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When you travel in certain parts of India, you will notice red soil. What is the main reason for this colour?
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Enrich plantation is something in which a single commercially valuable species is extensively planted in a region and other local species are eliminated.
Consider the statements regarding Enrich plantation.
1) Teak monoculture has damaged the natural forest majorly in Northeast India which was earlier introduced by British.
2) Chir, Pine plantations in the Himalayas have replaced the Himalayan Oak and Rhododendron forests.
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Few forests in India are protected under the name of Sacred Grooves.
Consider the following statements regarding Sacred Grooves.
1) It is a nature worship which is an age old belief based on the premise that all the creations of the mother Nature have to be protected.
2) It is recognized under Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
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Earth’s magnetosphere is the area around the Earth where the geomagnetic field stretches out into space. Consider the following statements regarding magnetosphere.
1) It is uneven in shape as it stretches largely towards the Sun because of Sun’s magnetic field.
2) Solar winds can have influence on the Earth’s magnetosphere.
3) This sphere deflects the charged particles that approach the Earth’s surface.
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Although green revolution brought a great success for our country during later 1960’s it also brought in few negatives. What are those negatives?
1) Inter crop disparity.
2) Inter personal inequalities.
3) Environmental pollution.
4) Regional economic disparity.
5) Unemployment.
6) Self sufficiency in all types of agricultural crop production.
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Migration is an unavoidable worldwide phenomenon.
Which among the following is/are the not the push factors for rural to urban migration especially in India.
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Which of the following region/s will have most of its rainfall in the months of December-January?
1. areas in the borderlands of the Mediterranean sea.
2. central and southern California coast in USA
3. central Chile
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Consider the statements regarding our Solar System.
1) Pluto is the largest dwarf planet revolving around the Sun.
2) Every planet except Venus rotates from West to East just like Earth on its own axis.
3) It is nuclear fusion which takes place within the Sun which releases huge heat energy.
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Earth although has an average density of 5.5 g/cm cube, its core has a density of more than 11 g/cm cube.
What are the possible reasons?
1) Core is formed of materials like iron, nickel etc which has higher density.
2) Incumbent pressure from the overlaying rocks.
3) High temperature prevalent in the core region [more than 5000 degree Celsius].
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There are different discontinuities within the Earth’s internal structure. Which are the discontinuities that have been incorrectly matched with its/their respective locations?
1) Mohorvic discontinuity -- boundary between Core and Mantle.
2) Wiechert-Gutenberg discontinuity -- boundary between Crust and Mantle.
3) Conrad discontinuity – located at a depth of 15-20kms from the Earth’s surface.
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