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1
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Prez Rule:

laws become inoperative after 6 months

A

No, do not stop automatically

But can be changed/repealed by state govt

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gas hydrates are formed
A. naturally under the sea bed and glaciers under high pressure, low-temperature conditions.
B. At Stellar condn (V.low T and P)

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Both true

CO2 hydrates formed in this manner can be used for sequestration

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3
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Mid Day Meal Act?
Launched?
COverage?

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NFSA
Launched 1995 @ national lvl (existed @ state lvl earlier)
in primary and upper primary classes
in govt, govt aided, local body,
Education Guarantee Scheme, (Alternative schools in unserved habitations where there is no formal school)
alternate innovative education centres, (for spc, difficult, out of school children)
Madarsa and Maqtabs supported u/ SSA, and
National Child Labour Project schools run by the ministry of labour.

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4
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ABER

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common digital currencyby UAE + Saudi

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5
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Kunjali Marrakkars

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Considered to be India’s first naval heroes, they led the native resistance on the seas against Portuguese invaders.
M= Tamil

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6
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Beveridge Curve

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Unemployment and Job Vacancy

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7
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Great living Chola Temples:
when?
which?
dedicated to?
Dakshin Meru?
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11-12 AD
Brihadeshwar @ Tanjore = Dakshin Meru
Brihadeshwar @ Gangaikondacholapuram
Airavateshwar @ Darasuram, Tanjore = displays legends associated w/ Nayanars
Dedicated to Shiv, but also revers Vaishnavism , Shaktism

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8
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Push Pull tech in agri

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for controlling agricultural pests by using repellent “push” plants and trap “pull” plants.
among maize or sorghum

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9
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ecosystem services were identified and assessed by

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Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, a 2005 UN-sponsored report

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10
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Pharming

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use of genetic engineering to insert genes that code for useful pharmaceuticals into host animals or plants

Different from totally synthesized pharmaceuticals, they include vaccines, blood, blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene-therapies, tissues, recombinant-therapeutic protein, and living cells used in cell therapy.

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11
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ZBNF
origin
Components

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Karnatka
Jeevamitra = earthworms n micro-orgs [only needed fr 1st 3 yrs]
Beejmitra = save seeds [dung as fungicide n urine as anti-baterial]
Acchadana= mulching [soil, straw,Live Mulch (symbiotic intercrops and mixed crops)]
Whapas = moisture. irritare only @ noon, in alt furrows

Countours n bunds
local earthworm species [not vermicompost]
Dung from Indian humped cow
Intercropping [crop n tree associations]

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12
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Pest mgmt in ZBNF
agniastra
brahmastra?
neemastra?

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agni - Urine w/ tobacco, garlic, chilli
neem - Urine + neem
brahma - Urine + fruits

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13
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irrigation sources

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Tubewells> Canals>Wells> Tanks

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14
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Mridaparikshak

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mini soil testing

by ICAR

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15
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India accounts for around ____of world’s renewable water resources. The average annual precipitation in India is around ___ BCM (Billion Cubic Meter). Of this, around ____ water runs off from rivers to oceans. What is left from that only ___ BCM is utilizable surface water. This along with ___BCM groundwater makes India’s total annual utilizable water resources to be close to ____ BCM.

A 
4%
4000
half
700
400
1120
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16
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Defence industrial corridor? states?

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TN n UP

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17
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DEFENCE industrial park coming up at _____

A

Kerala

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18
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Theme based tourist circuits

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Swadesh Darshan

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19
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________ hosts intl hot air balloon festival

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Araku in AP

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20
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Karaikal Ammayar

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TN literature

Nayanars- Shiva devotee

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21
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Kurukh

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N Dravidian lang - central belt
was in Devanagari script; Tolong Siki script
UNESCO [V]
WB - use officially; JH- reco

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22
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Mankidia

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Odisha PVTG
Similipal TR
make Siali ropes

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23
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Brokpas

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Dard Aryans
Alexander’s army
colourful headgear called Tepi
Buddhists

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24
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Pop Density
Highest UT
Highest State
Lowest UT/State

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380/ sq km
Delhi (also tops state)
Bihar
AnN/ Arunachal

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25
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Popn policy

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1st 1976 “direct assault”

2nd 2000 “integrated”

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26
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SR India

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943

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27
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Mega Cities

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5mn+ cities

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28
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Flamingo Festival

A 
Nelapattu BS
Pulicat Lake (Arani and Kalangi are two rivers which feed the lagoon , Buckinggham Canal part)

since 12 yrs
during winters

Flamingo [ 2 species NT, LC]

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29
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BUR by UNFCCC

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Decided in 2012 Rio+20

This was 2nd submission

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30
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Seno Ballena : open lab for CC

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whale comes

Chile

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31
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Forest n tree cover

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Forest : >1ha n canopy density >10%

Tree: <1ha ; patches outside forest area

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32
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1st molecule formed after BBT

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HeH+ HYDRIDE

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33
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Doldrums

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Where trade winds converge near equator

Extremely low pressure with calm conditions

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34
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Meander is not a landform but a type of channel (t/f)

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True

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35
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hybrid pixel detector technology

Medipix3

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hybrid pixel detector techn
LHC used to track accelerated particles
been used to produce 1st 3D images of human body
X ray ( CT scan) hard tissues such as bones
MRI - based on fat and water content in tissues

Medipix3 Using algorithms, it shows all tissues with equal clarity, in colour.
In the case of a fracture, for instance, not only would it show physical damage to a bone — which is what an X-ray depicts — but it would also reveal trauma to surrounding tissue and reveal if blood and nerve supply is compromised

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36
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2nd Intl Conference on Nutrition [ICN2] By ____

Nutrition Decade?

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By WHO + FAO

2016-2025

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37
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UNFCCC secretariat

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Bonn Germany

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38
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Bonn Challenge?

IUCN & ______

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global effort to bring 150 mn ha [half india] world’s deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020, and 350 by 2030.

launched by Germany and IUCN, [2011]

39
Q

Envistats India 2018

Imp?

A

MOSPI
reco integrated enviro-economy link
Adopts System of Environmental Economic Accounting (SEEA) – Central Framework [UN declared as an international statistical standard. ]

40
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Report titled ‘Strengthening Legal Frameworks for Licit and Illicit Trade in Wildlife and Forest Products’ h

A

UNEP

41
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Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)
when formed?
Under?

A

Science-Policy interface like IPCC
2012 by member countries
U/ UNEP, UNESCO, FAO and UNDP and administered by UNEP

42
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what is Poly oxime gel?

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protective gel developed to protect farmers from harmful pesticides.

43
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Pongamia

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= Karanj
2nd Gen Biofuel
widely found in India

44
Q

‘shadangas’

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six limbs of the art of painting. These are described by Vatsyayana in the Kama Sutra. A painting is created by using these six procedures

45
Q

State of The World’s Forests Report?

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FAO
interlinkages that exist between forests and many other goals and targets of the 2030 Agenda
eg corresponding global demand for food – estimated to grow by 50 percent during this period

46
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National Skill Development Mission seeks to provide the institutional capacity to train a minimum of___ million skilled people by ____.
when started?

A

30 Cr by 2022

2015 start

47
Q

Din Panah?

A

A city established by Humayun on the bank of Yamuna river.

48
Q

Asian Elephant Alliance
when?
members?
aim?

A

2015
Elephant Family, International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), IUCN Netherlands, Wildlife Trust of India and World Land Trust.
launched to stem the crisis facing the world’s remaining Asian elephants.
key aim of the alliance is to build 100 habitat corridors ACROSS INDIA over the next 10 years

49
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In 1720, the British government enacted legislation banning the use of printed cotton textiles – _____– in England. This Act was known as the Calico Act.

A

Chintz

50
Q

Mahanadi river originates from ____Mountain in _____.

A

Mahanadi river originates from Sihawa Mountain in Chhattisgarh.

51
Q

“Kelp forest”

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highly diverse, algae- based underwater ecosystem found in oceans in colder regions.

52
Q

Short-lived Climate Pollutants(SLCPs)?

Methane
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Black Carbon
Carbon dioxide
Tropospheric Ozone
A

Except Co2 all
hfc - YES!
Ozone - yes!

53
Q

Cabinet Secretariat is responsible for the administration of GoI Transaction n Business Rules 1961 facilitating smooth transaction of business in ministries/departments of the government
by ensuring adherence to these rules.

A

True

54
Q

‘Narendra Mandal’ also known as Chamber of Princes was set up on the recommendations of

A

)Montague Chelmsford Reforms

had no say in the internal affairs of individual states and having no powers to discuss matters concerning existing rights and freedoms.
est as an advisory body to viceroy

55
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SCATSAT series

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used in weather prediction models and helps in accurate prediction of cyclone track.
sun synch

56
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Epigenetics: study of heritable changes in gene expression that do not involve changes to the underlying DNA sequence.

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change in phenotype w/o chnage in genotype

eg- stem cells into diff cells, cancer

57
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saundarnanda

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Ashvaghosha
Sanskrit poetry that recounts a well-known story of how the Buddha converted his half-brother Nanda, who was deeply in love with his wife, Sundari, to the monastic life of austerity.
Kushana time

58
Q

rajtaringini language

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sanskrit

12th C

59
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Kavyamimamsa is a handbook of literary criticism and tradition. writer?

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Rajashekhara
placed Prakrit, the language of the masses, on an equal footing with Sanskrit, showed mastery over different provincial dialects and endeavoured to revise the popularity of the Sanskrit drama. His four major dramas are the Balaramayana, the Balabharata, the Viddhasalabhanjika and the Karpuramanjari. The

60
Q

Bidriware

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Bidar in KN
inlaying silver or gold in black metal
“Damascening the silver”
Bahmani sultans called Persians - tab se

61
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Tambat Craft

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when Tambat craftspeople were invited to Pune by the Peshwas after Shivaji set up the city as the capital city of the Maratha Empire.
‘Matharkaam’ or beaten work is the distinguishing feature of Tambat craft. The hand-beaten indentations, made by profiled beating hammers, strengthen the object and enhance the inherent rich surface by imparting a mirror-like appearance.

62
Q

Dhokra

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stunning metal figurines fashioned from bronze and copper-based alloys
lost wax metal art
Dhokra Dhamal WB tribe

63
Q

Longpi Pottery or Stone pottery,

A

Manipur - Thankul Naga tribes.
Material : mixture of Black serpentite stone and weathered rock mixed in 3:1 ratio.
Unlike most pottery, Longpi does not resort to the potter’s wheel. All shaping is done with the hand and with the help of moulds.

64
Q

SFIO
Ministry
act
Suo moto?

A

Under the Ministry of corporate affairs
responsibility to investigate corporate frauds of very serious and complex nature
cannot take up cases suoMoto
under companies act 2013

65
Q

highest area under Bt. cotton Cultivation in the year 2017-18

A

MH

66
Q

Approval of GM crops u/ which act

A

EPA 1986

67
Q

SAFAR ministry

A

SAFAR (System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting) is the initiative of Ministry of Earth Sciences

68
Q

Faith for Earth

by?

A

UNEP in 2017
strategically engage faith based initiative & parter to achieve 2030 agenda, SDG
Vision: A world where everything is in balance.
Aim
inspire to advocate
knowledge n network for same
green their investments

69
Q

Udanti sitanadi TR

A

Chattisgarh

Black Panther sighted

70
Q

Mukundra Hills TR

A

RJ

its first adult tigress was relocated to from Ranthambore National Park in November 2018.

71
Q

uzhi or naazhi

A

smallest of the measuring vessels associated with the rice-paddy system in Kerala. Teachers were paid in cash and kind measured in measuring units naazhi or uri.

72
Q

Glorious Kakatiya temples & gateways

who visited?

A 
Remnants of Swayambhu temple and Keerthi Thoranas, Warangal
Rudreswara Temple (Thousand pillars temple), Hanumakonda
Rudreswara (Ramappa) Temple, Palampet

MARCO POLO visited
kirti torana - gateways to temple complexes, unique only to this region and deviant path of experimentation of skill over dolerite by the Kakatiya sculptors continued to be used by subsequent Vijayanagara artists.
The famous treatise of dance ‘Nritya Ratnavali’ of Kakatiya period is said to have been inspired by the construction and art work on Ramappa temple.

73
Q

Lithium Triangle

A

Lithium Triangle is made up of South America’s 3 largest lithium producers: Argentina, Chile and Bolivia. The lithium triangle possesses 54% of the world’s lightest metal.

74
Q

Nat social Assistance P Min?

Area -U/R?

A

M/o Rural Devt
Both U+R
financial assistance to widows, elderly and persons with disabilities

75
Q

Asia-Pacific Forest Invasive Species Network (APFISN)?

A

intergovernmental alliance under the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

76
Q

Bhakti tradition Modern state

  1. Varkari Maharashtra
  2. Gaudia Vaishnav West Bengal
  3. Haridasa Jammu and Kashmir
A

Y Y No(KN)
Varkari = led to the development of vernacular literature and upliftment of lower castes
KN- Haridas + Virshaiva

77
Q
  1. The largest area under the crop is found in laterite soils of red clay type.
  2. India is the largest producer as well as the largest consumer of this crop.
  3. Its variant grown in the Uttara Kannada has recently been granted the Geographic Indication (GI) tag.
A

betelnut=arecanut

sirsi supari

78
Q

Constitution has fixed the maximum and the minimum limits in respect of the strength of a Council.

A

T

1/3 & 40

79
Q

A name used once for a Tropical Cyclone/Hurricane is never used again

A

False

80
Q

With reference to Buddhism, the term ‘paramitas’ refers to the

A

perfections that had to be attained on the path towards becoming a bodhisattva.

81
Q

‘Climate Vulnerability Assessment for the Indian Himalayan Region’,

A

assessed the climate vulnerability of the Himalayan states at the district level.
DST +IITs
Assam most vulnerable >Mizo

82
Q

Smart Food initiative is led by

where the food is good for you (highly nutritious), good for the planet and good for the smallholder farmer.

A

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid-Tropics (ICRISAT); in India = ICAR + IIMR (Indian Institute of Millet Research).

83
Q

ISROSENE

A

Eco-friendly kerosene-based rocket fuel = alt to hydrazine

move towards environment-friendly and green propellants with the acceptance of Liquid Oxygen (LOX)/Liquid Hydrogen (LH2) and LOX/Kerosene based propulsion systems for launch vehicles, and use of electric propulsion for spacecraft (in South Asian sat)
The LOX/LH2 combination is already being used in the cryogenic upper stages of GSLV and GSLV Mk-III launch vehicles.

84
Q

IFAW International Fund for Animal Welfare

A

one of the largest animal welfare and conservation charities

IUCN partner

85
Q

Mahanavami Dibba

A

constructed to display their prestige, power
Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagar Empire constructed Mahanavami Dibba in commemoration on the victory over Udaygiri (now in Orissa).

86
Q

GHG Platform

A

collective civil-society initiative providing an independent estimation and analysis of India’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across key sectors
diff from GHG program: industry-led voluntary framework to measure and manage

87
Q

‘Cool Coalition’, / GLobal Cooling coalition

led by?

A

led by UN Environment, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, the Kigali Cooling Efficiency Program, and Sustainable Energy for All [UN]
Launched at the First Global Conference on Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement in April 2019, the Cool Coalition aims to inspire ambition and accelerate action on the transition to clean and efficient cooling.

88
Q

First Global Conference on Synergies between the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement

A

UNDESA + UNFCCC

89
Q

National Commission for Women: members appointed by

A

Central Govt

90
Q

Global wildlife conference

A

CMS ka another name
CMS entered into force in 1983
India joined then

Ind has launched national action plan for conservation of migratory under central asian flyway

91
Q

Cochlear implant

A

Replaces function of damaged inner ear sends signals to brain unlike other aids which amplify the sound

92
Q

Malham salt caves in

A

Israel

93
Q

Extinction rebellion place n reason

A

In UK
Sociopolitical
Nonviolent
Against climate breakdown, BD loss, risk of human extinction n ecological collapse

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