KPSC KAS Prelims and Mains Exam
There has been a significant increase in agricultural output and improvement in technology during the last fifty years. Production and yield of many crops such as rice and wheat has increased at an impressive rate. Among the other crops, the production of sugarcane, oilseeds and cotton has also increased appreciably. India ranked first in the … Read more
. The Pesticide Management Bill, 2020 was introduced in Rajya Sabha by the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, on March 23, 2020. It seeks to regulate the manufacture, import, sale, storage, distribution, use, and disposal of pesticides, in order to ensure the availability of safe pesticides and minimise the risk … Read more
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) was established on the eve of the 1992 Rio Earth Summit to help tackle our planet’s most pressing environmental problems. Since then, the GEF has provided close to $20.5 billion in grants and mobilized an additional $112 billion in co-financing for more than 4,800 projects in 170 countries. The GEF provides funding to assist developing countries in … Read more
Major findings are as follows: Area-wise Madhya Pradesh has the largest forest cover in the country followed by Arunachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Maharashtra. In terms of forest cover as percentage of total geographical area, the top five States are Mizoram (85.41%), Arunachal Pradesh (79.63%), Meghalaya (76.33%), Manipur (75.46%) and Nagaland (75.31%). Total mangrove … Read more
The earth is made up of several concentric layers of varying density and composition. Broadly, threezones can be identified on the basis of changes in the velocity of seismic waves while passing through theearth as below – Core:The Core is further divided into two sub-zones – outer core and inner core. The outer core is … Read more
Himalayas separate plain of Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau and are formed by folding of Tethys sea sediments. These mountain ranges run for about 2400 kilometers from Indus River in west to Brahmaputra River in the east. The average width of the Himalayas is 160 to 400 km. Himalayas can be divided … Read more
. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular cycle of change in wind and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, affecting the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. The warming phase of the sea temperature is known as El Nino and the cooling phase as La Nina. This sea … Read more
The Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) or Thermal Equator is a broad trough of low pressure in equatorial latitudes (it always remains on the north of the equator due to effect of landmass). This is where the northeast and the southeast trade winds converge and this is a low pressure zone. This convergence zone lies … Read more
They can be of various types depending upon the process of precipitation, obstacles etc. Convectional Rain The, air on being heated, becomes light and rises up in convection currents. As it rises, it expands and loses heat and consequently, condensation takes place and cumulous clouds are formed. With thunder and lightening, heavy rainfall takes place … Read more
. Process of formation of the fronts is known as frontogenesis. There are four types of fronts: Cold Front When the cold air moves towards the warm air mass, its contact zone is called the cold front. As the cold front nears your region, the barometer falls. The cold air behind the front wedges under … Read more