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Prelims shortlisting criteria(Agriculture)
Broad theme,
Pyqs for better understanding 2014,
Pyq 2015
7
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Pre shortlisting criteria (for Threatned species)
For thretened species or species ...
1
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U.S.Formally exits paris pact
What is the paris agreement,
What is target of pact in terms o...,
What does the agreement asks rich...
4
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Bio-decomposer technique(Stubble burning)
What is pusa decomposer,
What is the temperature condition...,
How these decomposers are used in...
6
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Smog of stubble burning
What is smog,
Who coined the term when,
What are the components of smog a...
7
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Butterflies
Where when is striated five ring ...,
After how many years nilgiri plai...,
Under which schedule is marbled m...
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Pilot Whales
What is beaching aka cetacean sta...,
Why mass standings happen,
Why pilot whales are called pilot...
5
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2.WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050
What is reason behind the possibi...,
Which cities on global level are ...,
Which indian cities are included
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3.Project Lion
Why relocation,
What are the cites identified for...,
What is iucn status of asiatic lions
4
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4.No action for keeping exotic animals after voluntary disclosure
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Tarballs found in the Himalaya-Tibetan Plateau
What are tarballs,
How they are formed,
What is brown carbon
5
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CRZ norms
What are crz norms,
What are its objective,
What are the restrictions
6
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National Water Awards
Who gives the awards,
What are the categories
2
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Four biodiversity heritage sites for Karnataka
What are biodiversity heritage sites,
What are one or more of the chara...,
What are the legal provisions in ...
4
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NGT Ban on crackers
What has happened,
What are other directions issued ...,
What s the issue
3
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Saffron Cultivation in North-East
Who has undertaken the project to...,
Which regions are currently the s...
2
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Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)
What is grap,
Give overview of action plan,
What is the classification of air...
11
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Haiderpur wetland:
Where is it,
Which rivers are realted,
What is the importance of the place
4
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Panna Tiger Reserve gets UNESCO’s ‘Biosphere Reserve’ Status:
Give details of panna tiger reserve,
What is unesco s man and the bios...,
Location
4
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SAFAR
Initiative by,
Why,
Developed operationalized by
4
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Cyclone Nivar
What is imd,
What is mandate of imd
2
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Global Renewable Energy Investment Meeting and Expo:
Who organized 3rd global renewabl...,
How is india performing on renewa...
2
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tide producing a fluorescent blue hue, popularly known as bioluminescence, recently made an appearance at Mumbai’s Juhu Beach
What is the tide producing fluros...,
Why is it caused,
Why it is dangerous
3
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Pilibhit tiger reserve gets the first TX2 award:
Who got the t x 2 meaning tiger m...,
Who got tx2 conservation excellen...,
What is tx2
5
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Tropical zone of earth expanding
What are climate zones of earth,
What is range of tropical zone,
What is causing thisexpansion
4
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new species of lizard the smallest known Indian gekkonid, has been discovered
What is genus name how many speci...,
Where is it found,
What are femoral spores
3
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Copenhagen Accord
What are the types of countries i...
1
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Kibber wildlife sanctuary
Location,
What is it
2
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Yamuna River pollution
What are the key findings,
About
2
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Indian peacock soft-shell turtle
What is it,
What is its conservation status,
Where is barak river
3
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Using tree rings,warning of Brahmaputra floods
How tree rings helped,
What does the new study suggest
2
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Panel formed to oversee India’s Paris climate goals
Name of panel under which ministry,
Objective work,
What are ndcs
5
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Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness
Where is the festival organised,
Which are some prominent migrator...
2
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Flurosis
What is it,
What according to who is the appo...,
Impacts
8
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Western Ghats Grasslands
What is tropical montane grasslan...,
Invasions by which exotic trees i...
2
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India set to exceed climate targets
What are intended nationally dete...,
What are the current achievements
2
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Editorial on cleaner air.
Which steps are already taken,
Technologies for immediate impact
2
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Myristica swamp treefrog
What is it,
Why in news
2
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Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve
Which state,
Location,
How much one horned rhinoceroses
7
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Climate Ambition Summit 2020
Objective,
Scope,
Hosted by
3
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Emissions gap report,2020 UNEP
Annual report from unep measures,
What is said about 2020 in this r...,
What are the other broad findings
5
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Hump-backed Mahseer
What is it,
Location,
Iucn status
3
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Malabar tree toad
What is it,
Lives where,
Endangered
3
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Himalayan trillium (Trillium govanianum)
What is it,
About,
Various applications
3
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rehabilitation centre for monkeys in Telangana:
Details,
Whats the procedure
2
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Lion tailed macaque
Endemic to,
Status
2
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Status of Leopards report:
By whom,
Key findings,
About leopard
3
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European Green Deal
Two major decisions,
What action has been taken by eu ...,
Emission reduction related decision
3
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Pokhran’s ‘firefly bird diverters’ shine to save the Great Indian Bustard
Context,
Why,
What are firefly bird diverters
8
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Leopards & western ghats
Rank states,
About the increase from previous ...
2
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[DEC] Portulaca Laljii
Discovered where,
Unique features,
Named after
6
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[DEC] Blue flag programme
By whom,
What is a blue flag beach,
Criteria
5
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[JAN] Tide-rainfall flood quotiont system
What is it,
Name of measure,
What it does
3
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[Jan] Water Pollution in gujrat
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[jan] Water pollution in Gujrat
Rank of gurat in states having hi...,
What is chemical oxygen demand co...,
What is dissolved oxygen do level...
4
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[Jan] Punjab’s Harike wetland
Which birds are seen at this place
1
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[Jan] Current monsoon forecast model
What is current model
1
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[Jan] Indian Star Tortoise
Habitat,
Protection status,
Threats
4
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[Jan] Chardham project & limit on road width
What is chardham project,
Stand of sc,
Govnstand
3
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[Jan] GI Tag
What is it,
How long the registration of geog...,
Law basis
5
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[Jan] Special Tiger Protection Force-> Do if not done in Shankar IAS
0
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[Jan] Kamalam:
Context
1
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(Jan) Indian sunderban
What is it,
Current report by zoological surv...
2
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[Jan] new ant species
Difference from other ants,
What is ooceraea joshii,
What is ooceraea decamera
3
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[Jan] M-sand
What is it,
Produced how,
Impacts of using
3
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[Jan] Pangolin
Context,
Iucn ststus,
Pangolin species in india
5
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[Jan] Asian giant softshell turtle
Other names,
What is it,
Iucn status
4
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[Jan] Green tax
What is green tax,
What is policy by goi named corpo...
2
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[Jan] Climate Adaptation Summit 2021
Hosted by,
Importance,
Aim
3
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[Jan] Nilgiri Biosphere reserves
Location,
Which are protected areas present...,
Importance
7
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[Jan] Ethanol production in India
Context,
What are ethanol and molasses,
How much ethanol from cane
7
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[Jan] NCAVES project
Aim,
Participating countries,
Implementing agencies
3
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[Jan] Pakistan Gets GI Tag For Basmati Rice
Why india is concerned
1
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[Jan] National Marine Turtle Action Plan
Context,
Documents contain what
2
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[Feb]NITI Aayog’s ‘Sustainable Development of Little Andaman Island – Vision Document’
Location of island,
Areas planned,
Mapping points
4
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[Feb] Periyar Tiger Reserve
Location,
What,
Forest type
4
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[Feb]Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB):
What is it,
Function mandate
2
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[feb] Coastal Regulation Zone
What,
What is high tide line,
What is low tide line
5
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[feb] Fishing Cats
Description,
Habitat mapping,
Protection status
4
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[feb]Water scarcity likely in the Himalayan catchment if warming continues
Study on,
Five basins studied,
Whats new about this study
4
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[feb] NITI Aayog seeks to track impact of green verdicts
Context,
Who will do it,
Projects that will be reviewed
3
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[feb] PYQ Maps
0
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[feb]Brookesia nana
What,
Previously which chameleon specie...
2
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[feb]new marigold variety
Name,
Feature,
What is carotene
3
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[feb]Sessa Orchid Sanctuary
Where,
What,
Feature
3
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[feb]Oil Spill
Context,
How is oil spill controlled in ge...,
What is furnace oil fuel oil
4
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[feb] Giant Leatherback turtle
What,
Habitat,
Conservation status
3
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[feb]National Marine Turtle Action Plan
Context,
Details
2
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[feb]Odisha’s Karlapat Sanctuary
Location,
Why in news,
What is disease
3
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[feb]Humboldt penguin
0
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[feb]Humboldt penguin
What,
Size
2
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[feb]Hyderabad wins global ‘Tree City’ status
By,
Why
2
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[feb]What is Extinction Rebellion?
What,
Aim,
3 core principles
3
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[feb]Nurturing Neighborhoods Challenge
By,
What
2
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[feb]Decreasing rainfall at Cherapunji
Context,
Study results,
Factors affecting trend
4
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[feb]large mammals of North America
Context
1
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[feb]Black-footed ferret
Context,
What
2
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[feb]Asian Waterbird Census
What,
By
2
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[feb]Carbon Watch app
Context,
What,
What is carbon footprint
4
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[feb]Deep Sea Trawling
What,
Impact of deep sea trawling on en...
2
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[mosk]Asafoetida ( Hing)
Context,
Features
2
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[march]Cauvery-Vellaru-Vaigai-Gundar river linking project
Context,
Location,
What is inter state river water d...
5
cards
[march]National Bamboo Mission
Aim,
What
2
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[march]Study on snow leopard in Himachal Pradesh
Context,
Protection status,
Habitat
6
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[march]Chilika Lake
What,
Location,
Features
3
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[march]Irrawaddy Dolphins
Iucn status,
Habitats,
Population
3
cards
[mock]Murder hornets & Furry puss caterpillars
What,
Furry puss caterpillar,
Murder hornets
3
cards
[March]FSI Report on forest fires
By whom,
Highest fires in which states top 3,
Why odisha
6
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[march]Red sanders
What,
Endemic to,
Export related status
6
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[march]Pochampally Ikat
Context,
What,
History
3
cards
[march]Whale shark:
What,
Iucn status,
Lifespan length weight
5
cards
[march][IMP]Fishing cats
Context,
Size,
Location
5
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[March]Olive Ridley
Context,
What,
What is arribada in their context
7
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[march][IMP]slowing gulf stream
Context,
What,
Map
4
cards
[march]The Central Silk Board
What,
Works under,
Hq
4
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[March]Minor Forest Produce
What,
Context
2
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[March]Wayanad sanctury madhe saglya bamboos na ekatra flower alet
Where,
Bamboo life cycle,
Significance
4
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[march]National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project (NCRMP)
Why,
By,
Classification
3
cards
[march]Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant-Human Attacks using Bees):
By,
What,
Where
4
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[march]Mullaperiyar dam isssue
Locations of mullaperiyar dam and...,
Who manages the dam,
About the 1886 periyar lake lease...
5
cards
[march]National Board for Wildlife (NBWL)
What,
Role,
Chaired by
6
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[march]Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs)
What,
Protected under,
Permitted activities everything e...
3
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NITI Ayog vision for great nicobar
Nodal agency of project,
Ecological concerns,
Endemic fauna that will be endang...
6
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Tulip garden
What,
Speciality,
Location
3
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Tiger Relocation Project?
Context,
Mapping,
About satkosia
3
cards
new species of seaweed discovered
Name of species,
Found where,
Name of genus about it
7
cards
Earth Hour
What,
By,
Held this year on
3
cards
Draft amendment to Forest Conservation Act[IMP]
Draft ammendements,
What s the issue and concern,
How proposed amendment seeks to r...
4
cards
Chilika was a part of the Bay of Bengal(Study)
Study by,
How it was formed,
Historical evidences in writings of
4
cards
proposed biosphere reserve at Mahendragiri(odisha)
Context,
Odisha s first such reserve,
About the proposed mahendragiri b...
6
cards
net- zero
What is net zero,
Countries committed to net zero,
Reference of paris agreement with...
4
cards
World Health Day
When,
Why the exact date is chosen
2
cards
Madhu Kranti portal
By whom,
Why
2
cards
NEW SPECIES OF WASP FROM GOA
Found where,
Significance
2
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IMPRESSIVE TORTOISE FROM ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Why named impressive,
Significance
2
cards
ASIATIC GOLDEN CAT
Iucn status,
How many types of coats do these ...
2
cards
AROGYAPACHA
What,
Medicinal properties
2
cards
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
What,
Powers and functions
2
cards
Air quality index
What,
Pollutants measured
2
cards
Daldali forest reserve,karbi-anglong
B w which states border,
Location
2
cards
new Vine snake species found
Their territory,
Four distinct small bodied and sh...
2
cards
Act & policies (PYQ theme based)
0
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Organizations/bodies/NGOs (PYQ theme based)
0
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Bio-diversity (PYQ theme based)
0
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Animal bio-diversity (PYQ theme based)
0
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Ecology & environment (PYQ theme based)
0
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Global environmental issues (PYQ theme based)
0
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Global Level Efforts to Fight Climate Change (PYQ theme based)
0
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Pollution (PYQ theme based)
0
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Willow warbler
Context,
Habitat,
Iucn
3
cards
Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI)
Estd,
What,
Function
3
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Manas national park
Location
1
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Ramsar sites(Colourful maps website)
Site
1
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deemed forests ; karnataka ; SC
What are deemed forests according...,
What are forests,
Context
3
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Odisha's bonda tribe
Who are they,
Features
2
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tropical cyclone intensity scale
Imd scale
1
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