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Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

Riparian vegetation [the green band of vegetation along a watercourse] can help stabilize stream banks; filter sediment from surface runoff; and provide wildlife habitat, livestock forage,and scenic value. Well-developed vegetation also allows bank soils to absorb extra water during spring runoff, releasing it later during drier months, thus improving late-summer stream flows.

In many parts of the arid West, trees and shrubs are found only in riparian areas. Woody plants are very important as winter cover for many wildlife species, including upland game birds such as pheasants and turkeys. Often this winter cover is the greatest single factor limiting game bird populations. Woody vegetation also provides hiding cover and browse for many other species of birds and mammals, both game and nongame.

Dead trees ("snags") are an integral part of streamside habitats and should be left standing whenever possible. Woodpeckers, nuthatches, brown creepers, and other birds eat the insects that decompose the wood. These insects usually pose no threat to nearby living trees. Occasionally a disease organism or misuse of pesticides will weaken or kill a stand of trees. If several trees in a small area begin to die, contact your local extension agent immediately .

How dependent are plants and animals on each other?

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best
expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Sahil said to me, "Where will you go this holiday?"

If the radius of the earth decreases and its mass remains the same, then the value of "acceleration due to gravity" will _____ .

If a body moves with a uniform speed in a circular motion, then______.

What was the name of the 11th edition of bilateral naval exercise conducted in December 2017 by India and Oman near Muscat?

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

The Red Fort (Delhi) was built by ______.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Not able to produce children