A price is the quantity of payment or compensation given by one party to another in return for one unit of goods or services. A price is influenced by production costs, supply of the desired item, and demand for the product. A price may be determined by a monopolist or may be imposed on the firm by market conditions

The Buddhism that first became popular in China during the Han dynasty was deeply coloured with magical practices, making it compatible with popular Chinese Taoism (a combination of folk beliefs and practices and philosophy). ... Many Chinese emperors worshiped Lao-tzu and the Buddha on the same altar. Buddhism entered Han China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE. The first documented translation efforts by Buddhist monks in China were in the 2nd century CE via the Kushan Empire into the Chinese territory bordering the Tarim Basin under Kanishka.

Traditional hybridisation procedures involve mating of organisms to be modified with another individual of the same species having desired characters and screening the progeny for expression of desired set of characters. These procedures, very often lead to inclusion and multiplication of undesirable genes alongwith desired genes. Besides inter-specific hybridisation are generally not very successful. Genetic engineering can overcome all these drawbacks because use of recombinant DNA technology, gene cloning and gene transfer allow us to isolate and introduce only oneor a set of desirable genes without introducing undesirable genes into the target-organism that too from any distant organism.

So, the correct answer is 'Both Assertion and Reason are correct and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion'.

  The main features of the Indian approach to diversity are as explainned below :

(i) The different regions and linguistic groups have right to retain their own culture.

(ii) The cultural diversity is not considered as a threat to the nation.

(iii) India had adopted a democratic approach to the question of diversity. It allows the political expressions of regional aspirations. It allows parties and groups to address the people on the basis of their regional identity, aspiration and specific regional problems.

(iv) Regional issues and problems receive adequate attention and accommodation in the policy making process.

Causes for the decline of Buddhism in India are mentioned below:

(a) It became a victim to the evils of Brahmanism against which it had fought in the beginning.

(b) In order to meet the challenge of Buddhism, the Brahmanas reformed their religion.

(c) The Brahmanas stressed the need for preserving the cattle wealth and assured women and Shudras of admission to heaven.

(d) On the other hand, the Buddhist monks were cut off from the mainstream of people’s life. They gave up Pali which was the language of the common men and looked into the Sanskrit which was the language of the intellectuals.

(e) The Buddhist began to practise idol worship on large scale from the first century A.D. onwards. Apart from this, the monks began to receive a lot of gifts from the devotees which made their lives more easier.

India claims the entire erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir based on an instrument of accession signed in 1947. Pakistan claims Jammu and Kashmir based on its majority Muslim population, whereas China claims the Shaksam Valley and Aksai Chin.

This theory was given by Abraham-Maslow. It is based on human needs. Maslow has explained his theory as a hierarchy of five needs which are depicted and explained below:

1. Basic Physiological Needs
   These are the basic needs, which a person is required to satisfy in order to survive. Hunger, thirst, shelter, sleep are some of the examples of these needs. In an organisation, basic salary helps to satisfy these needs.
2. Safety/Security Needs
   These needs are concerned with physical, economic and social security, in the form of job security, stability of income, etc.
3. Affiliation/Belongingness/Social Needs
   These needs are concerned with affection, sense of belongingness, acceptance and friendship. It is fulfilled when employees have cordial relations with colleagues.
4. Esteem Needs
   These needs include factors such as self-respect, status and recognition. When these needs are fulfilled through job title, it enhances self-confidence and prestige of employees.
5. Self-actualization Needs
   It is the highest level of need in the hierarchy. It arises after the satisfaction of all previously discussed needs. These needs include growth, self-fulfillment and achievement of goals.

This theory was given by Abraham-Maslow. It is based on human needs. Maslow has explained his theory as a hierarchy of five needs which are depicted and explained below:

1. Basic Physiological Needs
   These are the basic needs, which a person is required to satisfy in order to survive. Hunger, thirst, shelter, sleep are some of the examples of these needs. In an organisation, basic salary helps to satisfy these needs.
2. Safety/Security Needs
   These needs are concerned with physical, economic and social security, in the form of job security, stability of income, etc.
3. Affiliation/Belongingness/Social Needs
   These needs are concerned with affection, sense of belongingness, acceptance and friendship. It is fulfilled when employees have cordial relations with colleagues.
4. Esteem Needs
   These needs include factors such as self-respect, status and recognition. When these needs are fulfilled through job title, it enhances self-confidence and prestige of employees.
5. Self-actualization Needs
   It is the highest level of need in the hierarchy. It arises after the satisfaction of all previously discussed needs. These needs include growth, self-fulfillment and achievement of goals.

Pollination is the process of transferring pollen from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma of the same or different flower. Pollination can be carried out by different agents such as wind, water, birds, insects, etc.

Following are a few observations of the flowers that are adapted to pollination by wind, insects and birds.

Flowers Pollinated By Wind

Most of the conifers and angiosperms exhibit wind pollination. Such flowers do not produce nectar and fragrance. In the flowers pollinated by the wind, the microsporangia hang out of the flower. As the wind blows, the light-weight pollen blows with it. The pollen gets accumulated on the feathery stigma of the flower. These flowers appear even before the leaves when the spring commences. Few examples of such flowers include:

• Rice
• Corn
• Oats
• Maize
• Barley
• Papaya

Flowers Pollinated By Insects

The flowers pollinated by insects are bright-coloured and produce nectar. The fragrance of the flowers attracts the insects. The pollen is sticky, large, heavy and rough so that stick to the body of the insects. The stigmas are also sticky so that the pollens depositing are not dispersed. Nectar guides are present on the petals. Few examples of the flowers pollinated by insects are:

• Aster
• Lithops
• Magnolia

Flowers Pollinated By Birds

The flowers pollinated by birds are strong and are adapted to allow the birds to stay near the flowers without their wings getting entangled in them. The flowers are tubular and curved that facilitates nectar-sucking by birds. The flowers are odourless and bright-coloured that attracts the birds. While sucking the nectar, the pollen gets deposited on their beaks and neck and is transferred to the plant they visit next. Few examples of flowers pollinated by birds include:

• Hibiscus
• Fuchsias
• Verbenas
• Beebalms
• Bromeliads