ANS 1
the max no of node of given hight h is 2^(h+1)-1 for BT or BST or AVL tree that is equal to the min hight h of tree for given these many nodes 2^(h+1)-1.
now let take node 2^(h+1)-1=n where n is no of node in tree
2^(h+1)=n+1
take log both side
h+1=log(n+1) base 2
h=log(n+1) base 2 -1 we get lower bound