Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched?
(a) The Harappan civilization – Painted Greyware
(b) The Kushans – Gandhra School of Art
(c) The Mughals – Ajanta Paintings
(d) The Marathas – Pahari School of Painting
10 Answers
(b) Painted Greyware belonged to later Vedic period (1000–600BC). Ajanta paintings belong to the Gupta period. Pahari School came into existence during the Mughal period.
(c) Ankia Nat is a folk play of Assam. This art form makes use of large masks of gods, goddesses, demons and animals.
(d) Streaming body is a secondary aquatic adaption. It is found in animals that live permanently in water but most of them are amphibious in nature. The streamlined body consists of compression of head, body and tail into a curved stream lined form. There is no protruberance over the body so that the animal can move easily through water. Parasitism is a relationship between two organisms of different species in which one organism called parasite obtains its food directly from another living organism called host.
(c) Zinc phosphide — Rat poison.
Explanation:
Cerargyrite, also called Horn Silver, gray, very heavy halide mineral composed of silver chloride (AgCl); it is an ore of silver.
Tiny particles of silver iodide are sprayed on a cloud from an aeroplane. The particles attract water drops from the cloud. When they form a drop that is large enough, it starts raining.
Zinc phosphide is an inorganic compound that is used in pesticide products as a rodenticide.. Zinc oxide is also known as philosopher's wool.
Correct option (a) Biosphere — Eduard Suess
Explanation:
Eduard Suess was an Austrian, responsible for hypothesising two major former geographical features, the supercontinent Gondwana and the Tethys Ocean.The term "biosphere" was coined by geologist Eduard Suess in 1875, which he defined as "The place on Earth's surface where life dwells."