Daily Quiz: UPSC Prelims Marathon – October 13

Only 3 is correctly matched.

Aghulas current – east coast of Africa

Benguela Current –west coast of Africa

Humboldt Current – west coast of South America

BRAHMAPUTRA OR TSANGPO (TIBET)

Rises in the Chemayungdung glacier in the Kailash Range and Mariam La pass separates it from Mansarovar Lake

TRIBUTARIES:

Subansiri Kameng, Dhansiri, Dilhang, Lohit, Tista, Torsa. Manas; Burhi Dihing, etc

Type of Crop: Kharif
Temperature: 21-30 °C
Rainfall: 50-100 cm
Soil Type: Black soil (Highly water retentive soil)
Major Producers: Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Orissa
Leading Producer: Gujarat

• Name from Latin word ‘Later’ which means Brick.
• Become so soft when wet and so hard when dried.
• The main parent rocks are crystalline and metamorphic rocks like acid granites, gneisses and quartzites.
• In the areas of high temperature and high rainfall.
• Formed as a result of high leaching.
• Lime and silica will be leached away from the soil.
• Organic matters of the soil will be removed fast by the bacteria as it is high temperature and humus will be taken quickly by the trees and other plants. Thus, humus content is low.
• Widely grown crops: Cashewnuts, tea, coffee, rubber
• They lack : Organic matter, Nitrogen, Phosphate and Calcium and are rich in Iron oxide and potash

Western Himalaya refers to the western half of the Himalayan Mountain region, stretching from Badakhshan in northeastern Afghanistan/southern Tajikistan, through Kashmir to Nepal.

Eastern Himalaya is situated between Central Nepal in the west and Myanmar in the east, occupying southeast Tibet in China, Sikkim, North Bengal, Bhutan and North-East India.

Statement 1 is wrong :

The western himalayas consists of the most continuous range and the loftiest peaks and compared to eastern Himalayas.

The western Himalayas receive more precipitation from northwest in the winters, and eastern Himalayas receive more precipitation from southeastern monsoon in the summers.

Eastern Himalayas are much ahead from western Himalayas in terms of Biodiversity and is one of the Biodiversity hotspots

IMPORTANT LEARNING