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Fruit wrapped in paper ripens faster than when kept in open air because-
(A) Heat of respiration is retained better
(B) A chemical in the paper helps fruit ripening
(C) A volatile substance produced by the fruit is retained better and helps in ripening
(D) The fruit is cut off from the ambient oxygen which is an inhibitor to fruit repening

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If you compare adults of two herbivore species of different sizes, but from the same geographical area, the
amount of faeces produced per kg body weight would be-
(A) More in the smaller one than the larger one
(B) More in the larger one than the smaller one
(C) Roughly the same amount in both
(D) Not possible to predict which would be more When a person is suffering from high fever, it is sometimes observed that the skin has a reddish tinge. Why
does this happen ?
(A) Red colour of the skin radiates more heat
(B) Fever causes the release of a red pigment in the skin
(C) There is more blood circulation to the skin to keep the body warm
(D) There is more blood circulation to the skin to release heat from the body