New born babies and children normally breathe faster than older children and adults. Their respiratory rate is about 30-60 breaths per minute. The respiratory rate for the different age-categories of children is:-6-12 months: 24-30; 1-5 years: 20-30; 6-12 years: 12-20.

Correct Option: A

New born babies and children normally breathe faster than older children and adults. Their respiratory rate is about 30-60 breaths per minute. The respiratory rate for the different age-categories of children is:-6-12 months: 24-30; 1-5 years: 20-30; 6-12 years: 12-20.

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems or on the entire Earth. Biologists most often define biodiversity as the “totality of genes, species, and ecosystems of a region”

Correct Option: A

Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life. It is a measure of the variety of organisms present in different ecosystems or on the entire Earth. Biologists most often define biodiversity as the “totality of genes, species, and ecosystems of a region”

Solitary cymose inflorescence refers to a determinate inflorescence composed of a single flower. Examples include poppy, gardenia (ornamental plant), tulip, etc. Flowers are said to be solitary when the plant bears only one, or when single flowers appear on the ends of lateral branches that are remote from one another.

Correct Option: D

Solitary cymose inflorescence refers to a determinate inflorescence composed of a single flower. Examples include poppy, gardenia (ornamental plant), tulip, etc. Flowers are said to be solitary when the plant bears only one, or when single flowers appear on the ends of lateral branches that are remote from one another.

Cephaleuros is a genus of parasitic thalloid algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. The alga is parasitic on tea, coffee, mango and guava causing damage limited to the area of algal growth on leaves.

Correct Option: B

Cephaleuros is a genus of parasitic thalloid algae comprising approximately 14 species. Its common name is red rust. The alga is parasitic on tea, coffee, mango and guava causing damage limited to the area of algal growth on leaves.

Thigmonasty (thigmotropism) refers to plant movement in response to touch or physical contact without regard to the direction of the stimulus. Thigmonastic movements are exemplified by the closing of the insect-eating plant Venus’s flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the bending of the glandular hairs of sundew (Drosera sp.) as a result of contact with an insect.

Correct Option: B

Thigmonasty (thigmotropism) refers to plant movement in response to touch or physical contact without regard to the direction of the stimulus. Thigmonastic movements are exemplified by the closing of the insect-eating plant Venus’s flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) and the bending of the glandular hairs of sundew (Drosera sp.) as a result of contact with an insect.