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August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

Instructions per second (IPS) is a measure of a computer's processor speed. CPU speed of a personal computer is 32 KIPS (Kilo Instructions per second).

With India's pledge to go all electric by 2030, Nagpur will be the first city in the country to adopt electric cabs as the country moves a step closer to its goal.

The pilot project will see around 200 e-cabs in Nagpur with the local body to provide for the charging stations across the city.

Currently, Mahindra and Honda are few of the car-manufacturers who have electric and hybrid vehicles in their line-up. We do hope that the situation changes, as hybrid and electric vehicles will help in the growing pollution in India. Countries such as France, Netherland and Belgium have already started to adopt electric and hybrid vehicles.

Among the given options, mud is not an aerosol.

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets, in the air or another gas. Aerosols can be natural or anthropogenic. Examples of natural aerosols are fog, dust, forest exudates and geyser steam. Examples of anthropogenic aerosols are haze, particulate air pollutants, and smoke.

A device which is used to convert light energy directly into electrical energy is called as photovoltaic cell or a solar cell.

Heliostats convert light energy into heat energy.

A thermocouple is a device for measuring temperature.