Question

Read the given passage.
Animals X, Y and Z are found in completely different habitats. Animal X is nocturnal and has developed many characters to conserve as much water as possible in the body. Animal Y has furry body with thick skin. It is large in size and has padded feet. Animal Z is adapted to live on trees, sticky pads on its feet help it to climb trees.
Which of the following can you conclude regarding the habitats of these animals?

• A. Animal Y lives in an area where temperatures sometimes reach 0°C or fall below it.
• B. Animal Y lives in a place where days may be extremely hot, and nights can be very cold.
• C. Animal X lives in a place with annual rainfall of about 80-100 cm.
• D. Animal Z lives in an area with annual rainfall of about 20-25 cm.

Answer 1

The correct option is A

Animal Y lives in an area where temperatures sometimes reach 0°C or fall below it.

• Animal X is nocturnal and conserves water. So ’X’ must be some desert animal. Example: Kangaroo rat, etc.
• Animal Y has a furry body with thick skin. It is large in size and has padded feet. So ‘Y’ is an animal from a mountainous region.
• Animal Z is adapted to live on trees, sticky pads on its feet help it to climb trees. So ‘Z’ is a red-eyed frog that resides in tropical rainforests.
• Now after knowing what X, Y and Z are, let’s visit all the options.
• Animal X lives in a place with annual rainfall of about 80-100 cm. Since animal ‘X’ lives in the desert that means these areas receive very scarce rainfall. Hence, the statement ‘a’ is incorrect.
• Animal Y lives in a place where days may be extremely hot, and nights can be very cold. Since animal ‘Y’ is from a mountainous region so statement ‘b’ is also incorrect as they are cold areas throughout the day and night.
• Animal Z lives in tropical rainforests. And these areas receive heavy rainfall of about 100 cm. Hence, statement ‘c’ is also incorrect.
• Animal ‘Y’ lives in a mountainous region which are very cold region. Hence temperature of this region sometimes reaches 0°C or falls below it.Therefore, statement ‘d’ is correct.