GATE Questions

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Palm tree.

Monsoon experiment is abbreviated as MONEX.

The Monsoon Experiment is the core of the GARP Monsoon Subprogramme, which is a major international effort to achieve a better understanding of the Planetary monsoon circulation, the major seasonal perturbation of the general circulation of the atmosphere and the influence of the annual cycle of precipitation associated with the monsoon on the agriculture of the many populous nations of the region.

Hence, MONEX is associated with The Monsoon Experiment.

Sound intensity or level is measured by a unit called a decibel. An 85 decibel noise level is not a safe standard for the public.

Hence, Acceptable noise level for human ear is less than 85 db.

Biodegradable substances can be broken down into simpler, harmless substances in nature with due course of time by the biological process such as action of microbes. They can be recycled as a part of food chain.

Here, Leather bags are biodegradable.

A callous person is insensitive or emotionally hardened.

Hence, Callous is the opposite of Sympathetic, kind hearted, sensitive, nice,...

Milk is an emulsion of oil in water (o/w).

Emulsion: A suspension of droplets of one liquid in another.

Constituents of milk :

The principal constituents of milk are water, fat, proteins, lactose (milk sugar) and minerals (salts). Milk also contains trace amounts of other substances such as pigments, enzymes, vitamins, phospholipids (substances with fatlike properties), and gases.

The atmospheric pressure at the surface of the Earth is due to gravitational pull of the earth and is about 14.7 psi.

That means that the weight of a column of air which has a cross section of 1 square inch and which stretches from the surface of the Earth to space is 14.7 pounds. 

Natural resources are resources taken from nature to satisfy our needs. As wild animals are on the earth naturally, they are considered as natural resources.

Hence, the given statement is false.