Answer: Option B. -> 1 & 2 Only
THE DISPUTE OVER THE SHARING OF THE WATER OF THE MAHADAYI OR MANDOVI RIVER IS 30 YEARS OLD DISPUTE BETWEEN THE STATES OF MAHARASHTRA, KARNATAKA AND GOA.

Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2 & 3
UMIAM LAKE IS A RESERVOIR LOCATED IN THE HILLS 15 KM TO THE NORTH OF SHILLONG IN MEGHALAYA. IT IS A MAN-MADE LAKE THAT COVERS AN EXPANSE OF 221 SQ KMS. CHANDUBI LAKE IS A NATURAL LAKE LOCATED IN KAMRUP DISTRICT OF ASSAM. ANSUPA LAKE IS A HORSESHOE SHAPED FRESH WATER LAKE ON THE LEFT BANK OF THE MAHANADI RIVER IN CUTTACK DISTRICT OF ODISHA.

Answer: Option A. -> 1, 2 & 4 Only
INDIA IS NET EXPORTER OF AGRICULTURAL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS. DESPITE BEING A LARGE PRODUCER AND EXPORTER OF CHEMICALS, INDIA IS A NET IMPORTER OF CHEMICALS GIVEN ITS DOMESTIC DEMAND FOR PRODUCTS.INDIA IS ALSO THE NET EXPORTER OF PHARMACEUTICALS PRODUCTS.

Answer: Option A. -> Pigeonpea
PIGEONPEA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LEGUMINOUS CROPS OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL ENVIRONMENTS. THIS CROP HAS BEEN FACING SERIOUS THREAT FROM PODBORER, AN INSECT PEST. BT CHICKPEA AND BT PIGEONPEA ARE BEST OPTIONS TO SUPPRESS THE PODBORER THAT DAMAGE THE YIELD.

Answer: Option C. -> Only 2 is correct
THE FIRST STATEMENT IS INCORRECT, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF INDIA AND LOCATE THE WETLANDS, YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS INCORRECT. THEY ARE LOCATED IN VARIED CLIMATES SOME ARE IN ARID ZONES LIKE RAJASTHAN AND SOME ARE IN TROPICAL ZONES. SO WE ELIMINATE THIS STATEMENT. THE SECOND STATEMENT IS CORRECT AND MOST OF THE WETLANDS IN INDIA ARE DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY RELATED TO THE RIVER SYSTEMS. THE THIRD STATEMENT IS INCORRECT, AND ALMOST ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE 25 RAMSAR SITES MUCH MORE NUMBER OF THAT IS OF ALL WETLANDS.

Answer: Option B. -> Oil field
MORAN-HUGRIJAN IS FAMOUS FOR OIL FIELD, AND IS LOCATED ABOUT 40 KM SOUTH-WEST OF NAHARKATIYA IN ASSAM. OIL AT MORAN- HUGRIJAN FIELD WAS DISCOVERED IN 1953 AND PRODUCTION STARTED IN 1956.

Answer: Option D. -> 1, 2, 3 & 4
GUJARAT ACCOUNTS FOR ALMOST 75 PERCENT OF SALT PRODUCTION IN THE COUNTRY AND IS THE LARGEST SALT PRODUCING STATE IN THE COUNTRY. MAHARASHTRA, WEST BENGAL, RAJASTHAN AND HIMACHAL PRADESH ARE ALSO INVOLVED IN SALT PRODUCTION. THOOTHUKUDI IS THE MAJOR SALT PRODUCER IN TAMIL NADU. MANDI IN HIMACHAL PRADESH IS THE ONLY SOURCE OF ROCK SALT IN INDIA.

Answer: Option C. -> Only 1 & 3
NO EXPLANATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS QUESTION!

Answer: Option B. -> Haryana
INDIA’S FIRST SOLAR-BASED MICRO IRRIGATION PROJECT HAS BEEN RECENTLY LAUNCHED AT DERA FATEH SINGH VILLAGE IN PEHOWA IN KURUKSHETRA DISTRICT OF HARYANA. IT IS THE COUNTRY’S FIRST PILOT PROJECT ON MICRO IRRIGATION UNDER THE PRADHAN MANTRI KRISHI SINCHAYEE YOJANA (PMKSY). UNDER THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT’S INITIATIVE “MORE CROP, PER DROP”, THE PROJECT WILL DRAW ENERGY FROM SOLAR PANELS AND THE POWER GRID. RECENTLY, MANOHAR LAL KHATTAR, CHIEF MINISTER OF HARYANA ANNOUNCED 85 PER CENT SUBSIDY FOR SOLAR POWER-RUN MICRO IRRIGATION PROJECTS IN 36 ADMINISTRATIVE BLOCKS THAT ARE FACING ACUTE DEPLETION OF UNDERGROUND WATER TABLE.

Answer: Option A. -> Pallava dynasty
THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS REGISTRY, CHENNAI, HAS RECENTLY ACCORDED THE GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS CERTIFICATE TO TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT FOR “MAHABALIPURAM STONE SCULPTURE”. THE PALLAVA DYNASTY, WHICH RULED THE AREA BETWEEN 6TH AND 9TH CENTURIES A.D., IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CREATION OF SEVERAL SUCH WONDERFUL EDIFICES. MAHENDRAVARMAN (AD 580-630), HIS SON NARASIMHAVARMAN-I MAMALLA (AD 630-668), PARAMESVARAVARMAN (A.D. 672-‘700) AND NARASIMHAVARMAN II RAJASIMHA (A.D. 700-728) HAD CONTRIBUTED THE MOST OF SCULPTURES IN MAHABALIPURAM AND DEVELOPED THE PORT TOWN AS A CENTRE OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE.