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- Eight questions from geography <much less than the current trend of avg 15 questions>
- Not a single question from physical geography or maps <my last minute tip of going through physical geography book>
- Three questions from current affairs
- Five questions very easy
- Previous year papers, Newscards, Tikdams help
1. What is/are the importance/importances of the ‘United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification?
- It aims to promote effective action through innovative national programmes and supportive inter-national partnerships.
- It has a special/particular focus on South Asia and North Africa regions, and its secretariat facilitates the allocation of major portion of financial resources to these regions.
- It is committed to bottom-up approach, encouraging the participation of local people in combating the desertification.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Moderate
- Covered in Primer on environmental issues
- https://www.civilsdaily.com/primer-to-environmental-issues
- Bottom up/ decentralised approach
- 2nd is wrong as secretariat helps in compiling information and reports, not in allocating finances <plus south Asia not in focus>
2. Which of the following is/are tributary/tributaries of Brahmaputra?
- Dibang
- Kameng
- Lohit
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Repeat/ analysis of papers
- Look at question no. 5 <which river flows from Arunachal asked in 2014>
- Dihang and Lohit is common knowledge
- Kameng is also true
3. With reference to ‘Initiative for Nutritional Security through intensive Millets Promotion’, which of the following statements is/are correct?
- This initiative aims to demonstrate the improved production and post-harvest technologies, and to demonstrate value addition techniques, in an integrated manner, with cluster approach.
- Poor, small, marginal and tribal farmers have larger stake in this scheme.
- An important objective of the scheme is to encourage farmers of commercial crops to shift to millet cultivation by offering them free kits of critical inputs of nutrients and micro-irrigation equipment.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1 and 2 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Moderate
- 3rd is false as kit is not free.
- I told you, whenever there is free thing, you need to think.
- Also why would govt want to discourage commercial crops. No logic
- Millet is grown mainly in rainfed areas by small and tribal farmers, thus they have larger stake. Plus assistance in this mission is provided to farmers with holding size <2 hectare
- 1st is common sense, innocuous statement
4. With reference to ‘Red Sanders’, sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:
- It is a tree species found in a part of South India.
- It is one of the most important trees in the tropical rain forest areas of South India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- a) 1 only
- b) 2 Only
- c) Both 1 and 2
- d) Neither 1 nor 2
- Red sanders smugglers plus shooting in Andhra Pradesh
- Andhra meaning south INdia
- No tropical rain forest in Andhra, it’s deciduous
- Recently, which of the following States has explored the possibility of constructing an artificial inland port to be connected to sea by a long navigational channel?
(a) Andhra Pradesh
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Karnataka
(d) Rajasthan
- Moderate as 2 options can be eliminated
- Has to be a landlocked state
- Eliminate Andhra and karnataka
- Rajasthan is the answer, shipping port in Jalore t rann of kutch to arabian sea
- Was in news from july to november
- CD missed the news
6. Recently, linking of which of the following rivers was undertaking?
a) Cauvery and Tungabhadra
b) Godavari and Krishna
c) Mahanadi and Son
d) Narmada and Tapti
- Very much in news
- CD newscard
- https://www.civilsdaily.com/river-linking-to-address-drought-water-scarcity/
- Godavari Krishna
- Consider the following pairs:
Famous place Region
- Bodhgaya : Baghelkhand
- Khajuraho : Bundelkhand
- Shirdi : Vidarbha
- Nasik (Nashik) : Malwa
- Tirupati : Rayalaseema
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 2, 3, 4 and 5
(c) 2 and 5 only
(d) 1, 3, 4 and 5
- Told you hills/ plateau very important
- Nasik is in Maharashtra / Vidarbha
- Malwa in Rajasthan/ MP
- Eliminate 4, reach the answer
- https://www.civilsdaily.com/upsc-prelims-geography-trend-analysis-part-2/
- Look at question 6 learning
8. In which of the following regions of India are shale gas resources found?
- Cambay Basin
- Cauvery basin
- Krishna-Godavari Basin
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
(a) 1 and 2 only
(b) 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Very easy/ 2013 mains question / Cd explains
- 6 basins in India
- https://www.civilsdaily.com/shale-gas-can-transform-energy-geopolitics-but-how/
