Previous year MCQs

General science UPPSC 2000 GS-I
Question

The age of tree, in years, can be ascertained by:

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option C: the number of its annular rings

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “the number of its annular rings”.
Age of a tree can be estimated by counting the number of annual rings in a cut stem.

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