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Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in

A) Scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth	B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas
C) Low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding	D) Desert margins, liable to strong wind action

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas

Explanation:

Contour bunding is a proven sustainable land management practice for mountainous areas, marginal, sloping, and hilly land where the soil productivity is very low.

It is widely adopted by the ethnic minorities of Nepal who practice the shifting cultivation system of farming.

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The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on which river in Madhya Pradesh?

A) Tapti	B) Chambal
C) Narmada	D) None

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chambal

Explanation:

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on Chambal river and is located in the Mandsaur & Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.

The dam’s reservoir area is the second-largest in India (after the Hirakud Reservoir), and attracts a large number of migratory and non-migratory birds throughout the year.

It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17 metres (204.0 ft) high.

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India's forest sponge iron plant is at

A) Kothagudam	B) Kurnool
C) Kadapa	D) Kavaratti

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kothagudam

Explanation:

Kothagudam is in Andhra Pradesh. The sponge iron will act as a substitute for steel scrap and be used as feed stock of electric arc steel making.

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Q:

Bhagavata Mela is a folk dance of

Answer

Andhra Pradesh

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

Climatic information can

P : be obtained through an

Q : in tree growth

R : understanding of changes

A) PQR	B) RPQ
C) PRQ	D) QRP

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) PRQ

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What is the longest irrigation canal India called

A) Yamuna Canal	B) Sirhind canal
C) Indira Gandhi canal	D) Upper Bari Doab Canal

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indira Gandhi canal

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The time at Cairo is 2 hours ahead of Greenwhich. Hence, it is located at

A) 30 degrees W longitude	B) 30 degrees E longitude
C) 28 degrees E longitude	D) 28 degrees W longitude

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 30 degrees E longitude

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"If a system A is in thermal equilibrium with B and B is in thermal equilibrium with C, then A and C are in equilibrium with each other". This is a statement of

A) Cyclic rute	B) Zeroth law of thermodynamics
C) First law of thermodynamics	D) Second law of thermodynamics

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