1932. The major reservoir of carbon is

A. The atmosphere
B. Ocean Bed
C. Plant and animals
D. Rock
✅ The correct answer is option B.
There are four major reservoirs, or stocks, of carbon on Earth: 1) in rocks (this includes fossil fuels), 2) dissolved in ocean water, 3) as plants, sticks, animals, and soil (which can be lumped together and called the land biosphere), and 4) as a climate-warming gas in the atmosphere.

1933. Blue whale is placed under

A. Endangered
B. Critically endangered
C. Rare
D. Extinct
✅ The correct answer is option A.
The blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whale suborder Mysticeti. Reaching a maximum confirmed length of 29.9 meters (98 feet) and weight of 173 tonnes (190 tons), it is the largest animal known to have ever existed. Blue whale is placed under endangered.

1934. In grazer food chain the living plants are directly

A. destroyed
B. consumed
C. decayed
D. grown
✅ The correct answer is option B.
In grazer food chain the living plants are directly consumed. A simple food chain as shown in the figure given below, in which energy from the Sun, captured by plant photosynthesis, flows from trophic level to other trophic level via the food chain.

1936. What is Plankton?

A. Microscopic floating organisms – Plants and animals.
B. bottom dwelling aquatic organisms
C. large plants in water
D. none
✅ The correct answer is option A.
Plankton are the diverse collection of organisms that live in large bodies of water and are unable to swim against a current. The individual organisms constituting plankton are called plankters. They provide a crucial source of food to many small and large aquatic organisms, such as bivalves, fish and whales.

1937. If the air temperature increased, with no addition or removal of water vapour, the actual vapour pressure would:

A. Increase
B. Decrease
C. Stay the same
D. Become greater than the saturation vapor pressure
✅ The correct answer is option C.
If the air temperature increased, with no addition or removal of water vapour, the actual vapour pressure would stay the same.