Question

(A) The process of evaporation of water in nature is one of the fundamental components of the hydrological cycle.
(B) Transpiration is the process by which water vapour leaves the atmosphere and enters the plant body.
(C) Potential evapo-transpiration is the evapo-transpiration from a large vegetation covered land surface with adequate moisture at all times.
(D) The soil and crop conditions in the lysimeters should be close to the natural conditions.
(E) Soil moisture depletion method is usually employed to determine the consumptive use of unirrigated field crops.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

• A. (A), (C) and (D) only.
• B. (A), (B) and (C) only.
• C. (C), (D) and (E) only.
• D. (A), (D) and (E) only.

Hint:

Watch statement (B) closely, it reverses the direction of transpiration.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Instead of judging each line alone, sort the five statements into basic definitions and specific technical claims.
(A) is a basic, unchallengeable fact about the water cycle, so mark it true.
(B) describes transpiration backwards. Water vapour actually moves from the plant into the atmosphere, so this line is false.
(C) restates the textbook definition of potential evapo-transpiration in meaning, so mark it true.
(D) is a basic requirement for any lysimeter experiment to be valid, so mark it true.
(E) makes a specific technical claim tying one particular method only to unirrigated crops; this specific pairing does not hold up and is marked false.
Three statements survive as true: (A), (C) and (D).
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