Question Discussion & Solution

• Apiculture is the technique of scientific rearing of honey bees in a specially designed wooden box.
• The essential elements for beekeeping are smoker, safety dress, moveable hive, honey extractor and hive tool.
• Sericulture is the process of rearing of silkworms to produce raw silk.
• Sericulture is the production of raw silk by means of raising caterpillars (larvae), those of the domesticated silkworm.
• Silk is a continuous filament within each cocoon.

Additional Information

The Correct answer is Jairaj- Udaipur.

Key Points

Some of the major peaks of Southern Aravali:

The correct answer is All of the above.

• Foreign Marriage Act,1969:
  • Section 4 of the act deals with the conditions relating to the solemnization of foreign marriages.

Key Points

• The act says that it solemnizes the marriage between parties one of whom which should be an Indian citizen under article 8 of the Indian Constitution or if the following conditions got satisfied:-
  • Spouse of both parties should not be living.
  • Both parties should be of sound mind.
  • At the time of marriage, the bridegroom should be of 21 years and the bride should be of 18 years.
  • Neither of the party is within the degree of prohibited relationship.
• With an element that personal law and custom laws governing at least one party permit marriage between them including that they are not within the degree of prohibited relationship.
• Section 5 of the act deals with the need for intended marriage.
• The section states that when a marriage is solemnized under this act the parties who got married have to give notice to the marriage officer of the district in writing specified in the First Schedule of the act.

The correct answer is option 4, i.e. Ocean, snow and rain, underground water.

• Water resources available on earth are :
  • Freshwater: Glaciers, ice caps, and snow
  • Groundwater
  • Oceans, seas, streams, rivers, lakes, ponds
  • Wetlands- lagoons, swamps, and marshes
  • Precipitation- Rain, snow, and dew

Hence, from the above points, we can clearly infer that the resources of water on the earth are ocean, snow and rain, underground water.

The correct answer is Pooja Kadian.

• Pooja Kadian was the first Indian to receive the title of world champion in Wushu in 2017.

Key Points

• Pooja Kadian won the gold in women’s 75kg category.
• Pooja defeated Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia in the final.
• The event was held at Kazan in Russia.
• Praveen Kumar was the first Indian man to win a gold medal at the Wushu World Championships.
• Praveen defeated Philippines' Russel Diaz in the 48kg category. 

Additional Information

• Wushu Sanda is a martial art which combines full-contact kickboxing, including close-range punches and kicks, with wrestling, takedowns, throws, sweeps and kicks catches.