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[#456] India is primary centre of domestication of
Correct Answer

(C) Water Buffalo

Explanation

Solution: Vavilov centers are regions where a high genetic diversity can be found, representing the natural relatives of domesticated crop plants or animals. These areas are also called the primary areas of domestication. India is a primary center of domestication of Water Buffalo.

[#457] Which is an example for sedimentary biogeochemical cycle
Correct Answer

(D) Phosphorus cycle

Explanation

Solution: Sedimentary cycles include those of iron, calcium, phosphorus, sulfur, and other more-earthbound elements.

[#458] Which of the following is not a reason why water warms and cools much more slowly than land?
Correct Answer

Solar energy penetrates more deeply into water

Explanation

Solution: Water warms and cools much more slowly than land because it takes more heat to raise the temperature of a given amount of soil 1 o C than it does to raise the temperature of water 1 o C.

[#459] The gas that shows the most variation from place to place and from time to time in the lower atmosphere:
Correct Answer

(C) Water vapour (H 2 O)

Explanation

Solution: The gas that shows the most variation from place to place and from time to time in the lower atmosphere Water vapour (H 2 O).

[#460] What is deep ecology?
Correct Answer

(A) Protecting nature for its own sake

Explanation

Solution: Deep ecology is an ecological and environmental philosophy promoting the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, plus a restructuring of modern human societies in accordance with such ideas.