Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Minamata.

Key Points

• Minamata disease is a disease caused by severe mercury poisoning.
• It is a neurological disease.
• Symptoms of the disease:-
  • Ataxia, general muscle weakness, numbness in the hands and feet, loss of peripheral vision, and damage to hearing and speech.

Additional Information

• Due to mining, Itai-Itai disease was caused by cadmium poisoning.
• Symptoms of Methemoglobinemia:- 
  • Headache, shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, blue-colored skin, and poor muscle coordination.
• Poliomyelitis is caused by infection with a member of the genus Enterovirus. It is known as poliovirus.

The correct answer is 8.

• 8 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are located in Rajasthan.

Key Points

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Rajasthan
  • Amber Fort
  • The Walled City of Jaipur
  • Keoladeo National Park
  • Jaisalmer Fort
  • Gagron Fort
  • Ranthambore Fort
  • Kumbhalgarh Fort
  • Chittorgarh Fort
  • Jantar Mantar

Confusion Points

• There are total UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Rajasthan 9 but this is the previous year's question paper as Walled City of Jaipur added in 2019.

Additional Information 

• UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India 
  • ​There is a total of 40 world heritage sites out of which 32 are cultural, 7 are natural and 1 is mixed in India till now.
  • The last added World Heritage site in India was The Walled city of Jaipur.

Saw is used for cutting wood.

Similarly, Scythe is used for cutting Grass.

The correct answer is In 1959.

• In 1959 the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act passed.

Key Points

• Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act
  • This Act may be called the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act, 1959.
  • It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
  • In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise requires,-
    • "Biswedar" has the meaning assigned to it by clause (5) of Section 5 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955).
  • "estate" means land, or right, title or interest in land, held by a Biswedar or a Zamindar;
  • "settled" has the meaning assigned to it by clause (n) of Section 2 of the Rajasthan Land Reforms and Resumption of Jagirs Act, 1952 (Rajasthan Act 6 of 1952);
  • "Zamindar" has the meaning assigned to it by clause (46) of Section 5 of the Rajasthan Tenancy Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 3 of 1955) and includes a malik (landowner) in the Gang Canal area.

Additional Information

• Significance of the Rajasthan Zamindari and Biswedari Abolition Act
  • ​As soon as after the commencement of this Act, the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette ordered for the abolition and acquisition of Zamindari and Biswedari estates, or any class of such estates, in the State, or in any area thereof specified in the notification, and for their vesting in the State Government.

The correct answer is Banas River.

• Banas River is known as "Forest's Hope".

Key Points

• Banas River
  • The Banas is a river that lies entirely within the state of Rajasthan.
  • It is a tributary of the Chambal River, itself a tributary of the Yamuna, which in turn merges into the Ganga.
  • Banas river originates in the Khamnor Hills of the Aravalli Range, near Kumbhalgarh in Rajsamand.
  • The name "Banaas" literally translates as "forest-hope" (Ban-aas) meaning "Hope-of-the-forest" or 'Van Ki Aasha.' 

Additional Information 

• Bedach River
  • The Berach River, a tributary of the Banas River.
• Bandi River
  • ​The Bandi is a tributary of the Luni River in the Pali district of Rajasthan state.
  • It merged in the Luni river in the Jodhpur district. 
• Arvari
  • ​The Arvari River is a small river flowing through the Alwar District of Rajasthan.