[Mission 2022] Insta– QUED ( Questions from Editorials ) 07 April 2022 – INSIGHTSIAS

Solution: d)

Mulching is a method of soil conservation where the bare ground between plants is covered with a layer of organic matter like straw. It helps to retain soil moisture.

Shelter Belts is a method of soil conservation practiced in the coastal and dry regions in which rows of trees are planted to check the wind movement to protect soil cover.

Solution: b)

The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world.

The portion of the river’s drainage basin in Brazil alone is larger than any other river’s basin. The Amazon enters Brazil with only one-fifth of the flow it finally discharges into the Atlantic Ocean.

Solution: c)

Thal Ghat is a ghat section in the Western Ghats near the town of Kasara in Maharashtra.

Bhor Ghat, is a mountain passage located between Palasdari and Khandala for railway and between Khopoli and Khandala on the road route in Maharashtra, situated on the crest of the Western Ghats.

Banihal Pass is a mountain pass across the Pir Panjal Range. It connects the Kashmir Valley in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir to the outer Himalaya and the plains to the south.

Palakkad Gap or Palghat Gap is a low mountain pass in the Western Ghats between Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu and Palakkad in Kerala.

Solution: a)

The islands of the Arabian sea include Lakshadweep and Minicoy. These are scattered between 8°N-12°N and 71°E -74°E longitude. The entire group of islands is broadly divided by the Eleventh-degree channel, north of which is the Amini Island and to the south of the Canannore Island.

Suez canal had been constructed in 1869 in Egypt between Port Said in the north and Port Suez in the south linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

Panama canal connects the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west.

Solution: c)

• The IAEA is the world’s centre for cooperation in the nuclear field.
• It was set up as the world’s “Atoms for Peace” organization in 1957.
• It was established as an autonomous organization in 1957 through its own international treaty, the IAEA Statute. 
• Reports to both the United Nations General Assembly and Security Council. 
• Headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
• The IAEA serves as an intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the peaceful use of nuclear technology and nuclear power worldwide.

Functions:

• Works with its Member States and multiple partners worldwide to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies.
• Seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy, and to inhibit its use for any military purpose, including nuclear weapons.