The group of chemicals used as pesticides is

$CH_3COOH \xrightarrow{LiAlH_4} A$
$A + CH_3COOH \xrightarrow{H_3O^{+}} B + H_2O$
In the above reactions '$A$' and '$B$' respectively are

Which of the following has a cup-shaped thalamus?

$A$ particle is released from height $S$ from the surface of the Earth. At a certain height its kinetic energy is three times its potential energy. The height from the surface of the Earth and the speed of the particle at that instant are respectively:

Name the plant growth regulator which,when sprayed on sugarcane crops,increases the length of the stem and thus increases the yield of sugarcane.

An insect crawls up a hemispherical surface very slowly (see the figure). The coefficient of friction between the insect and the surface is $\mu = 1/3$. If the line joining the centre of the hemispherical surface to the insect makes an angle $\alpha$ with the vertical,the maximum possible value of $\alpha$ is given by