Daily Quiz #37 UPSC Prelims Marathon – December 13, 2019

Explanation: Godavari river rises from Trimbakeshwar in the Nasik District of Maharashtra at an elevation of 1,067m. The Godavari is the largest river system of the Peninsular India and is revered as Dakshina Ganga. The Godavari basin extends over states of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha in addition to smaller parts in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Union territory of Puducherry (Yanam) having a total area of ~ 3 lakh Sq.km. The basin is bounded by Satmala hills, the Ajanta range and the Mahadeo hills on the north, by the Eastern Ghats on the south and the east and by the Western Ghats on the west.
The left bank tributaries are more in number and larger in size than the right bank tributaries. The Manjra (724 km) is the only important right bank tributary. It joins the Godavari after passing through the Nizam Sagar.
•Left Bank Tributaries: Dharna, Penganga, Wainganga, Wardha, Pranahita [conveying the combined waters of Penganga, the Wardha and Wainganga], Pench, Kanhan, Sabari, Indravati etc.
•Right Bank Tributaries: Pravara, Mula, Manjra, Peddavagu, Maner etc.

Explanation:
Anamudi is a mountain located in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the highest peak in the Western Ghats and South India, at an elevation of 2,695 metres. It’s parental hills is Anaimalai hills.
Doda beta is the highest peak of nilgiri hills while Guru Shikhar is the highest peak of Aravali Range located in Rajasthan.

Explanation: Digboi Refinery is India’s oldest refinery. It was established in 1901. It gets crude oil from Moran and Naharkatiya fields.
Barauni petrochemicals plant is in the country the second oil refinery in the public sector and forms an important part of theIndian petrochemical industry. It belongs to theIndian oil corporation limited (IOCL). It was built in partnership with Romania and USSR. The plant of Barauni petrochemicals is located from Patna at a distance of 125 kilometers. In 1964 it was commissioned and had a 1 mmtpa refining capacity.

Explanation: There are four types of coal found in India:
•Anthracite (Best quality of coal found only in Jammu & Kashmir);
•Bituminous (Second best quality of coal);
•Lignite (Found in Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Jammu & Kashmir)
•Peat (first stage of formation of coal. It has high carbon content.)
Coal accounts for approx. 67 % of total commercial energy produced in India and 98% of India’s total account is found in Gondwana rocks of Moran region. The main regions of Gondwana rocks are found in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. The first effort made to extract coal with modern technology in India was at Ranigunj coal region in West Bengal.

Explanation: Ratoon cropping is an old system that has been practiced for many years, especially in the Tropics. Although the origin of ratooning is probably not known for any particular crop, it may have begun when man first noticed the regrowth of new shoots following the cutting of certain crops at harvest, thus, producing a new crop without replanting. Because ratooning is practiced widely and is important in many crops, a review of the practice may be valuable, especially because increased food and fiber production is imperative in tropical areas. This practice is widely used in the cultivation of crops such as rice, sugarcane, banana and pineapple.