current

Question 1

vanidum producing state

in world production?

Answer 1

karnatka, maha, odisha

china, russia, s. africa

Question 2

1. red / iron rice/ bao dhaan belong to which state

Answer 2

1. assam

Question 3

1. what is aqua alta

2. what is heat dome

Answer 3

1. Acqua Alta” is the name given to exceptionally high tides in the Adriatic Sea.
   • The phenomenon occurs mainly when tides are reinforced by the prevailing seasonal
   winds.
2. Sirocco
3. Bora

2.Summertime means hot weather — sometimes dangerously hot — and extreme heat
waves have become more frequent in recent decades. Sometimes, the scorching heat is
ensnared in what is called a heat dome. This happens when strong, high-pressure
atmospheric conditions combine with influences from La Nina, creating vast areas of
sweltering heat that gets trapped under the high-pressure “dome.

Question 4

1. what is Pusa Yashasvi is also called HD-3226
2. golden rice
3. muktoshri

Answer 4

1.It has higher genetic yield potential as
compared to other varieties of wheat.
• higher content of zinc, protein, and gluten
• high levels of resistance against all major rust
fungi — yellow/stripe, brown/leaf and
black/stem

2.Golden rice is a variety of rice produced through genetic engineering to biosynthesize
beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A, in the edible parts of rice.
• It is intended to produce a fortified food to be grown and consumed in areas with a
shortage of dietary vitamin A.
• Issue - low shelf life - may lose its nutrients after that

3.West Bengal has a high concentration of arsenic in groundwater, with 83 blocks across
seven districts having higher arsenic levels than permissible limits.
• West Bengal government’s rice research Centre has come up with a new variety of rice
called Muktoshri that can be grown in arsenic prone areas

Question 5

1. what are noctiluca scintillans

2. what is vertification

Answer 5

1. free living species in marine, bioluminescnece

2. soil amendment technique, involves melting, refreezing to trap inorganic material

Question 6

bodies under diff act-

1. CPCB
2. CGWA
3. National tiger conservation authority
4. EPCA
5. national council for rejevunation of ganga

Answer 6

1. water act
2. EPA
3. WPA
4. EPA
5. EPA