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1913. Noise is _______________

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A. Huge sound
B. Sound of vehicles
C. Undesirable and unwanted sound
D. Sound of crackers
✅ The correct answer is option C.
Noise is disordered sound. Music and noise are both mixtures of sound waves of different frequencies. The component frequencies of music are discrete (separable) and rational (their ratios form simple fractions) with a discernible dominant frequency.

1914. An association between two individuals or populations where both are benefitted and where neither can survive without the other is

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A. competition
B. commensalism
C. mutualism
D. protocoperation
✅ The correct answer is option C.
An association between two individuals or populations where both are benefitted and where neither can survive without the other is mutualism.

1915. Which of the following is not a reason why water warms and cools much more slowly than land?

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A. Solar energy penetrates more deeply into water
B. Heat energy is mixed in a deeper layer of water
C. Water has a higher heat capacity
D. A portion of the solar energy that strikes water is used to evaporate it
✅ The correct answer is option E.
Water warms and cools much more slowly than land because it takes more heat to raise the temperature of a given amount of soil 1oC than it does to raise the temperature of water 1oC.

1916. What is the major cause of diminishing wildlife number?

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A. Felling of trees
B. Cannibalism
C. Habitat destruction
D. Paucity of drinking water
✅ The correct answer is option C.
The reasons are deforestation, pollution, killing, over exploitation etc. The most important among them is deforestation or destruction of their natural habitat because it will affect the species (flora and fauna) of complete area and not only the few organisms.

1919. Ganga Action Plan in India was launched in the year _________

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A. 1988
B. 1986
C. 1980
D. 1978
✅ The correct answer is option B.
Ganga Action Plan was launched by Rajiv Gandhi in India on January 14, 1986. The main aim of this plan was to protect the river Ganga from further more pollution. It was launched to improve the quality of water treatment of the sewage, interception and other methods, also to prevent the mixing of the industrial wastes.

1920. The effect of ozone depletion include

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A. UV light reaches the earth
B. affect the climate
C. cause skin cancer
D. all the above
✅ The correct answer is option D.
Ozone layer depletion causes increased UV radiation levels at the Earth’s surface, which is damaging to human health. Negative effects include increases in certain types of skin cancers, eye cataracts and immune deficiency disorders.