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Shankar Ias Academy Test 13 - Geography - Indian Geography - Answer Key SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY TEST 13 - GEOGRAPHY - INDIAN GEOGRAPHY - ANSWER KEY 1. Ans (c) Explanation: In India Iron ore production is predominantly from five States namely Karnataka, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Goa and Jharkhand. (Source: NCERT-India: People and Economy-pg.no:74) 2. Ans (a) Explanation: • The Kharif season (June-September) largely coincides with southwest monsoon under which the cultivation of tropical crops such as rice, cotton, jute, Jowar etc. is possible. • The Rabi season begins with the onset of winter in October- November and ends in March- April. The low temperature conditions during this season facilitate the cultivation of temperate and subtropical crops such as wheat, gram and mustard. • Zaid is a short duration summer cropping season beginning after harvesting of Rabi crops in the months of April-June. The crops such as sunflower, water melon etc. are grown which require hot and humid conditions for growth. (Source: NCERT-India: People and Economy-pg.no:44) 3. Ans (d) Explanation: Lac is the scarlet resinous secretion of a number of species of lac insects. Jharkhand has the reputation of being India’s biggest producer of lac. The state accounts 58 per cent of the country’s lac produce followed by Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Much of the demand for lac comes from the defence industry, for making ammunitions. It is also used in airplanes, furniture polish and perfumes, and in making bangles, imitation fruits and flowers. (Source: wiki) 4. Ans (b) Explanation: UJALA • The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana is a welfare program of the government of India, launched by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016. The stated objective of the program is providing 50,000,000 LPG connections to women from families below the poverty line. • Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) was launched by Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 1 May 2015, replacing the "Bachat Lamp Yojana". Within 1 year of its launch, 9 crore LED bulbs were sold in the country, reducing their electricity bills. The scheme was announced as "Domestic Efficient Lighting Programme (DELP)" on 5 January 2015, urging the people to use LED bulbs in place of incandescent bulbs, tube lights and CFL bulbs as they are more efficient, long lasting and economical in their life cycle duration. • The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy stopped the subsidy on CFL-based solar lighting system to encourage the use of the LED version. The scheme was implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) (under the Ministry of Power) 5. Ans (a) Explanation: National Policy on Bio Fuels Bio-fuels provide a strategic advantage to promote sustainable development and to supplement conventional energy sources in meeting the rapidly increasing requirements for transportation fuels associated with high economic growth, as well as in meeting the energy needs of India’s vast rural population. Bio-fuels can increasingly satisfy these energy needs in an environmentally benign and cost-effective manner while reducing dependence on import of fossil fuels and thereby providing a higher degree of National Energy Security. The Indian approach to bio-fuels is based solely on non- food feedstocks to be raised on degraded or wastelands that are not suited to agriculture, thus avoiding a possible conflict of fuel vs. food security. The salient features of the National Policy on Bio-fuels are:- • Bio-diesel production will be taken up from non-edible oil seeds in waste /degraded / marginal lands. • An indicative target of 20% blending of bio-fuels, both for bio-diesel and bio-ethanol, by 2017 has been proposed. SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY • Minimum Support Price (MSP) for non-edible oil seeds would be announced with periodic revision to provide fair price to the growers. • Minimum Purchase Price (MPP) for purchase of bio-ethanol and bio-diesel would be announced with periodic revision. • Major thrust will be given to research, development and demonstration with focus on plantations, processing and production of bio-fuels, including Second Generation Bio-fuels. • Financial incentives, including subsidies and grants, may be considered for second generation bio-fuels. If it becomes necessary, a National Bio-fuel Fund could be considered. • A National Biofuel Coordination Committee, headed by the Prime Minister, will be set up to provide policy guidance and coordination. • A Biofuel Steering Committee, chaired by Cabinet Secretary, will be set up to oversee implementation of the Policy. 6. Ans (c) Explanation: India produces the finest Pashmina (Cashmere) wool in the world, coming from the Changthang plateau of Ladakh region of J&K State. 7. Ans (a) • Explanation: Total road network length in UP is more than 8,000 Km. (Source: http://morth.nic.in/showfile.asp?lid=1624) 8. Ans (a) Explanation: NCEF • The National Clean Energy Fund (NCEF) is a fund created in 2010-11 using the carbon tax - clean energy cess - for funding research and innovative projects in clean energy technologies of public sector or private sector entities, upto the extent of 40% of the total project cost. Assistance is available as a loan or as a viability gap funding, as deemed fit by the Inter-Ministerial group, which decides on the merits of such projects. The Fund is designed as a non lapsable fund under Public Accounts • Renaming the Clean Energy Cess as Clean Environment Cess, the government in 2016-17 budget proposed to raise the cess on coal, lignite and peat from the current Rs 200 a tonne to Rs 400 per tonne. 9. Ans (d) Explanation: UMPP Status of proposed Ultra Mega Power Projects as of December 2016 Special State Plant Purpose Owner MW Type Status Vehicle Andhra Krishnapatnam Ultra Coastal Andhra Reliance Power 3960 Coastal Shelved Pradesh Mega Power Project Power Ltd. Andhra Pudimadaka Ultra Pre-permit NTPC NTPC 4000 Coastal Pradesh Mega Power Project development Andhra Vadarevu Ultra Mega Pre-permit APGENCO APGENCO 4000 Coastal Pradesh Power Project development Bihar State Kakwara Ultra Mega Bihar Mega Pre-permit Bihar Power Holding 4000 Interior Power Project Power Ltd development Company Chhattisgarh Surguja Ultra Mega Power Finance Chhattisgarh Sarguja Power 4000 Interior Cancelled 2013 Power Project Corporation Ltd. Tata Mundra Ultra Coastal Gujarat Gujarat Tata Power 4000 Coastal Operating Mega Power Project Power Ltd. SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY Special State Plant Purpose Owner MW Type Status Vehicle Jharkhand Tilaiya Ultra Mega Jharkhand Integrated Power Reliance Power 3960 Interior Cancelled Power Project Ltd. Deoghar Ultra Mega Deoghar Mega Power Finance Pre-permit Jharkhand 4000 Interior Power Project Power Ltd Corporation development Coastal Niddodi Ultra Mega Karnataka Karnataka Power not yet awarded 4000 Coastal Cancelled Power Project Ltd. Madhya Sasan Ultra Mega Sasan Power Ltd. Reliance Power 3960 Interior Operating Pradesh Power Project Coastal Girye Ultra Mega Maharashtra Maharashtra not yet awarded 4000 Coastal Cancelled Power Project Power Ltd. Sundargarh Orissa Integrated Pre-permit Odisha (Bedabahal) Ultra not yet awarded 4000 Interior Power Ltd. development Mega Power Project Sakhigopal (Bhadrak) Sakhigopal Odisha Ultra Mega Power Integrated Power not yet awarded 4000 Coastal Cancelled Project Co. Ltd. Ghogarpalli Ghogarpalli Odisha (Kalahandi) Ultra Integrated Power not yet awarded 4000 Interior Cancelled Mega Power Project Co. Ltd. Gajamara Ultra Mega Odisha not yet awarded not yet awarded 4000 Interior Cancelled Power Project Cheyyur Ultra Mega Coastal Tamil Power Finance Tamil Nadu 4000 Coastal Proposed Power Project Nadu Power Ltd. Corporation 10. Ans (c) Explanation: In between the rabi and the kharif seasons, there is a short season during the summer months known as the Zaid season. Some of the crops produced during zaid are watermelon, muskmelon, cucumber, vegetables and fodder crops. 11. Ans (d) Explanation: Agricultural modernization basically means using scientifically determined inputs like chemical fertilizers, insecticides, weedicides, pesticides etc. These chemicals flow from farm to nearby water bodies and pollute the water. 12. Ans (c) Explanation: (Source: NCERT-India People and Economy-pg.no:76) 13. Ans (d) Explanation: (Source: Wiki) 14. Ans (c) Explanation: National Biomass Cook Stove Programme (NBCP) • The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is promoting and formulating biomass cook stove for domestic use at an effective cost. MNRE has implemented National Biomass Cook Stove Programme (NBCP) in the 12th Plan Period. The ministry’s aim in implementing the programme is SHANKAR IAS ACADEMY improvement in biomass cook stove, this cook stove will be utilized for domestic and community cooking applications on cost sharing basis. • The programme is projected for undertaking project demonstration, improving the quality of cook stove, different grades of process biomass fuel, all this will result in upgradation of technology development, biomass processing and delivery models. • Further, in the programming ministry has organized three test centers to regulate quality and performance testing of improved biomass cook stoves in order to maintain the quality of products. The products which are approved in the testing process and by MNRE will only be considered in the demonstration programme. 15. Ans (d) Explanation: Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana Keeping in view the above problems, Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for rural areas having following objectives: • To provide electrification to all villages
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