The word "tsunami"belongs to:
Answer: D
The word is Japanese.
It combines tsu, harbour, with nami, wave - the wave is barely noticeable in deep water and rears up only on reaching a harbour or shallow coast. Japan's exposure to them gave the word to the world.
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The national Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) was set up in:
Answer: B
NTPC was set up in 1975.
It was created as a central public sector undertaking to build large thermal stations, and is now India's largest power producer, generating roughly a quarter of the country's electricity.
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Pykara hydroelectric power project is located at:
Answer: C
It is on the Pykara river.
The Pykara rises in the Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu and drops sharply over the Pykara falls; the scheme, commissioned in 1932, was among the earliest hydroelectric projects in south India.
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The oil and gas fields at Digboi, Naharkatiya and Moran are located in
Answer: A
They are in Assam.
Digboi in Tinsukia district is the oldest oilfield in the country, producing since 1889. Naharkatiya and Moran, in Dibrugarh district, were found in the 1950s and their crude is piped to Noonmati, Barauni and Bongaigaon.
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The first tidal power plant in India is located in:
Answer: D
India's first tidal power plant is at Kandla.
It is in the Gulf of Kutch, where the funnel shape amplifies the tidal range to among the highest in the country. Tidal power needs a large range within a narrow basin, which that coast provides and most of India's does not.
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Gomardha Wildlife Sanctuary is located in:
Answer: B
Gomardha is in Raigarh.
The sanctuary lies in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh, in sal and bamboo forest, and shelters chital, sambar, sloth bear and leopard.
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The narrow meandering bands of swift winds which blow in the mid-latitudes near the tropopause and encircle the globe are known as
Answer: A
These are the jet streams.
They are narrow ribbons of wind near the tropopause, 9 to 12 km up, blowing west to east at 100 to 400 km/h. The subtropical jet's seasonal shift north of the Himalayas triggers the burst of the Indian monsoon, and aircraft ride them to save fuel.
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The first of the fourteen biosphere reserves of India which was established in 1986 is:
Answer: C
The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was the first, established in 1986.
It spans Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, taking in Mudumalai, Bandipur, Nagarhole, Wayanad and Silent Valley, and was also the first Indian reserve admitted to the UNESCO world network, in 2000.
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Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in:
Answer: D
Nanda Devi is in Uttarakhand.
The reserve surrounds Nanda Devi, at 7,816 m the highest mountain entirely within India, and includes the Valley of Flowers. Its core has been closed to entry since 1983, which is why it remains among the least disturbed high-altitude ecosystems in the Himalayas.
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The average rainfall in India is about:
Answer: B
India's average annual rainfall is about 125 cm.
The distribution is extremely uneven: Mawsynram receives nearly 1,200 cm and western Rajasthan under 20. That variability, and the concentration into four monsoon months, matters far more than the average.
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