Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Digital generation. Our generation.

Key Points

• International Girl Child Day or International Day of the Girl Child is celebrated every year on October 11.
• The aim is to empower women, providing more opportunities for girls, and increasing the awareness of gender inequality faced by girls.
• The theme for 2021 is Digital generation. Our generation.
• First International Girl Child Day was observed in 2012 after UNGA adopted a resolution 66/170 in December 2011 for it.

The correct answer is Karauli.

Key Points
Panchana Dam:

• It is situated in the Karauli district of Rajasthan.
• Panchana Dam is situated at Panchana river, near Karauli district (a tributary of Yamuna).
• The dam is situated 12 km north of Karauli in the eastern part of Rajasthan.
• It lies between 27°67’ to 27°12.2’ N Latitude and 77°22.5’ to 77°33.9’ E Longitude on Panchana river.
• It is an important man-made wetland system, formed by the confluence of five rivers, named Barkhera, Bhadrawati, Attaki, Bhansawat, and Manchi.
• These all are coming from different directions and carrying water that flows through various sediment pockets of different topography, influenced by climatic hydrology of corridor areas and anthropogenic activities like agriculture and mining operations in the catchment area.
• Panchana dam is one of the important water bodies of Karauli, as it is used for irrigation and is also the important source of drinking water supply for the district itself.

Thus, we can say that Panchana Dam is located in the Karauli district of Rajasthan. 

The correct answer is Tonk.

• Tonk state in Rajasthan had a Nawab.
  • Nawab Muhammad Ismail Ali Khan was the ruler of Tonk state.
  • Tonk was also the capital of the princely state of British India.

Key Points

• All of the states had Hindu Rajput rulers, except Tonk, which had a Muslim ruler, and Bharatpur State and Dholpur State, which had Jat rulers.
• Nawab Muhammad Amir Khan (1769–1834) was a military general in the service of Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire and later became the first ruler of the princely state of Tonk (in the present-day Rajasthan state of India).​

Additional Information

• Tonk is situated on the right of the Banas river.
  • It is referred to as Rajasthan ka Lucknow.

The correct answer is Famous sculptor of Rajasthan.

• Usha Rani Hooja was a noted sculptor from Rajasthan.
• She has published a collection of her poems "Song & Sculpture". Her work was the subject of numerous exhibitions.

Additional Information

• Some of the awards honoured to Usha Rani Hooja are:
  • Rajasthan Lalit Kala Akademi Fellowship - 1990
  • Rajasthan Shree Award - 1982
  • Mewar Foundation Sajjan Singh Award - 1985
  • Veteran artist AIFACS Award -1988
  • FIE Foundation for Excellence in Sculpture - 1993

The correct answer is 12.

Key Points

• The Thar Desert covers 12 districts of Rajasthan western part of Aravali Range and 12 districts of Rajasthan Barmer, Bikaner, Churu, Ganganagar, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jhunjhunun, Jodhpur, Jalor, Nagaur, Pali, and Sikar.
• The Thar Desert covers some 77,000 square miles (200,000 square km) of territory. It is bordered by the irrigated Indus River plain to the west, the Punjab Plain to the north and northeast, the Aravalli Range to the southeast, and the Rann of Kachchh to the south. The subtropical desert climate there results from persistent high pressure and subsidence at that latitude. The prevailing southwest monsoon winds that bring rain to much of the subcontinent in summer tend to bypass the Thar to the east.
• It is the world’s 17th largest desert and the world’s 9th largest subtropical desert
• About 85% of the Thar Desert is located within India, rest 15% lies in Pakistan
• 60% of the desert lies in the Indian state of Rajasthan, and it spreads into other states of Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana, and the Pakistani province of Sindh.

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