(b) curiosity

(d) Sun Light

(b) Colley Cibbe

Whenever I sleep or play.

Correct answer is

(D) both (A) and (B)

(B) \(\frac{1}{2}\)

Plant heterozygous for tallness has two alleles, one governing tallness and other governing dwarfness. This plant will produce two types of gametes during gamete formation because of segregation. The gametes produced are T and t. Hence, the possibility of ‘t’ gamete fertilizing either ‘T’ or ‘t’ is \(\frac{1}{2},\) i.e. 50 %.

(D) homozygous dominant and heterozygous dominant.

When F₁ offsprings are crossed with recessive parent it is called as test cross and it produces recessive and dominant in equal proportion and hence used to distinguish between homozygous or heterozygous dominant characters.

 Correct Option is (C) 75%

 Correct Option is (D) 12

 Correct Option is (D) 9 : 3 : 3 : 1

The various conversations taking place in bits and pieces during the course of action of the story reflect a lot about people's perception on various issues and attitude towards each other and humanity in general. We see a very firm and hypocritical attitude prevalent in the tone of Mrs Croft when the narrator arrived at her place for the first time. This is when for the first time he realised that belonging to a very high standard place was important, anywhere such as Tech or Harvard. The greatness and biasness of Americans to be the first one to step on the moon, considering it an unattainable and impossibly splendid feat to be attained. However, she becomes mild for the first time when she receives the eight dollars from the narrator. Mrs Croft's orthodox ways become prominently visible when she objects to a lady and a man talking in private without a chaperone. Her conventional ways are quite evident keeping in mind the fact that she had already crossed hundred. The ways of the western world is shown to be in a very high contrast when we see Mrs Croft's daughter Helen being quite indifferent towards her mother's health or meals. Her casual tone when she says “she might have slipped” might disturb readers. However, even with the differences in opinions, perceptions and norms, the bond which had developed between the narrator and an American widow of a hundred years is worth appreciation.

The speaker’s final bargain is with a child playing with shells on the sea beach. The child has nothing to pay in return. Still the man strikes the deal. Playing with the child will make him a free man, not a slave or servant.

Given decimal fractions are 16.96; 16.42; 16.3; 16.03; 16.1; 16.99; 16.01 

First make or check the given fractions are all like fractions or not? 

So, 16.96; 16.42; 16.30; 16.03; 16.10; 16.99; 16.01 are like fractions. 

Then, compare whole numbers. They are same. 

So, compare Tenth’s place digits of the decimal fractions. 

16.96 < 16.99; 16.42 > 16.30 > 16.10 > 16.03 > 16.01

Then compare hundredth’s place digits.

So, 16.99 > 16.96 > 16.42 > 16.30 > 16.10 > 16.03 > 16.01 

(or) 

16.01 < 16.03 < 16.10 < 16.30 < 16.42 < 16.96 < 16.99 

Descending order: 16.99; 16.96; 16.42; 16.30; 16.10; 16.03; 16.01.

The correct answer is True