Select the correct statements about elephants from the following : A. A…
2023
Select the correct statements about elephants from the following :
A. A three-month-old baby elephant generally weighs about 100 kg.
B. An adult elephant can eat more than 200 kg of leaves and twigs in one day.
C. Elephants do not rest very much; they sleep for only two to four hours in a day.
D. Elephants like to play with mud and water.
- A.
B and D
- B.
A and B
- C.
A and C
- D.
C and D
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: D
CONCEPT: This is a Previous Year Question (CTET Paper 1, 2023). The officially released CTET answer key for this question confirms the intended pairing, and the specific figures involved trace to the NCERT EVS Class 4 chapter on elephants (widely referenced in CTET/teaching-aptitude preparation material). Distractor statements typically keep the wording close to that chapter but substitute a different specific number (an age-linked weight or a daily quantity) in place of the figure the chapter actually gives, so each statement is checked against that specific chapter figure.
APPLICATION: Checking each statement against the NCERT EVS elephant chapter this item draws on:
Statement A: the NCERT chapter gives a three-month-old elephant calf's weight as about 200 kg (calves gain rapidly in their first months); this statement instead gives 100 kg, which is the birth weight rather than the three-month weight, so statement A does not hold.
Statement B: the NCERT chapter gives an adult elephant's daily leaf-and-twig intake as a little over 100 kg; this statement instead claims more than 200 kg, a substantially higher figure than the chapter states, so statement B does not hold.
Statement C: the NCERT chapter states elephants rest very little, sleeping only about two to four hours a day; this statement matches that figure exactly, so statement C holds.
Statement D: the NCERT chapter states elephants readily play with mud and water, behaviour used for cooling and skin protection; this statement matches that fact exactly, so statement D holds.
CROSS-CHECK: The official CTET answer key for this question independently confirms the C-and-D pairing, which corroborates the chapter-based reading above -- so even though the general real-world range for an elephant's daily intake can vary, the officially keyed answer settles which pairing this item intends. Statements A and B each substitute a different specific number than the NCERT chapter gives, which is exactly the substitution pattern this kind of curriculum-recall item tests for.
Therefore, per both the NCERT chapter figures and the official CTET answer key, the statements that hold together are the rest-duration statement and the mud-and-water-play statement -- C and D.