Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Western part.

Key Points

• The western part of Rajasthan has antisol group of soils.

Additional Information 

• Antisol 
  • Antisols lack well-developed horizons and have minimum profile development.
  • Districts: Entisols are the dominant soil of the state.
  • All districts in the western half are covered in some or major part by these soils.
  • In Rajasthan, important suborders are Psamments, Orthents and Fluvent.

The correct answer is Jhalawar.

Key Points

• Some important facts of rainfall in the Rajasthan-
  • Rajasthan's annual rainfall average is 57.51 cm.
  • Rajasthan receives the most rainfall through the Bay of Bengal's Monsoon.
  • Rajasthan receives the most rainfall in the month of July.
  • Ajmer receives rainfall similar to Rajasthan's annual average rainfall.
  • Jhalawar receives the most rainfall, while Jaisalmer receives the least rainfall.
  • Kota division receives the most rainfall while the Jodhpur division receives the least rainfall.
  • Jaisalmer has the most rainfall changes while Jhalawar has the least rainfall changes.
  • Rainfall in winter is known as Mawath in the Rajasthan

The correct answer is 39%.

• The Delhi–Mumbai Industrial Corridor Project is a planned industrial development project between Delhi and Mumbai.
• The DMIC project was launched in pursuance of an MOU signed between the Government of India and the Government of Japan in December 2006.
• It covers 6 states
• The investments will be spread across the 1,500 km long Western Dedicated Freight Corridor which will serve as the industrial corridor's transportation backbone.
• It includes 24 industrial regions, eight smart cities, two international airports, five power projects, two mass rapid transit systems, and two logistical hubs.
• The eight investment regions proposed to be developed in Phase I of DMIC are

1. Dadri - Noida - Ghaziabad (in Uttar Pradesh)
2. Manesar - Bawal (in Haryana) 
3. Khushkhera - Bhiwadi - Neemrana and Jodhpur - Pali - Marwar (in Rajasthan) 
4. Pithampur - Dhar - Mhow (in Madhya Pradesh)
5. Ahmedabad - Dholera
6. Special Investment Region (in Gujarat)-Gate
7. Aurangabad Industrial City (AURIC)
8. Dighi Port Industrial Area in Maharashtra.

Key Points 

• The project has received a major boost from India and Japan, due to an agreement to set up a project development fund with an initial size of ₹1,000 crore
• The Japanese and Indian governments are likely to contribute equally. 

The correct answer is ​Lunkaransar.

Key Points

• Rajasthan on 3 October 2014 became the first state of India to start an olive refinery.
• The refinery was established at an expense of 3.75 crore rupees in the Lunkaransar area of Bikaner. Hence, Option 1 is correct.
• The olive oil produced in the refinery will be marked under the brand name Raj Olive Oil and would be made available in the market after some time.
• Rajasthan is one of the leading states that cultivate olive.
• The state started cultivation of olive in 2007 under an olive cultivation project that was launched during the previous tenure of Vasundhara Raje as the Chief Minister of the state.
• The project was started by taking the assistance of Israel and planted 1.12 lakh saplings in 7 agro-climatic zones.

Additional Information

• At present, Olive has been planted in 282 hectares of land in districts like Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Bikaner, and other districts of the state.
• The state has seven leading varieties namely Barnea, Arbequina, Cortina, Picholine, Picual, Coraniki, and Frontoy.
• Now the government wants to increase the area to 5000 hectares so that the refinery would get more fruits to increase production.
• Olive is a small tree and belongs to the Oleaceae family.

The correct answer is Aravali hills.

Key Points

• Aravalli:
  • The Aravallis of Northwestern India is one of the oldest fold mountains of the world, now form residual mountains with an elevation of 300 m to 900 m.
  • They stretch for a distance of 800 km from Himmatnagar in Gujarat to Delhi, spanning Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Delhi, the 692 kilometers.
  • The mountains are divided into two, main ranges - the Sambhar Sirohi Range and the Sambhar Khetri Range in Rajasthan, where their extension is about 560 km.
  • The hidden limb of the Aravallis that extends from Delhi to Haridwar creates a divide between the drainage of rivers of the Ganga and the Indus.
  • The Aravallis date back to millions of years when a pre-Indian sub-continent collided with the mainland Eurasian Plate.
  • Carbon dating has shown that copper and other metals mined in the ranges date back to at least the 5th century BC.
  • In fold mountains, rocks are formed primarily of the folded crust when two convergent plates move towards each other by the process called orogenic movement.