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type of coral reefs ? Give name them .

fringing reef, barrier reef and atoll

ISMR - Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall

strait of hormuz??why it is in news recently???

Strait of Hormuz

- It has Iran at its north coast and

- UA and !man at the south coast

- "early #$ %ercent of the world&s oil %asses through thisstraight

- Recent tensions are because of the oil sanctions on Iran

- 'ue to this Iran has threatenned to close the strait, which

would affect the oil su%%ly

- Iran has drafted a bill that allows closure of this strait

damscus is famous 4?

the oldest civilizations flourished

Piranha?

it is a fish, that mo(es in %ac)s* If it smells blood, it attac)s* It

can de(our e(en ele%hants, in minutes*

why jet streams orgin from west side only....why not

east??

I thin) this is because of +oriolis effect* he air at two

different tem%eratures, when meet, doesn&t flow freely as %er

density* ecause of +oriolis force the air start mo(ing on the

meeting boundary* And if you see there are two ty%es of


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stream .ets /olar stream .et and sub tro%ical stream .ets* this

all ha%%ens because of the tem%erature, %ressure and +oriolis

force combined*

The Buckingham Canal which was declared national

waterway of ndia runs !etween which among the

following?

"#$Cochin to %o&hikode

"B$'ijaywada to 'illupuruam

"C$%anya %umari to (ameshwaram

")$*one of them

012i.aywada to 2illu%uruam

Inland 3aterways Authority of India

- established in 4567

- has its head office at "oida

- functions under Ministry of Shi%%ing, Road rans%ort andHighways

- main %ur%ose is for the de(elo%ment and regulation of inland

waterways

- currently there are 8 national waterways

#nkeleshwar. is known fr ??

an)leshwar is )nown due to the %resence of 9u.arat Industrial'e(elo%ment +or%oration

- it hosts a number of %harmaceuticals, chemicals and %aint

industries

+merald sland ??

The Emerald Islandis a phantom island reported to lie

between Australia and Antarctica and south of Macquarie


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Island. It was first sighted by the British sealing ship Emerald,

captained by illiam !lliot, in "ecember #$%#,and the name of

the presumed island derives from the name of this ship#ctive volcano in india ?.

Barren Island is located in the Andaman &ea,, one of the

most easterly of theAndaman Islands. It is the only

confirmed active volcanoin &outh Asia. Along with the rest of

the Andamans, it is a part of the Indian'nion

TerritoryofAndaman and (icobar Islands, and lies about

#)* +m $- mi northeast of the territory/s capital, 0ort Blair.The first recorded eruption of the volcano dates bac+ to #1$1.

&ince then, the volcano has erupted more than ten times, with

the most recent one which started in &eptember %2#2 and

continued through 3anuary %2##

9untur volcanolocated in west 3ava, Indonesia

%a&iranga *atrional Park ??

asam: famous ; one horn rhinos

,acken&ie river ??

+anada* It is the largest ri(er

pan plane###///

/ani%lane actually dar


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to increase the growth of culti(ation* Howe(er, in organic

farming is organic wastes and com%ost in the form of fertilizers,

which can result in increasing the growth of culti(ation

the sun continuously %roduces an enormous amount of energy*

this is due to-

a*nuclear fission

b*nuclear fusion

c*chemical combustion

d*none of these

b*nuclear fusion

how -rganic farming r different frm traditional

farming ?

In con(entional farming, synthetic chemicals are made use of

to increase the growth of culti(ation* Howe(er, in organic

farming is organic wastes and com%ost in the form of fertilizers,which can result in increasing the growth of culti(ation

hat county has the largest army in the world?

#. ChinaB. /0#

C. (ussia). ndiaC. (ussiaA* +hina

The country1s first Butterfly Park at??The country/s first Butterfly 0ar+was established at the

Bannerghatta Biological 0ar+.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_zoohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_zoo


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It was inaugurated on &aturday (ovember %*, %224 by 5apil&ibal, 'nion Minister of &cience and Technology.

B(#2,-0 is named with two com!inations.*amethem.and what r they?

rahmos is the comination of ri(er rahma%utra and the

Russian ri(er Mos)(a, =from the same ri(er which deri(ed the

name of Russia Moscow>

hat is the capital of *orth 0ikkim ?

,anganGey&ing

*amchi

Mangan

0ahara desrt is in north africa.... t or f ?

rue

)alahari is in south*

hat is the capital of +thiopia?

a. #ddis #!a!a

!. 3is!on

c. %inshasa

d. Cape Town

Addis Ababa

#rrange all continents according to their area . ??

Asia*Africa"orth AmericaSouth

AmericaAntarcticauro%eAus

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**its .odh%ur referred to as the @lue +ity@ due to the blue-

%ainted houses around

he rahmans residing there %ainted their houses in blue color

to distinguish themsel(es from others*

-)2P/( is known as suncity ....t or f ? if yes y so ?

hrough out the year it en.oys sunlight

0ikkim is separated !y the 0ingalila range from *epal in

the west5 .................range from Ti!et in the northeastand Bhutan in the southeast.

%asturi

Chola

%amdhenu

+hola

which of the following soil is known as cherno&em6 alluvial soil

7 !lack soil

8 laterite soil

4 red soil

blac) soil

+gmore (ailway station?

in tamilnadu

garuda airways is....Indonesia

green chromide is ...

A fish of fresh water found in Southern India and erala


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he /al) ay lies between*

9ulf of achchh and 9ulf of hambhat**

9ulf fo Mannar and ay of engal

Ba)shadwee% and Maldi(e Islands*

Andaman and "icobar Islands*

B

3ake %arachay???

Bocated in Russia, a small la)e hugely damaged by the

Radioacti(e wastes

'eclared the most %olluted %lace on %lanet earthC

heeler sland.

off the coast !disha Integrate Missile test range** agni 8

missile was launched from this island

9antas is the name of the airlines of

a. Germany

!. :rance

c. #ustralia

d. /%

Australia

*yada is a festival cele!rated in #0sam 5555in the month

of decem!er ...... t or f ? !y......tri!s

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khadki city ?

is a city neighbourhood of 0une. It has an army base, two

ordinance factories and several breweries.

Counter nsurgency ; ungle arfare 0chool in

2airengte, Mizoram, India is a training and research

establishment of the Indian Army s%ecializing in uncon(entionalwarfare, es%ecially counter-insurgency and guerrilla warfare*

+ID3 is one of the %remier counter-insurgency training

institutions in the world*

which one of the following is not matched rightly?

a.nuclear reactor>enrico fermi

neutron>james chadwick

proton>rutherford

www>ro!ert goddard

wwwE robert goddard

im berners Bee disco(ered 333

n india what is used in nuclear power generation .??

nriched Uranium F horium*****India has abundant reser(e of

horium but we lac) Uranium

nuclear power plant in india>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pune


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3ake #ssal???

A crater la)e located in '.ibouti ,, he most saline waterbody

on earthC dead sea comes #ndCCC

The Blue eye of si!eria???

Ba)e ai)al is )nown as lue eye of Siberia

Plitvice lake?

hese are grou% of 47 la)es located in +roatia

And they are interconnected (ia waterfalls, a un world heritage

site*


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&one of high seismic intensity?

himalayan belt n %art of delhi

also "orth east as these fall zone 8 of seismic le(els

The intensity of insolation depends on 3atitude. t of f ?

t

insolation means sun heat

3ocal supply of coal is not availa!le to

T0C-5 amshedpur

'035 Bhadravat

2035 )urgapur

2035 Bhila

2SB, hadra(at

Gangtok is located in which district ?

east si))im

yellow stone national park ? ?

ocated in USA famous for its geysers* !ld faithful geyser is

famous*

wood !uffalo national park ?

the largest national %ar) of canada which %rotects isons

which river is known as Ganga of Tly ?

"ile

9anga used for those ri(ers which flows %erennial n ma)es that

%articular region %ros%erous


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)enu!e river ?

ri(er of uro%e, the second longest ri(er after the 2olga* Itrises in the lac) Gorest mountains of western 9ermany

also )nown as uro%ean water way and international ri(er* It

flows through 44 countries* 9ermany, Romania , Slo(a)ia,

Austria, Hungary, Serbia, oso(o, ulgaria, +roatia, U)rane,

and Moldo(a,

#fganistan is also known as khurasan ...t or f ? y ? so

ya its true and iran was also a %art of )hurasan in encient time*

This is the costliest city in the world....

o)yo

singapur with respect to #0ia ?its +a%ital is Singa%ore *its areas is 4$ )m#*

its 9o(ernment is Unitary %arliamentary re%ublic

%rime minister Bee Hsien Boong has (isited india yesterday

,#riyana trench ?

Marianas rench is the dee%est %art of the world&s oceans* It is

located in the western /acific !cean, to the east of the Mariana

Islands*

sha%e of antlatic is seems to li)e***********al%habet

it has the sha%e of the letter S* It has #$ of the area of the

earth or half of that of the /acific* Its area is 6# million s< )m*


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*+panagar is famous for ?

Nepanagar is a industrial township in Burhanpur district in

the Indian state of Madhya 0radesh. (epanagar is famous for

its newspaper paper mill, (epa Mills 6imited earlier +nown asThe (ational (ews 0rint 6td. The word 7(!0A7 is coined from

(!wsprint 0Aper,hence the name.This small township falls

between Burhanpur and 5handwa and is surrounded by many

small villages.

wooler lake

)asmir me hai india )a sabse bada fresh water la)e

2/, agreeculture

Dhum culti(ation is most %racticed on the slo%es of hills in

thic)ly forested landsca%es* he culti(ators cut the treeto%s to

allow sunlight to reach the land* hey burn all the trees and

grasses for clean and fresh soil* It is belie(ed that this hel%s tofertilize the land, but can lea(e it (ulnerable to erosion* Bater

seeds and cro%s are %lanted* /lants on the slo%es sur(i(e the

rainy season floods*

northeastern states of India li)e Arunachal /radesh, Meghalaya,

Mizoram and "agaland and also in the districts of angladesh

li)e hagrachari and Sylhet*

where is )etroit n y its famous

largest city in the U*S* state of Michigan,

hey are home to 9eneral Motors, Gord, Motown Records,etc*

and notorious for 2ery High +rime Rate*

rift walley ?


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A rift (alley is a linear-sha%ed lowland between highlands or

mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or

fault*Rift (alleys are often associated with a number of ad.oining

subsidiary or co-eJtensi(e (alleys which are ty%ically considered

geologically %art of the %rinci%al rift (alley*

The economy of 0ikkim is mainly !ased on ?

,ining

2unting

#griculture

he economy of Si))im is mainly based on agricultural and

animal hushandry* A%%roJ* 44 of the total geogra%hical area

is under agriculture

+nchey5 (umtek and Phodong555what r these namesof ?

monasteries

dance

places

monasteries is it *******n releted to buddisim ****n budisim is the

intergal %art of si))am

0tate #nimal of 0ikkim ?

(hinocheros

(ed Panda

,usk

Red /anda, an endangered s%ecies

the IU+" declared in the category as (ulnerable

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ChuBomsa are folk dances of ?

*epalese

Bhutias

3epchas

Be%chas

nternational (hododendron festival was held in 0ikkim

in the year ?

7AA

7A6A

7A66

its #$4$

0ikkim merger with the /nion of ndia in the year 6D

!y the Constitution #mendment no. ?

K7th amendment

t is the only tea garden in 0ikkim and considered one

of the !est in ndia and in the world.

#hom Tea Garden

,anjushree Tea +state

Temi Tea Garden

emi ea 9ardenLLestablished in 4575 by the 9o(ernment of Si))im, is located

in South Si))im

LL he garden is laid o(er a gradually slo%ing hill* he tea

%roduced in this garden is also %artly mar)eted under the trade

name emi ea

f a foreigner has to visit this part of ndia5 he does not


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re%ealed the K8th Amendment, and made Si))im a full state,

adding its name to the Girst Schedule of the +onstitution*

he K7th amendment of the Indian constitution has gi(en

consent to enter Si))im as ##nd state into Indian union* with

the K8th amendment it became an associate state

The *ational (esearch Centre for -rchids5


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slam

Buddhism

uddhism

/admasambha(a and Adisa di%an)ura introduced the conce%t

of buddhism in Si))im, hutan and ibet* /admasabha(a was

also )nown as Rim%otche*

The native 0ikkimese consist of the Bhutias5 who

migrated from the %ham district of ........... in the 64thcentury5 and the 3epchas5 who are !elieved to have

migrated from the :ar +ast.

*epal

Ti!et

,ongolia

ibat

it is considered as lifeline of 0ikkim ?

Ganga

Teesta

Barak

teesta

said to be the lifeline of the Indian state of Si))im, flowing for

almost the entire length of the state and car(ing out (erdant

Himalayan tem%erate and tro%ical ri(er (alleys*

LLLoriginates from so Bhamo in "orth Si))im at an ele(ation

of 8,KK$ m =4,;6 ft> abo(e sea le(el in the Himalaya*


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In sim%le words, it flows through mountains and adds the

scenic beauty, which is main attractant to the tourists* As eco

tourism is main form of re(enue for "orth eastern states

*ational 2ighway ......... links 0iliguri to Gangtok

66

76

86

national highway K4 and K4A both lin)s siliguri to gangto)

hich pass connects Ti!et with ndia ?

oji 3a

*athu 3a

Bhara 3acha

"athu Ba--------"athu Ba was re-o%ened in #$$7 for bilateral

trade agreements

LL"athu Ba is one of the three o%en trading border %ostsbetween +hina and India: the other two are Shi%)ila in

Himachal /radesh and Bi%ule)h =or Bi%ulech> in

Uttara)hand*Sealed by India after the 457# Sino-Indian 3ar

LLboon for si))iam economy

Phurchachu5 Kumthang5 Borang5 (alang5 Taramchu

and Kumey 0amdong in 0ikkim are famous ?

lakes

hot springs

rivers

yes they the hot s%rings, which ha(e a high sul%hur content,

are located near ri(er ban)s:LL some are )nown to emit hydrogen*


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hich is the only ndian 0tate which !orders 0ikkim ?

#ssam

est Bengal

#runachal Pradesh

3est engal

LL borders "e%al to the west,

LL +hina&s ibet Autonomous Region to the north and east

LLhutan to the southeast

LLwhile the state of 3est engal lies to the south

...............the world1s thirdhighest peak5 is located on

0ikkim1s !order with *epal

)haulagiri

%7%anchenjunga

***its achen.unga

LLits height 6867

LL first climbed on May #8, 4588 by Doe rown and 9eorge

and, who were %art of a ritish eJ%edition*

hich is ndiaLs :irst state to !e declared as M0moke

:ree 0tateN ?

2aryana

0ikkim

/ttarakhand

smo)e free state -----si))im

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smo)e free tourist %ost----- erna)ulam

n which +uropean capital would you find the famous*otre )ame Cathedral?

%aris

world famous F beautifull church

n which ndian state is #o mostly spoken?

"agaland

hat are diastropic forces

Gorces that occur during the deformationn of the earths crust

This state of ndia has the largest reserve of /ranium

ore.

Andhra /radesh

Kurva tri!es r frm

south india most %robably tamil nadu

hich railway station was previously known as

%alimati?

ata "agar

This country has the worldOs largest *uclear reactor....

Russia

Cherno!yl is the part of this country....

U)raine


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was a catastrophic nuclear accident that occurred on %4 April

#8$4 at the 9hernobyl (uclear 0ower 0lant in '+raine then

officially '+rainian &&:, which was under the direct ;urisdictionof the central authorities of the &oviet 'nion. An e


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- a mountain %ass

- ri(er sutle. enters India through this %ass

- third border %ost for trade between India and +hina

where is the Ti!etian institute of 2igher studies0ituated in ndia ?(aranasi?The Central University for Tibetan Studies9I>T& is auniversity institute founded in &arnath,?aranasi, Indiain #841,as an autonomous organization under 'nion Ministry of9ulture.

The 9I>T& was founded by 0t. 3awahar 6al (ehruinconsultation with Tenzin @yatso, the "alai 6ama, with the aimof educating the youths of Tibetin e


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nternational Civil #viation -rganisation


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laboratory of international repute mainly focusing on the

understanding of special oceanographic features of the

(orthern Indian cean

Director&hetye,&.:.

what does mean 1moraine 1

Moraine is material trans%orted by a glacier and then

de%osited*

Transchart is the ??

shi%%ing ministrys chartering wing*

hich was the first capital of Pakistan ? n old name of

it ?

frst ca%ital was arachi**** the old name was olachi -- namedafter an old woman called Mai olachi, who was the head of

the (illage****** In 458 it was changed to Islamabad*

This river crosses the eEuatorial line twice....

congo or zaire ri(er crosses the e


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n 6I6A5 which city was founded !y ,alik #m!ar?

Aurangabad

The (aja5 (ani5 (ocket and (oarer falls together forms

which fall?

Dog falls or .erso%%a falls on the shara(athi ri(er

3onar lake ??

world&s only salt water la)e in basaltic roc), in maharastra* itsa crater la)e

0tratigarphy is the study of layers t or f?

t

hich #sian country is the Buddhist monument of

Boro!udur located

this monument is com%leted during the reign of samaratunga*this is located in )edu %lain also )nown as garden of .a(a

rocks Pitru and ,atru ?

located in southern most ti% of %eninsular India

LL Maditation, Swami 2i(e)anada .i a%t to (isit there

,u!arak ,andi ??royal residence of mahara.a of DF

1:estival of Gardens1 ?

festi(al of 9ardens

- Hosted by +handigarh

- also )nown as Rose Gesti(al

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- also to eJ%lore (arieties of roses

%olar5 in %arnataka r famous 4 ?

olar is famous for gold mines

hich of these festivals is cele!rated !y the 0ikhs a day

after the 2oli?

2olla ,ohalla

3ohri

'aisakhi

3ossar

Hola mohalla

%arwar

arwar

- town in arnata)a- located between sea on one side and western ghats on the

other side

- it is also one of our "a(al ase

(iver 0haravati ?

Ri(er Shara(ati

- .og falls is formed by this ri(er

- west flowing ri(er- ma.or ri(er basin lies in western ghats

- ser(es only one state, arnata)a

'olcanic eruptions do not occur in the

Baltic 0ea

Black 0ea


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Cari!!ean 0ea

Caspian 0ea

a,ulatto in geo terms...

%erson with one white and one blac) %arent*

Time (ovember to =ebruary

*ivation in geo terms

rosion of the ground benith,due to alternate freezing andthawing*

hich water !ody separates *orth #merica from #sia?

aring strait

Some of the ering Sea water %asses through the strait into

the Arctic !cean, but most of it returns to the /acific*

hich one of the following weather conditions is

indicated !y a sudden fall in !arometer reading?

0tormy weather

Calm weather

Cold and dry weather2ot and sunny weather.

stormy weather

hich ndian state is renowned for its ancient martial

art form 1%alaripayattu1?

)erala

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t

%am!ala festival ?

%am!ala festival is an integral part of the rural life in%arnataka.

-n the !ank of which river is the city Trichy situated?

Tiruchirapalli (Trichy) Situated in Tiruchirappalli district,

on the banks of the River Kaveri (also spelt asCauvery) is Tiruchirappalli, a city known for its

educational institutions, industries, and temples. t is

shortly called as !Tiruchi! or !Trichy!.

Trichy is the district head"uarters of the district of

Tiruchirappalli and has its name for tourist attraction.

The city is a thrivin# commercial centre in Tamil $aduand is famous for artificial diamonds, ci#ars, handloom

cloth, #lass ban#les and wooden and clay toys.

The %andmark &f The City

The most famous landmark of Tiruchirappalli is the

Rock 'ort Temple, a spectacular monument perched on

a massive rocky out crop which rises abruptly from the

plain to tower over the old city.

ndian city is also known as %o&hikode? ?

ali)at

*ile river has two parts...name them......

white "ile and lue "ile both r .oin together at HARU!M I"

SU'A"


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ndia receives its major rainfall from which monsoon ?

s-w mansoon***** It first gi(es rain to the coast of the erala*

basically n-e trade winds get attracted by d heatness of thar

region when dey are mo(ing in their own direction n after dattraction d direction of n-e trade winds changed its direction to

s-w winds** n starts mo(ing to the indian %eninsula** get weted

frm d indian ocean n bay of bengal** n den enterd in to d indian

region***

basically der are two causes of monsoon in indian**

!" is HAR 'SR** n d !HR !" z HIMABPA**

thar creates high tem%* low %ressure zone** where as himalaya

sto%s d winds to mo(e further*** after raining K to ; months**

these trade wind agn gets der original direction** i*e* "!RH-

AS trade winds** n startys to flow towards e


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an area of ;5,$$$ s*he dunes are )e%t in %lace in the arid, windy region by an

underground water source* Analyses of the ground water

indicates that it is snowmelt that flows through fractured roc)

from mountains hundreds of )ilometers away*

he desert also features o(er 4$$ s%ring-fed la)es that lie

between the dunes, some of which are fresh while others are

eJtremely saline* hese la)es gi(e the desert its name which is

Mongolian for @mysterious la)es@* It is also crossed by one

ri(er, the Ruo Shui =@wea) water@>, which has formed a great

allu(ial %lain in the desert*

@#paranta land. ?

9oa)on)an region is )nown as A%aranta* Aso)a send

'hammara))itta to this region to s%read uddhism

hich nation is known as 0verige in the local

language?

#= 0wit&erland

B= 0urinameC= 0ri 3anka

)= 0weden

Sweden country

1)alhousie1 is located in 2imachal Pradesh ... t or f ?

rue

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Also 'lai Bama =4;th> +ame first tym at this %lace ** he came

there in 4586* he %m of china tht time was zhou enlai

13oktak1 is a lake ???? write a!out itIts fresh water la)e which is located in Indian State Mani%ur **

his is only fresh water la)e in "orth ast India

write detail a!out :alkland slands ?

Bocated In South Atlantic ocean near razil ***

'is%ute etween U n Arzentina **

%uril slands administered !y QQQQQQQ !ut claimed !y

QQQQ as well?

Da%an , Russia

Galapagos slands ?

9reece

, !"#

5# $ %& '%() * +( ,- . ()

E /+ 01 2 ,3 *

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)= )akar

rome** 455

Gujarat longest coast line 6IAA km..

#ndhra Pradesh is the second longest coast line 7

km... t or f

t

9/!" -----------9igabit /assi(e !%tical "etwor)

whts d contri!ution of aleRndar von hum!oldt towardgeography

aleJndar (on humboldt com%osed systematic geogra%hy

hy does +arth possess a magnetic field???

it is due to the rotatory mo(ement of the outer "i-Ge core,

which is at li


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air column rising from the earth surface thermally =and not dueto any barrier li)e one of orogra%hy> cools initially at the 'ABRof 4$ degree centigrade %er )ilometre till condensation le(el, till

it is saturated* and after that the air cools at 3ABR which(aries between 8 to 4$ degrees centigrade %er )ilometre*recommended forest area should !e

6. 87 J

7. 88

8. 84

4. 8 on what thing this recommended made

according G!RS 4566 %olicy Fserious im%lementation startedfrom D/ rule from #$$4* it should be KK

+0T+(* G2#T0 have !een added to the Prestegious

list of /*+0C-1s orld 2eritage 0ites on uly 6. t or f ?

more a!out western ghat ?

3estern 9hats cology J%ert /anel =39/>

39/ head by Madha( 9adgil, constituted by the Ministry of

n(ironment and Gorests on ;th March, #$4$*

It raises en(ironmental concerns o(er sindudurg and Ratnagiri

regions of Maharashtra, and in(o)es the rights of inhabitants

here*he focus was on econological sensiti(e areas and

de(elo%mental %ro.ects* Its submitted its first re%ort on March,#$44*

kerala is !iggest ru!!er plantations in ndia**t

yellow river is 2wangho....t or f n y ?

t* +hina&s sorrow

0ea of TranEuility ??

on moon where neil armstrong wal)ed


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hat is perihelion?

/eri means near helion means sun* 3hen the earth is nearest

to the sun* It is on .anuary ;* It is nearly 4; million )mRemember it li)e this***% for %eri***% for %aas**when earth is

%aas of sun**%erihelion**C

ndian nstitute of Geomagnetism

ndian nstitute of Geomagnetism was esta!lished in

the Kear 66 in *avi ,um!ai under earth

sciences and itLs research areas are focused on

Geomagnetism and allied fields. The total num!er of

+mployees is 6FA in which research faculties is 4A.

,ercury is d fastest nd smllest planet ... ,ercury is dnearest planet 7 d sun... ,erury r seen in d mrng nd

eveng.. t or f?

Its true and it has high esca%e (elocity also

Bindi!u are natives of

Australia

nstitute of forest productivity ?

Its in ranchi

It conducts research in agroforestry and forest %roducti(ity

Baku ??

he ca%ital of Azerbaizan rich in %etroleum %roducts


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Cherno&ems ?

lac) Regur soil, which is high in humous content* hey are

high yielding lands

0an ose is capital of ?

+osta rica

the name of forest popularly known as lungs of planet ?

amazon due to %roduction of ## of world oJygen by recycling

c$#

define lunar eclipse in a single line??

an ecli%se in which the moon %asses into the earths shadow**

hich 6 among the following has the largest shipyard

in ndia

6. %olkata

7. %ochi8. ,um!ai

4. 'isakhapatnam

. %ochi

The surface of sun which is visi!le during eclipses is

a. Chromosphere!. Photosphere

c. Corona

d. Both a ;! ?

+orona


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1Greatest circle1 that can !e drawn on the earth1s

surface??


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The Crust of Earth

It is the outermost and the thinnest layer of the earthCssurface, about $ to -2 +m thic+. The crust varies greatly in

thic+ness and composition D as small as * +m thic+ insome places beneath the oceans, while under somemountain ranges it e


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Composition of Earth

Made up of over #22 elements.

The following $ are importantG

Oxygen 46.5%

Silicon 27.72%

Aluminium 8.13%

Iron 5 01%

Calcium 3.63%

Sodium 2.85%

o!a""ium 2.62%

#agne"ium 2.0$%

#agne"ium 2.0$%

Continental drift theory ?

/ro%osed by Alfred 3egner******* +rust is mo(ing o(er li


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write all a!out red planet ?

"amed after Roman war god, it has similar %olar ice ca%s li)e

earth* It has two moons /hobos, 'emos*

)warf planet

/luto, +haron, +eres, ris

he @dwarf %lanets@ are all of those ob.ects which are not one

of the eight dominant bodies =Mercury through "e%tune> yet

still, at least in one way, resemble a %lanet* he best definition

heard so far is that a dwarf %lanet is something that loo)s li)e a

%lanet, but is not a %lanet*

IAU, in the year #$$7 introduced this classification* he


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powerful typhoon occurs mainly in china .......t or f ?

write more a!out ittrue*****ty%hoon mainly occurs in china****after touching the

/hilli%ins border some time ,,,,,due to the same china ha(e to

bear a lot of loss se(eral time

illingdon sland is located in which state of ndia???

LLwhich forms %art of the city of ochi, in the state of erala,

India*

LL3illingdon Island was claimed from the Ba)e of ochi, filling

dredged soil around a %re(iously eJisted, but tiny natural

island*

LLIsland was created during construction of modern ochi /ort

in 45K7 with the soil dredged out while dee%ening the

2embanad Ba)e to accommodate the new ochi /ort*

LLnamed after Bord 3illingdon, the erstwhile go(ernor ofMadras who ordered to commissioning the %ro.ect*

hich ndian 0tate is often called the heart of ndia?

#. est Bengal

B. /ttar Pradesh

C. ,adhya Pradesh

). Punja! n y?Madhya /radesh =+entral State>, is better )nown as the &Heart

of India& not only for it&s geogra%hical %osition but more so for

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dholaviraa with its significance ??

rchaeological site in gu.

last site to be eJca(ed belongs to indus ci(ilization

Tropopause?

A boundary between ro%o s%here and stratos%here*

3ayers of ionosphere??hermo, Meso, and eJo s%here* his layer is im%ortant as it

contains ionized %articles, that is useful in the %ro%agation of

radio wa(es

BDJ of earths crust is made up of...........

Igneous roc)s

Challenger )eep?It is in /acific !cean, where the marina trench locatedIt is the dee%est sea %oint that is )nown on the earth&s sea

0tratified rocks5 how are they formed?

he sedimentary or stratified are roc)s are formed by themechanical factors and natural factors*

A single member, or bed, of a stratified roc), whether thic) orthin, is called a layer, though for %ur%oses of distinction,eJcessi(ely thin layers are called lamince* ach layer or laminare%resents an uninterru%ted de%osition of material, while the

di(isions between them, or bedding %lanes, are due to longeror shorter %auses in the %rocess, or to a change, if only in a


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,-/*T#*0 -: *)#

mplementation of land !oundary protocols.

related to &Gramewor) agreement on co-o%eration for

'e(elo%ment& between India and angladesh?

Tipaimukh Project

?ulti%ur%ose hydel %ro.ect in Mani%ur

he %ro.ect had gi(en rise to misgi(ings in angladesh, whichfears greater eJ%osure to floods during monsoons and low

flows during the lean season* As a result, in #$$5, a team of

angladeshi /arliamentarians was airlifted to the site to

con(ince %eo%le that the %ro.ect was for hydro%ower and flood

control, and not irrigation*

Teesta river water sharing?


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wea)ening of am atmos%heric front*

/*S* A front is a boundary se%arating two air masses that differ

in density,

tem%erature, and humidity*

%arakoram road


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controlling the en(ironment and the associated %lant and

animal life* hey occur where the water table is at or near the

surface of the land, or where the land is co(ered by water*he +on(ention on 3etlands, signed in Ramsar, Iran, in 454,

is an intergo(ernmental treaty which %ro(ides the framewor)

for national action and international coo%eration for the

conser(ation and wise use of wetlands and their resources*

here are %resently 486 +ontracting /arties to the +on(ention,

with 486 wetland sites, totaling 474 million hectares,

designated for inclusion in the Ramsar Bist of 3etlands of

International Im%ortance* Ramsar +on(ention is the only global

en(ironment treaty dealing with a %articular ecosystem*

which region is known as orld1s Bread!asket ?

due %rairies

+very year on %artik Purnima5 which town host india1s!iggest camel fair?

%ush)er conducts the fair* It attracts the thousands of tourists

in the world

hich princely state was the first to !e anneRed to the

British +ast ndia Company under the )octrine of 3apsepolicy5 devised !y 3ord )alhousie?

Satara - 46;6, Dait%ur - 46;5 sambal%urFhagat-468$,

Uday%ur-468#, Dhansi-468K, "ag%ur-468; and Awadh-4687

,andovi1 and 1@uari1 are major rivers of which ndian

state ?

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hey are the dee%est %oints of the atlantics, Indian and /acific

oceans

2K is the river Godavari named so ?

Begend has it that Sage 9autama li(ed on the rahmagiri Hills

at rayamba)eshwar with his wife Ahalya* he rishi )e%t his

stoc) of rice in a granary* !nce, a cow entered his granary and

ate u% the rice* 3hen the rishi tried to ward the cow away with

'urbha grass, it fell dead* he rishi wanted to relie(e himself of

the sin of 9ohatya* He worshi%%ed Bord Shi(a and re


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Initiati(e by mamta baner.ee

Genoa is the leading seaport of which country??

Italy

!annerghatta !iological park ????

angalore,arnata)a

famous for white tigers

country&s first butterfly %ar) launched in the same %remises

Geosynclines ??????

geosyncline is a term still occasionally used for a subsiding

linear trough that was caused by the accumulation of

sedimentary roc) strata de%osited in a basin and subse


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Ra.i( 9andhi

source of Cham!al river2indya range, Mhow

#swan dam ?

on the ri(er nil

key difference !etween a !arrage and a dam ?

A dam stores sur%lus flood water and distributes this additional

water through the %ower N irrigation tunnels in the dam or

through the canals from its reser(oir* In both cases it is the

stored water that is distributed, and not ri(er water which

continues to flow normally as before*

It is at the barrages, for there is neither reser(oir nor storage,

that the canals ta)e water directly from the ri(ers* Sim%ly it canbe differentiated that 'ams add water , but barrages subtract

it*

Biggest navaiga!le river in +/(-P+ ?S

rhine is right

(iver cutting Tropic of Capricon ?

Bim%o%o in africa *

he Bim%o%o Ri(er rises in the interior of Africa, and flows

generally eastwards towards the Indian !cean* It is around

4,7$$ )ilometers long


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he main tributary is the !lifantsNBetaba ri(er =le%hant Ri(er>*

he %ort town of Vai-Jai, Mozambi


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"e(ado Mismi

)arling is the longest river of ...... which nation ?Australia

%ishtwar town is situated on the !anks of


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*armada river emerges frm ?

amar)antha) in ma)al range

%aladan (iver...significance ?international ri(er between myanmar and Mizoram

0*)2/ )#(02#*1....wats that ?

festi(al celebrated at Beh in mnth of .une*****celebration of ri(er

Indus

)eepest river valley in ndia ?

he ganges

Purna (iver...origin ..path..projects ?

aitul dist, M/, astern Sat%ura***Runs %arallel to a%ti and

meets her at Dalgaon, MH*** Also called /aisani=meansambrosia>, due to its taste*** #$$K, by %lanning commission,

hydroelectric and irrigation %ro.ect was underta)en namely

&/urna Ri(er /ro.ect DI$$8#&*

hich of the following river is considered as origination

of ndus river

a= Gar!= helum

c= Gilgit

d= #stol

a

3argest river island in ndia ?S

Ma.uli***Assam


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hich rivers are known as five sisters ?

Dhelum, +henab, Ra(i, eas and Sutle.

)udhsagar waterfall....location ?

border of arnata)a and 9oa and located on manda(i ri(er

Peacock sland ?

benidorm islands, east coast of s%ain*

+alled so because of large %eacoc) %o%ulation*

Barkana :alls ...location ?

44th highest in India****Shimoga,,,,arnata)a

hy are tim!er dams rarely used these days ?

s it because of following factors a>he life of timber dams is

short*

b> he lea)age through a timber dam is he maintenance cost of a timber dam is high*

d> imber dams cannot be constructed for great height

2K Ganga )olphin has !een declared as the *ational

#Euatic #nimal of ndia ? #lso 2K is this creature

called 10usu1 ?

*it re%resent the health of ri(ers**s%ecially gangas**it ha( been

declared by .airam ramesh*and the dol%hin called susu bcoz of

the sound they %roduce*

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Bandform formed where a ri(er enters into ocean,sea,la)e***etc

its a much fertile land due to de%osition of ri(er******

eg-ganges delta,nile delta

#eroflot is a air foriegn service !elonging to which

nation ?

Russia

%akrapara Project ?

nuclear %ower station in surat,gu.arat

(ome is situated on the !ank of the river S?

iber

*ational informatics centre in india was esta!lished in

year?

#. 67

B. 6D

C. 6

). 6

he National Informatics Centre'NIC( is the main science Ktechnology organisation of India/s 'nion

@overnmentininformatics servicesand informationand

communication technology I9T applications. The (I9 is a

part of the Indian Ministry of 9ommunications and Information

Technology/s "epartment of Information Technology

formation #814.
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46 tiger reserve in ndia t or f ?? what is the first

announced tiger reserve ..n what is the latest one ?????what is the minimum reEuirement to !e a tiger

reserve ............

itz false coz dre are ;#*

for ac


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jupiter is a only plane which is cold in the universe....t

or f? ny reason ?

*URA"US s called as d cold %lanet**Although uranus s nt dfarthest %lanet frm d sun it&s d coldst %lanet n our solar

system** "eJt to Du%iter nd saturn it&s d largest %lanet n our

solar system**wat ma)es d %lanet so cold s tat it has low

internal tem%**

go!i desert is the #sia !iggest dessert t or f? write

more a!out it

rue***land s made of roc) and gra(el*** It s d 8th largest desert

on the earth** 9obi&s a(erage rainfal s les than 6 inchesN yr** It s

locatd n northrn china nd southrn Mongolia

The most a!undant power resources occur in

sedimentary rock t or f? n how?

!ur %ower resources li)e coal and %etroleum %roducts arebasically hydrocarbons, basically sedimented and fossilated

organisms, which are found under the sedimentary roc)s, so

yes ur statement is true*

@Babrador +urrent@ meeting the 9ulf Stream* his current,

which originates in the Arctic !cean, is a cold current and the9ulf Stream, which originates at the ti% of Glorida, is a warm

current* As you can imagine, the Babrador +urrent has a

cooling effect on coastal "ew ngland and in the s%ring it e(en

carries icebergs southward from the glaciers of 9reenland* As

the tro%ical cyclones ma)e their way u% the warm 9ulf Stream,

they e(entually meet this colder, albeit wea)er, Babrador

+urrent, which can really start to slow a large cyclone*


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largest chily market in world U ?

9untur, Andhra /radesh

which minerals is found in ,ona&ite sand? ! what is,ona&ite sand ?

thorium*** abundantly found in )erala

hat is a 2#(: ?

It s a %latform on d shore of a harbour where shi%s may tie u%

nd load or unload goods or %assengers

hich one of the following does not form part of the

Buddhist circuit in /ttar Pradesh>

a. %apilvastu

!. %ushinagar

c. 0ankisa


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d. 0hravasti

ushinagar*** ********DI+A=DA/A" I"R"AI!"AB

+!!/RAI!" A9"+P> has agreed # g( loans ; de(l%ment of

infrastructre # conect d buddhist circuit n U*/** Boan wil b%ro(ded by DI+A thru union minstry of tourism**;$$ crore wil b

%ro(ded ; road construction f bout 5 )ms conectng SAR"AH

n (aranasi, A/IBA2ASU n U*/ "/AB bordr and san)isa

shra(asti n faru))abad

%oyna 2ydroelectric Power project?

Ri(er )oyna Maharashtra****** here was an earth


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celebrated on 4st .uly ****** to honour the legendary %hysician

and the second +hief Minister of 3est engal, @'r idhan

+handra Roy@* *** He was born on Duly 4, 466# and died on thesame date in 457#, aged 6$ years* 'r Roy was honoured with

the country&s highest ci(ilian award, harat Ratna on Gebruary

;, 4574****

most populous district of india ?

6= howrah

7= north 74 parganas

8= mum!ai

4= delhi

hane district in Mumbai

#vadi


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programme5 launched on 6 #pril 68 ?

corbett national %ar), uttara)hnad

Paradip portan artificial %ort in orissa located between confluence of

mahanadi ri(er n bay of engal

,ithila ?N

he Mithila is the ca%ital of 2idehas* Dana)a a %hiloso%her )ing

associated with this %lace* It is now di(ided between India and

"e%al*

n Corriander5 the useful parts are QQQQQQ.

#= (oots and leaves

B= 3eavers and flowers

C= 3eaves and dried fruits)= :lowers and dried fruits

> Bea(ers and flowers

ndira Gandhi Canal is the longest irrigation canal in

ndia...t or f ..passes frm which state?

rue %asses through /una.b, Haryana and Ra.asthan*** he

canal is 78$ )m long and starts from the Hari)e arrage, a few)ilometers below the confluence of the Sutle. and eas ri(ers in

/un.ab* It flows through /un.ab, Haryana, and Ra.asthan, with

the ma.or length of the canal flowing through Ra.asthan* he

canal terminates near Daisalmer in Ra.asthan*** he %ur%ose of

the canal is to change ra.asthan&s dhar into %roducti(e area

The headEuarters of ,C:


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the nerve centre of the entire space craft operations in

ndia is atQQQQQQQQQQ.

#= 2ydera!ad


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scri%t used for Maithili language

*evados -jos del 0alado.... is the world1s highest activevolcano. ..... located on the Chile and #rgentina

!order........t or f?

true*

T2e tropic of Cancer passes through which states of

ndia ? name them ?

9u.rat , Ra.asthan , m%, chhattisgarh, .har)hand,westbengal *

ri%ura, mizoram *

atlantic coast o!server network


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2armattan is a cold wind and %hamsin is a hot

wind.....tf

armattan ---------- dry and dusty 3est African trade wind*blowssouth from the Sahara into the 9ulf of 9uinea between the end

of "o(ember and the middle of March =winter>***tem%eratures

can be as low as K degrees +elsius**

hamsin------------more commonly )nown in gy%t as

)hamaseen refers to a dry, hot and dusty local wind blowing in

"orth Africa and the Arabian /eninsula*

Similar winds in the area are sirocco and simoom* Grom the

Arabic word for &fifty&, throughout the Be(ant, these dry, dust-

filled windstorms often blow s%oradically o(er fifty days, hence

the name***

so the final answer is false,,,,,,EE>E> as both winds r hot only

hat is acidic lava and !asic lava after volcanicerruption ?

Acidic la(a is felsic, or high in is

an imaginary line on the surface of the arth, that runs from

the north to the south %ole and demarcates one calendar day

from the neJt* It %asses through the middle of the /acific!cean, roughly following the 46$X longitude but it de(iates to


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%ass around some territories and island grou%s***the

International 'ate line is on the o%%osite side of the arth to

the /rime Meridian*******he /rime Meridian hel%s to defineUni(ersal ime and is the meridian from which all other time

zones are calculated* **

hich of the following rivers passes through rift

valley ?

#= 0utlej

B= *armada

C= Kamuna

)= Godavari

"armada

canadaland of maple

egyptthe gift of the nile

The land of thousand lakesfinland

The hearing pond #tlantic -cean

hat is the )uronto +Rpress?

duranto is category of long distance, non sto% between two

im%ortant cities F (ery fast train ha(ing yellow green coloured

bogies announced in #$$5-4$ rail budget by mamta banar.i

awaharlal nstitute of Post Graduate ,edical

+ducation and (esearch


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=DI/MR> is one of the to% fi(e medical schools in India* It is

located in /ondicherry =formally /uducherry>, a union territory

town in southern India on the shores of the ay of engal ,estd

in 457;**

2ow many of the 7D 2ot spots of Biodiversity

recogni&ed worldwide are situated in ndia?

b> # the 3estern 9hats and the Himalayas

hich one of the following mountain ranges is spread

over only one 0tate in ndia?

#ravalli

0atpura

#janta

0ahyadri

ans is Ara(alli in ra.athan

Birhor5 ,undas5 -arons are tri!es frm ?

chotanag%ur**Dhar)hand

%or!a tri!es have a panchayat known as 1........1 ?

Mayari*

T+( ?????

International hermonuclear J%erimental Reactor - world&s

most ad(anced and largest to)oma) nuclear fusion reactor at

+adarache in Grance, funded by se(en member countries, U,

Grance, +hina, Da%an, India, US, russia, South orea, the target

is to %roduce the %lasma by #$45*


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#gasthyamalai ??

Agasthyamalai Hills lie at the eJtreme southern end of the

3estern 9hats ******* in erala F amil "adu, South India* , it

continues South of amil "adu and erala* Agasthyamalai

ios%here Reser(e it is com%osed of "eyyar, /e%%ara and

Shendurney 3ildlife Sanctuaries* It is the habitat for #,$$$

(arieties of medicinal %lants, of which at least 8$ are rare and

endangered s%ecies* Rare animals include the tiger, Asianle%hant, and "ilgiri ahr* Agastyamalai is also home to the

ani)aran, one of the oldest sur(i(ing ancient tribes in the

world*

*okrek ??

Nokrek(ational 0ar+, or

NokrekBiosphere :eserve, is a

national par+ located Approills district of Meghalaya,

+om%osition of the Atmos%here

he %resent atmos%here of the arth is %robably not its original

atmos%here* he original atmos%here may ha(e been similar tothe com%osition of the solar nebula and close to the %resent

com%osition of the 9as 9iant %lanets* he earlier atmos%here

was lost to s%ace, and re%laced by com%ounds outgassed from

the crust or =in some more recent theories> much of the

atmos%here may ha(e come instead from the im%acts of

comets and other %lanetesimals rich in (olatile materials*


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he oJygen so characteristic of our atmos%here was almost all

%roduced by %lants =cyanobacteria or, more collo* hus, the %resent com%osition of the atmos%here

is 5 nitrogen, #$ oJygen, and 4 other gases*

Bayers of the Atmos%here

he atmos%here of the arth may be di(ided into se(eral

distinct layers, as the following figure indicates*

he ro%os%here

he tro%os%here is where all weather ta)es %lace: it is the

region of rising and falling %ac)ets of air* he air %ressure at

the to% of the tro%os%here is only 4$ of that at sea le(el =$*4

atmos%heres>* here is a thin buffer zone between the

tro%os%here and the neJt layer called the tro%o%ause*

he Stratos%here and !zone Bayer

Abo(e the tro%os%here is the stratos%here, where air flow is

mostly horizontal* he thin ozone layer in the u%%er

stratos%here has a high concentration of ozone, a %articularly

reacti(e form of oJygen* his layer is %rimarily res%onsible forabsorbing the ultra(iolet radiation from the Sun* he formation

of this layer is a delicate matter, since only when oJygen is

%roduced in the atmos%here can an ozone layer form and

%re(ent an intense fluJ of ultra(iolet radiation from reaching

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with dire future conse, where many atoms are

ionized =ha(e gained or lost electrons so they ha(e a net

electrical charge>* he ionos%here is (ery thin, but it is where

aurora ta)e %lace, and is also res%onsible for absorbing the

most energetic %hotons from the Sun, and for reflecting radio

wa(es, thereby ma)ing long-distance radio communication

%ossible* he structure of the ionos%here is strongly influenced

by the charged %article wind from the Sun =solar wind>, which

is in turn go(erned by the le(el of Solar acti(ity* !ne measure

of the structure of the ionos%here is the free electron density,

which is an indicator of the degree of ionization*


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!blate S%heroid**

)iscuss on the phenomenon of Cam!rian eRplosion VMost ma.or animal grou%s a%%ear for the first time in the fossilrecord some 8;8 million years ago on the geological time scalein a relati(ely short %eriod of time )nown as the +ambrianeJ%losion

he theory of the +ambrian J%losion holds that, beginningsome 8;8 million years ago, an eJ%losion of di(ersity led to the

a%%earance o(er a relati(ely short %eriod of 8 million to 4$million years of a huge number of com%leJ, multi-celledorganisms* Moreo(er, this burst of animal forms led to most ofthe ma.or animal grou%s we )now today, that is, e(ery eJtant/hylum* It is also %ostulated that many forms that wouldrightfully deser(e the ran) of /hylum both a%%eared in the+ambrian only to ra%idly disa%%ear* "atural selection isgenerally belie(ed to ha(e fa(ored larger size, and

conse*3ith the inno(ation of structural su%%ort, the early +ambrian%eriod also saw the start of an eJ%losion in the size of manyanimals*

he +ambrian J%losion is the outcome of changes inen(ironmental factors leading to changes in selecti(e %ressures,in turn leading to ada%ti(e di(ersification on a (ast scale* ythe start of the +ambrian, the large su%ercontinent 9ondwana,com%rising all land on arth, was brea)ing u% into smaller landmasses* his increased the area of continental shelf, %roducedshallow seas, thereby also eJ%anding the di(ersity ofen(ironmental niches in which animals could s%ecialize ands%eciate*


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)iscuss on difference !etween warm and cold ocean

currents?

ocean currents which transfer heat are warm ocean currents

and they are surface currents*

the mo(ement of these currents %roduces a worldwide water

circulation that affects all oceans**and thus a flow of cold water

in this circulation is cold ocean current*

warm ocean currents flow more coarse-

grained soils =e*g* sands and gra(els>: =#> fine-grained soils

=e*g* silts and clays>: and =K> highly organic soils =referred to as

@%eat@>*old classification was suggested by Marbutt**but due to

criticism**this new classification was ado%ted

Currents hav a tendency to circulate water waters in

clockwise direction in norhtern hemisphere while anti

clockwise in the southern hemisphere SSShy so ?

bcoz of d coriollis effect***nythng mo(ing freely in nortern

hemis%hr is deflected towards its right nd (ice (ersa in

southern hemis%hr****

)iscuss d mechanism of formation of clastic rocks V

it is a com%osition of silicate minerals and roc) fragments that

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o bascially due to de%osition of trans%orted material nd its

lithification C

)iscuss d diffrence !etween clastic and non clastic

rocks ?

clastic roc)s are made of ther roc)s wheather non clastic is

made by chemical solutions so called by chemical roc)s too

)iscuss the C-ntinental )rift theory V

it eJ%lains the 9ondwanan distribution of ratites and the

Antarctic flora*** gi(en by Alfred 3egener**** also )nown as

dis%lacement hy%othesis*it is used for climatic changes******

alfred wegner ga( d conce%t of sial , sima**tal)d abt d united

continent %angea**nd dn its brea) u% into angaraland n

9ondwanaland

"orth and South America %ulled away from Africa and urasiaand drifted to the west* In between the two continental bloc)s,

America and Africa, the Atlantic basin a%%eared* Antarctica,

Australia, %eninsular India and Madagascar were neatly nested

together close to the southern ti% of South Africa* Again they

drifted to the %resent %osition, gi(ing way to Indian !cean

basin* his theory has now been established by the theory of

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slo%e, called the shelf brea)*

hat are -cean Trenches..discuss ?he dee%est ocean de%th )nown is the +hallenger 'ee% %oint

of the Mariana rench in the /acific !cean =4$,544 m>

,ohorovicic discontinuity separates Crust and ,antle.

it signifies change in seismic (elocity and roc) com%osition

)iscuss on -ceanic !asins...with eRamples V

ocean basins are large geologic basins that are below sea

le(el* eJam%le Earctic, atlantic %acific oceans are the

eJam%le************* ocean basins can be acti(ely changing or

inacti(e de%ending on %late tectonics********

he Atlantic and Antarctic !cean basins are acti(ely growingwhile the Mediterranean is shrin)ing* Inacti(e ocean basins

include the 9ulf of MeJico, the Sea of Da%an and the ering Sea

hat is a #!yssal plain ?

Abyssal %lain is an underwater %lain on the dee% ocean floor

found at de%ths between K$$$ and 7$$$ metres*

please list out all the differences !etween asteroids and

comets

he %rimary difference is that comets ha(e a tail, whereas

asteroids do not******** comets tend to ha(e eJtremely elongated

orbits***asteroids tend to ha(e more circular orbits********* more

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mars and Du%iter******** comets are bodies made of ice and dust

re(ol(es round the sun with along a shining tail usually # to K

cr )m in length*

)iscuss the d Tetrahedral Theory


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Mount ambora on Sumbawa island, Indonesia***** 4$ A%ril

4648

hat are lava shields?

A la(a shield is a shallow-angled dome of la(a from a metre to

many )ilometres in diameter*

hat is a Caldera?caldera is mosly li)e the (olcano and formed by the collision of

land following a (olcanic eru%tion**** In 4648, the 9erman

geologist Beo%old, he introduced the term caldera into the

geological (ocabulary*

)iscuss sostacy ?

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different (elocitiesE

/ wa(es =/ressure or /rimary wa(es>E they are longitudinal

wa(es that tra(el fastest through solids, and are therefore thefirst wa(es to a%%ear on a seismogram

S wa(es =shear or secondary wa(es>E trans(erse wa(es that

tra(el slower than / wa(es*

"d these SURGA+ wa(es are slower than / and S wa(es, but

ha(e much larger am%litude* hese surface wa(es cause most

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another 4 MMS is used for smaller JEgrand geyser n old faithful of iceland* B!+AI!"E4*yellow stone national %ar),u*s*#*Iceland K*(alley ofgeysers,Russia*;* l atio, +hile* au%o (olcanic zone,"ewzealand* 9RA"' 9PSR is tallest n %redictable geyser of

earth*A%art from earth geysers r also obser(ed on "e%tune&smoon riton n Saturn&s moon nceladus emitting water(a%our,ice,carbon dioJide,hydrocarbons,nitrogen n ammonia*

what is el nino

warm ocean currents of (ariable intensity that de(elo%s after

late december along the coast o fecuador n %eru, may cause

catastro%hic weather conditions**** Ba nina is its contrary


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short term changes in sea le(el can arise from el nino

)iscuss the -C+#*C 2#BT#T0 S?coral reefs, roc)y shores, mangro(e forests and salt marshes*

+oral reefs are aragonite structures formed by li(ing animal

colonies* Aragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two

ma.or naturally occurring crystalline forms of calcium carbonate

=the other being calcite>

what is 0upervolcanoes ?

u%er(olcanoes are (olcanoes with e.ected material greater than

4$$$ cubic )m, which is millions of times larger than any

(olcanic e(ent in )nown history

0iR 0upervolcanoesLellowstone 6ong ?alley, and

?alles 9aldera in the 'nited &tates

6a+e Toba, (orth &umatra Indonesia

Taupo ?olcano, (orth Island, (ew ealand and

Aira 9aldera, 5agoshima 0refecture, 5yNshN, 3apan


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The eRplosiveness of a volcanic eruption is measured

!y ?2 I - 2olcanic eJ%losi(ity IndeJ*

In Scales $ to 6 measured as 2olcanic eJ%losi(ity IndeJ* $

signifies ed Ba(aNash (olume [ 4$$$MK and indeJ 6 signifies

(olume 4$$$)mK

+la!orate on this topic VV


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he %lanet arth is a miJed li(ing and nonli(ing system* It is

the su%rasystem of an su%ranational systems as well as the

total ecological system, with all its li(ing and nonli(ing

com%onents* he arth is studied in this article in terms of a

general theory of all concrete systems, with s%ecial attention to

the im%ortant subset of li(ing systems* he arth is an o%en

system, interacting with its atmos%here and with matter andenergy in s%ace* Its systemwide %rocesses and the %rocesses

of its (arious com%onents, as well as their (ariables and

indicators, are discussed* In the light of )nown facts about the

arth as a system, consideration is gi(en to future worldwide

%roblems which must be dealt with by human %lanners and

statesmen*


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H /BA" ARH, from its center to the outer limits of its

atmos%here, including e(erything in and on it, is a miJed li(ing

and nonli(ing system within the solar system, the Mil)y 3ay

galaJy, and, ultimately, the uni(erse*

3hen we say that something is a system, we are saying that it

has a set of characteristics that are common to all systems and

lac)ing in things that are not systems* A system necessarily has

%arts =or units, or com%onents>: these %arts ha(e some

common %ro%erties, are interde%endent, and interact within the

system*

he %arts of this system are aggregations of matter and energy

that differ greatly in size, in other as%ects of %hysical structure,

in beha(ior, and in duration of eJistence* hese %arts are

obser(ed to interact in eJceedingly com%leJ ways* he

%er(asi(eness of the interde%endence among all %arts of thearth system is becoming increasingly a%%arent as the

wides%read effects of changes in (ariables are traced*

what is jet stream? where the jet stream !egins?

he .et stream is a ri(er of wind that blows horizontally through

the u%%er layers of the tro%os%here

wt. is the time diff. !w india and nepal.................. and

india and !hutan.... as #B said that theres 6D minutes

diff. !w india and nepal !t i thought it is the diff. !w

india n !hutan....

"e%al is 48 minutes ahead of India

* as theres a ; degree diff* bNw bhutan and arunachal** so thers

a diff of 47 min a%%roJ***


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resources and construction, maintenance and operation of the

"edicated =reight 9orridors. "=99 has been registered as a

company under the 9ompanies Act #8*4 on )2 ctober

%224.....hq in new dehli.....

:!A&(G

4* he cost of trans%ortation decreases* And as the

trans%ortation eases, 9oods reach the mar)ets in time*

#* 'e(elo%ment ha%%ens in and around the freight corridor*

K* "ot but the least, the no* of accidents due to which bothhuman and %ro%erty losses occur decreases*

strengths and weakness of indian ports?

wA"SS----

Bac) of mechanisation:Restrictions arising from limited draft:

Sub-o%timal utilisation of s%ace around the %ort: Shortage of

staff: Bac) of infrastructure to attract containers: +ustomer

ser(ices: I connecti(ity: +onstraints in night na(igation:

Storage area management: Bac) of uniformity in o%erational

efficiencies: /rocedural delays,railNroad e(acuation %roblems,

ageing wor)force ,delay in %ro.ect im%lementation* distance

from ma.or shi%%ing routes limited draft ,shortage of staff in)ey areas , Bac) of eJ%ansion s%ace

Bac) of dedicated berth for non-cargo (essel,"2IR!"M"AB

/R!BMS,+ustoms clearing time ,Bow efficiency and high

tariffs le(el,Multi%le regulatory bodies:ureaucracy and

inefficient use of

facilities ****%roblems of siltation, dredging***etc etc


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nternational Civil #viation -rgani&ation is located at ?Montreal canada** estd in dec * 45;; ,,,,,

rite a!t Convention on nternational Civil #viation S?he +on(ention on International +i(il A(iation, also )nown asthe +hicago +on(ention, established the International +i(ilA(iation !rganization =I+A!>, a s%ecialized agency of theUnited "ations charged with coordinating and regulatinginternational air tra(el* he +on(ention establishes rules ofairs%ace, aircraft registration and safety, and details the rightsof the signatories in relation to air tra(el* he +on(ention alsoeJem%ts air fuels from taJ*

#ir ndia and ndian #ir 3ines merging ..eRplainAccording to information %osted on IA&s website, theincreasingly intense com%etition faced by AI and IA from%ri(ate and global airline com%anies, was the main reason for

the merger of the two airlines*4# In addition to hel%ing AI andIA tac)le com%etition, the merger was eJ%ected to result inconsiderable synergies by integrating routes and streamliningo(erla%%ing facilities and infrastructure*

A new com%any called the "ational A(iation +om%any of IndiaBtd* ="A+IB> was incor%orated on March K$, #$$ underSections K54 and K5; of the Indian +om%anies Act, 4587 to

facilitate the merger* Under the terms of the merger, all theunderta)ings, %ro%erties, and liabilities of AI and IA were to betransferred to "A+IB*

he decision to merge AI and Indian Airlines, in fact was anecessary ste% at the time* he two airlines had conflictingmar)et interests and there was a host of cost sa(ings that

could be achie(ed by the synergies of a merger* ut it wasLove is all we want ....connect with us with our fan page

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:irst Country to introduce 8G?

he first %re-commercial K9 networ) was launched by "'o+oMo in Da%an, branded as G!MA* It was first a(ailable inMay #$$4 as a %re-release =test> of 3-+'MA technology*hefirst commercial launch of K9 was also by " 'o+oMo inDa%an on 4 !ctober #$$4* oday there are about 7$ K9networ)s across #8 countries* he first commercial UnitedStates K9 networ) was by Monet Mobile "etwor)s* mtel

Baunched the first K9 networ) in Africa*#dvantage of 8G over 7G?the bandwidth in K9 is a%%roz 48 times than that of #9networ), which enables us to transfer more data

hat is 20P# and C),#?high s%eed %ac)et access************ wideband code di(ison

multi%le access

-n what factors does 8G speed depend?S%eed de%ends on handset used, co(erage, networ) traffic andnumber of users currently using the K9 networ) at that %oint oftime*

#T;T is company frm which nation ?

USA

any one know when was first gsm call was made...??!n Duly 4, 4554, Ginnish /rime Minister Harri Hol)eri made theworlds first 9SM call, using "o)ia e


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which was port used internationally in free india..??in 4578, )andla was the first =eJclusi(e economiczone>********** it seems its andla in 9u.arat***first it was

arachi***but since %artition***their was no o%tion but to builtone nd dat is andla to dominate d Arabian Sea C

.................... are conductors that store energy in amagnetic field5 which is produced in response to anelectrical current

An almost ideal inductor =] a%%roaching infinity> can be

created by immersing a coil made from a su%erconducting alloyin li


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regional transmission systems>name dem ?"orthern region =H] 'elhi>E largest in area

"orth eastern region =Shillong>E Highest hydroEthermal %owerratio =4E4>astern region =H] ol)ata>Southern region =H] angalore>3estern region =H]E "ag%ur>

...................is the second largest power generatingutility in ndia5 after the *ational Thermal Power

Corporation


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In #8$2 the :a;adhya+sha 9ommittee on 0ower &ector:eforms submitted its report to the @overnment of Indiasuggesting e


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largest hydroelectric project undertaken in ndia !y*2PC ?oldam hydro %ower %ro.ect? +hattisgarh

hich of the following ports of india handles highest

tonnage of import cargo?#= kolkataB= kandlaC= mum!ai)= vishakapattanam

mumbai hi hoga 7$ cargo mumbai utrata hai total )a


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n total ndia has how many nuclear reactors ?#$ total nuclear reactors***

Installed at siJ %ower %lants aiga,)a)ra%ar,)al%a))am,naroratara%ur and rawatbhata***** he #$th is in aiga recentlyinstalled

ho is 0udhinder Thakur ?Shri Sudhinder ha)ur, Jecuti(e 'irector =+or%orate/lanning>***"/+IB "uclear /ower +or%oration of India Bimited

rite 7A words a!t the Paltana Project V??tri%ura "/+ %ower %lant* India allowed transit thrubangladesh to carry material for building the %lant

.orldLs first aviation university coming up at>


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Andhra %radesh, distt )arimnagar

hich among the following constitutes maRimum sharein power generation in ndia?a=*uclear power !=0olar power c=2ydro Power d=indPower e=Thermal Power

"o doubt thermalGC#( ?Indira 9andhi +enter Gor Atomic Research which located atal%))am*

The port city of the ndus 'alley people was>

#. ,ohenjo W daro B. %hali!angan C. 3othal ). 2arappalothal

hich one of the following is an. #rtificial har!our ?#. Cochin B. %andla C.,adras ).Calcuttamadras ***********now +hennai

Cloud float in the atmosphere !ecause of their low>a= temperature!= velocityc= pressure

d= densityits density based mechanism********* density is rgt ans eJ woodand alcohol float on water becase they both ha(e low densitycom%are with water*

PC(# to set up ndiaLs 6st Car!on Credit Centre...writea!t it ?at the /ali teJtile cluster in Ra.asthan* his will be the first of47 such ++A centres %ro%osed to be set u% across the countryLove is all we want ....connect with us with our fan page

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and aim to introduce and %o%ularise +lean 'e(elo%mentMechanism =+'M> initiati(es in MSM =Micro, Small andMedium nter%rises> clusters under the echnology and

]uality U%gradation Su%%ort scheme for MSMs*** /etroleum+onser(ation Research Association

t is #ditya ? ...to whom its related stdy d solar corona***** related # isro

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