Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Amarkantak.

• Amarkantak is the origin of Narmada river.

Key Points

• The Narmada river rises to the summit of the Amarkantak Hill in Madhya Pradesh.
• The Narmada river flows through the states of Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Maharashtra.
• The river drains into the Arabian Sea in the Bharuch district of Gujarat.

Additional Information

• The Narmada and the Tapti rivers are west flowing.
• Narmada and Tapti are the largest River without Delta.
• Satpura Range:
  • It is a series of seven mountains running in East-West direction to the South of Vindhya and in between the Narmada and Tapi.
  • It comprises Rajpipla hills, Mahadeo hills and Maikal Range.
  • Satpuras are fold mountains and Dhupgarh is its highest peak. 

The correct answer is 60%.

Key Points

• Rajasthan is India's only state that has a real hot desert within its territory.
  • Vast stretches of sand dunes of different kinds - longitudinal dunes, barchans, transverse dunes - are characterized by physiography.
  • Almost 60% area of the THAR Desert in India falls in Rajasthan.

Additional Information

• In reality, a portion of the Thar Desert extending into Pakistan is the Great Indian Desert, covering the districts of Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jalor, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ganganagar, Churu, Jhunjhunun, Sikar, Nagaur, and Pali.
• The total area of the arid tract is 233,100 square kilometres or approximately three-fifths of the Rajasthan State.
• The rock exposures in the Thar region are predominantly of Aravali gneiss and schist, Malani granites, and Vindhyans, indicating that Thar is part of the peninsular block's western extension.
• Jurassic and Eocene marine formations belong to the rock exposures in the Barmer - Jaisalmer - Bikaner tract to the extreme west and north, whereas those in the central area of Jalor - Siwana - Jodhpur - Khinwasar tract are of igneous rocks, often overlaid by Vindhyan sedimentaries.
• There is also proof of a great culture that had flourished in the past there.
• The deep-seated formations, such as the Jaisalmer Lathis, are small potable water zones with local recharge facilities.
• The blown sand superimposes large stretches of alluvium contributed by ancient rivers in their submerged channels.
• Recurring aridity has endowed this tract with items such as gypsum, potash, common salt, at different stages of geological times. Phosphorus, and bentonitic and ceramic clays.

Important Points

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The correct answer is Mr Sachin Pilot.

• As of June 2020, Mr. Sachin Pilot is the Minister of Science and Technology, Panchayati Raj of Rajasthan.

Key Points

• Mr. Sachin Pilot s the Minister of Science and Technology, Panchayati Raj of Rajasthan.
• He is also the current Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
• His constituency is Ajmer, Rajasthan.
• He is associated with Indian National Congress.

Additional Information

• Mr. Ashok Gehlot is the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan in the Government of Rajasthan.
• Mr. Bulaki Das Kalla is the Minister of Energy, Public Health & Engineering, Ground Water, Art, Literature, Culture & Archeology in the Government of Rajasthan.
• Master Bhanwarlal Meghwal is the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in the Government of Rajasthan.

• ​Is a substance that contains living microorganisms.
• These, when applied to seeds, plant surfaces, or soil, colonize the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant. 
• Biofertilizers add nutrients through the natural processes of Nitrogen fixation.
• Examples: Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Blue-green algae, Azospirilium.

Key PointsBlue green algae:

• Blue-green algae (BGA) is a photoautotrophic, prokaryotic algae.
• They are free-living creatures and also known as Cyanobacteria.
• It fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in moist soils.
• So BGA has been recommended as a biofertilizer.
• The algae include unicellular as well as filamentous species.
• Some of the filamentous forms have specialized cells known as heterocysts.​

Important Points

Biofertilizers:

Thus, the manure also considered as bio-fertilizer is Blue green algae.

Additional Information

Compost: 

• Composting is a process in which both aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms decompose organic matter.
• Farm compost is a mass of rotted organic matter made from farm waste like sugarcane trash, paddy straw, weeds and other plants.
• While town compost is a mass of rotted organic matter made from town refuses like night soil, street sweepings and dustbin refuse.

​Green Manure:

• Green manures are the crops that are grown primarily for building and maintaining soil fertility and structure.
• Green manure crops should be such that they can be grown quickly.
• Green manure crops include legumes such as vetch, clover, beans and peas; grasses such as annual ryegrass, oats, rapeseed, winter wheat and winter rye and buckwheat.
• Green manure crops provide nitrogen as the major nutrient.

Farmyard Manure:

• It is the decomposed mixture of dung and urine of farm animals.
• It also contains litter and leftover materials from roughages or fodder fed to cattle.

CONCEPT:

Electric Charge: It is a physical property of a matter that experiences a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.

• Electric charges create electric fields.

• Two types of charges are found – 1.) Positive charge. 2.) Negative charge
• Force experienced when charge placed in the electromagnetic field is \({{F}^{\to }}=q\times {{E}^{\to }}\) where q = charge of the body (in coulomb). \({{E}^{\to }}\) = intensity of the electric field.
• SI unit of charge is Coulomb and the symbol is C. One coulomb is equal to the charge on 6.241 x 10¹⁸ protons.

Inductor: It is a passive electric component that stores energy in the form of magnetic field lines. It is a simple loop of wire.

• The inductance of the inductor could be measured by equation L = Φ / I where ϕ is magnetic flux and I is a current flowing through it.
• SI unit of inductance is Henry.
• Energy stored in Inductor U = ½ (LI²).

Capacitor: It is a device consisting of two conducting "plates" separated by an insulating material (dielectric). It stores energy in the form of an electric field with the help of an electric charge.

• The capacitance of a capacitor is measured by equation C = q /Δ v where q is charge and ∆ V is a potential difference.
• SI Unit of capacitance is Farad.
• Energy stored in Capacitor U = ½ (CV²)

Resistance: It is a measure of how the device reduces the flow of electric current, basically it opposes the flow of charges.

• Further, it states the ratio of the applied voltage to electric current flows through it.
• R = V/I [R is resistance, V is the potential difference and I is electric current].
• Also, R = ρ × (L/A) [where ρ is specific resistance of the material, l is the length of conductor and A is the cross-sectional area of the conductor].
• The unit of resistance is volt/ampere or ohm (Ω).
• It does not store energy.

Transformer: It is an electrical device that converts A/C current from one voltage to another.

EXPLANATION:

• A capacitor stores energy in the form of electrical charges and fields.
• Here, C_o = Capacitance, V = voltage, A = area of the plates, d = distance between them.

\(\Rightarrow {{C}_{o}}=\frac{{{Q}_{o}}}{V}=\frac{{{\epsilon }_{o}}A}{d}\)

Important Points

• Remember Electric field lines are stored in capacitor & magnetic field lines are stored in Inductor.