Answer: A) charophytes Explanation: The charophytes are the extant group of green algae that are most closely related to modern land plants.

Answer: D) Orographic rainfall Explanation: Orographic precipitation or Rain produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic clouds form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.   Some also falls a short distance downwind of the ridge and is sometimes called spillover. On the lee side of the mountain range, rainfall is usually low, and the area is said to be in a Rain Shadow.

Answer: C) 2.2 hrs Explanation: Let the original Speed be "s" kmphAnd the usual time be "t" hrsGiven that if the bus is running at 9s/10 kmph the time is 22 hrs=> [9s/10] x 22 = t x s=> 99/5 = t => t = 19.8 hrs   Hence, if bus runs at its own speed, the time saved = 22 - 19.8 = 2.2 hrs.

Answer: A) Women left traditional roles to become active in reform during the Progressive Movement. Explanation: The Progressive Era took place in the US from the 1890s to the1920s. The movement was an effort to reform the government andeliminate the corruption within it. Social activists also wanted toreform the educational system, the insurance industry, thechurches, and many other things they felt were out of control, andnot working in the best interests of the citizens.

Answer: A) Air Explanation: Light travels fastest in Vacuum. The fastest thing in the whole universe is the speed of light in a vacuum like outer space. It is about 2.99 x 108 m/s.

Answer: C) Rs. 12,800 Explanation: 16x8 : Px4 = 5:2 P = 12.8 => Rs.12,800

Answer: A) Government of India Act, 1935 Explanation: The safeguards and the special powers vested in the Governor General was something like a 'Charter of Slavery' as mentioned by Jawahar Lal Nehru. He compared it with a "machine with all brakes, no engine".

Answer: D) 1927 Explanation: The British government appointed a commission under the chairmanship of Sir John Simon to report on India's constitutional progress for introducing constitutional reforms as had been promised in 1927.