Cotton production in India 04-05 – 243 lakh bales.
03-04 – 179 lakh bales.
Yelid – 04-05 – 460 kg per hectares and for 03-04 398 kg per hectares
Leading producer of cotton in India – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh
Productive wise – TN, Gujarat, Punjab
Three Georges Dam – on Yangtse river in Hubei province of China
Indira sagar power project – Narmada Nagar – MP – 100 MW
Typhoon:
Kaemi – east china’s fuzin province
SAOMO – strongest one in east china
Prapiroon – south china
Durian – Phillippines
XANGSANE – Philippines
Cimaron – philipines
Mavilaru – sri lanka – water way
Largest Urban forest in India inaugurated
FASAL – a project by ministry of agri – forecasting aagri putput using space agro meterology and land based observations
Minitry of environment and forest – govt of india has given permission to 8 new tiger reserves in the states .
Annamudi parmbikulam – TN and kerala
Munumalai – Tn
Udanti – Sita nadi – chattisgarh
Achanakmar sanctauary – chattisgarh
Sanjay dubri national park
Sanjay national park – both in MP
Kaziranga national park – assam
Satkosia – orrissa
Dandeli aushi – Karnataka
Talchal power project located in angu district of Orissa Dedecated to the nation
Bansagar hydro project on son river MP capacity is 425 MW catering to the needs of MP UP and bihar
MP is the largest beneficiary in this
Nicargua – is planning to build a 20 billion dollar grand inter oceanic nicargua channel connecting pacific anf atlantic ocean
First inland waterway cruise – sunderban
Ministry of non-convention energy resources is renamed as the ministry of new n renewable energy
Mt.merapi – active volcano – border of java n yogakarta
Volcano Bulesan – Philippines
Press Freedom Index – total membership 168 India is at 105th position
Bill Clinton is nominated as the special envoy for the tsunami related operations
Alwar district of – Mustard crop residue based non conventional thermal plant Is built here
Fiji – suspended from the Commonwealth countries – 53 in number
City of Lagos – Africa – Nigeria – explosion of petroleum pipeline
Indonesian Senopati – nusantava – Ferri which sangs in a storm of the coast of Java
Little Andaman – white surf waterfall – destroyed in tsunami
Whisper wave waterfall also a part of the little Andaman
Lacones – laboratory for conservation of endangered species – Hyderabad
Water bird population estimates are prepared by Wetland International – it prepares a red list
That is it is the list of globally threatened fauna
Omsk region – south Serbia – Russia –orange snowfall
Factory at this region – ust-kut and a nuclear plant
Macau –Monte carlo of Orient – gambling top notch in china and number one in the world.
Wild life institute of India – Dehra dun
Indian institute of petroleum – Dehradun
Eravikulam national park of kerala.it houses niligiri thar in red list
Red list is prepared by wetland international inassociation with IUCN – international conservation of nature – HQ – geneva
In which country in March 2006, more than 600 followers of slain Shia cleric Hussein al-Houthi who were captured following a rebellion he led in 2004 were released under an amnesty ?A: Yemen
Where is the XXX Antarctic Treaty Consultataive Meeting (ATCM) 2007 being held ?A: Government of India will be hosting the 30th Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) at New Delhi.India is 25 years old in this treaty. This treaty is going to be held first time in India and the previous one was held in Eidenburg. The Antarctic Treaty Secretariat is at Buenos Aires
In an effort to curb greenhouse gases and global warming, the installation of world’s biggest offshore wind farm has been approved at ______________A: London Array
Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants …where in the world ?A: in the rainforests of Borneo which is shared by three countries…Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam
Where is the doomsday vault coming?A: Norway
List European countries who are not members of eu ?A: Ukraine, Belarus, Norway, Switzerland
Where does the Aravalli range start and where does it end?A: over 300 miles, it starts in the Northeast of Rajasthan near Delhi and ends in the South west near the Gujarat border almost making Mount Abu, the highest of Aravalli range the ending point
What is a shale?A: it is a fine grained sedimentary rock made of clay or muds with fissility
What is a lateral moraine?A: Lateral moraine is formed from debris derived from frost shattering on the valley sides, and is carried along the sides of the glacier
What are oxbow lakes?A: it is a single from the album orbus terranum by ambient house artist the Orb – geographiacally – An oxbow lake is a type of lake which is formed when a wide meander from a stream or a river is cut off to form a lake. They are called oxbow lakes due to the distinctive curved shape that results from this process
Which is India’s biggest lake?A: Wular lake is the biggest fresh water lake and chilika lake is the biggest coastal lake in India
Which is India’s oldest dam?And which is India’s first Hydroelectric project?A: Along the Kaveri river in tamil Nadu built by Cholas (King Karikala Chola) – it is the world’s oldest dam.
Shivanasamudra in Mysore division has the oldest hydroelectric power project in India built in 1902
Where is the Bay of Biscay?A: on the west coast of France and the north coast of spain….the gulf of the atlantic ocean
Which is the largest province in Pakistan?A: Balochisthan
What is a Graben and Horst?A: geological terms referring to regions that lie between the faults
What is sea floor spreading?A: the theory of continental drift by the tectonic theory
Which is the land of lakes?A: Nainital
What is the capital of Kazhakstan?A: Astana
What is the capital of Armenia?A: Yerevan
What is ETA in Spain?A: Euskadi Ta Askatasuna or ETA
How many sites in India are there in the world heritage list?A: 26
What is a bogoslof?A: Bogoslof Island is the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea
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