Question Discussion & Solution

Given pair is Thing: Main element

Prime constituent of pen is Ink

Similarly, prime constituent of Cigarette is Tobacco

The correct answer is Mount Batten​.

Key Points 

• Cabinet Mission (1946): 
  • ​This mission to India was launched by the British Government in March 1946 to discuss plans for the transfer of power from the British Raj to Indian leadership.
  • The members of the mission were:
    • Lord Patrick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India,
    • Sir Stafford Cripps, President of the Board of Trade,
    • A.V. Alexander, First Lord of the Admiralty.

Important Points

• On 22nd January 1946, the decision to send Cabinet Mission was taken and on 19th February 1946, the British PM C.R Attlee Government announced in the House of Lords about the mission and the plan to quit India.

Additional Information

• Important dates to remember:
  • 23 March-29 June: Cabinet mission visits India
  • 16 May: constitutional scheme
  • 16 June-plan for the formation of interim government)
  • 16 August-‘Direct Action Day’
  • 02 September: Congress forms interim government with Nehru as Vice-President
  • 13 October-Muslim League decides to join the interim government
  • 3-6 December: London conference of major Indian leaders aborted

The correct answer is Ajmer.

Key Points

• The first cotton mill was established in Ajmer.

Additional Information

• Cotton cloth is one of the most developed industries in India.
• It is an important and ancient industry.
• In Rajasthan, the first textile mill-Krishna Mills Beawar in Ajmer- was set up in 1889.
• Producing high-quality cotton clothes is the prestigious tradition of the country.

Key Points 

• The biosphere reserves are the areas meant for the conservation of biodiversity.
• These are large areas of protected land for the conservation of wildlife, plant and animal resources and traditional life of the tribals living in the area.
• The biosphere reserves help to maintain the biodiversity and culture of that area.
• A biosphere reserve may also contain other protected areas.
• The Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve consists of one national park named Satpura and two wildlife sanctuaries named Bori and Pachmarhi

Additional Information

• There are18 biosphere reserves in India:-
  • Cold Desert, Himachal Pradesh
  • Nanda Devi, Uttrakhand
  • Khangchendzonga, Sikkim
  • Dehang-Debang, Arunachal Pradesh
  • Manas, Assam
  • Dibru-Saikhowa, Assam
  • Nokrek, Meghalaya
  • Panna, Madhya Pradesh
  • Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh
  • Achanakmar-Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh-Chhattisgarh
  • Kachchh, Gujarat
  • Similipal, Odisha
  • Sundarban, West Bengal
  • Seshachalam, Andhra Pradesh
  • Agasthyamala, Karnataka-Tamil Nadu-Kerala
  • Nilgiri, Tamil Nadu-Kerala 
  • Gulf of Mannar, Tamil Nadu
  • Great Nicobar, Andaman & Nicobar Island

The correct answer is Rice.

• Rice blast disease, caused by Magnaporthe oryzae (Ascomycota), occurs in about 80 countries on all continents where rice is grown, in both paddy fields and upland cultivation.
• The extent of damage caused depends on environmental factors, but worldwide it is one of the most devastating cereal diseases, resulting in losses of 10–30% of the global yield of rice.
• Other common diseases of the crop of rice are - Blight, Bacterial leaf streak, Brown spot, Sheath blight, False smut, etc.

Additional Information

• The biological agents that causing diseases to plants are known as pathogens. 
• Some of the viral diseases in plants are - bud blight (soyabeans), Curly tops (Beans, tomato, etc.), Mosaic leaf (Tomato, pea, potato,tobacco, etc.).
• Some of the bacterial diseases in plants are - Blights (vegetable crops), Bacterial wilts (Tobacco, potatoes, etc), Cankers (Woody plants), Leaf Spots, Soft Wrots, etc.
• Some of the fungal diseases in the plants are - Cankers, Ergot, Rusts, Root rots, Scabs, Smuts, etc.