Question Discussion & Solution

• ​Is a substance that contains living microorganisms.
• These, when applied to seeds, plant surfaces, or soil, colonize the rhizosphere or the interior of the plant and promotes growth by increasing the supply or availability of primary nutrients to the host plant. 
• Biofertilizers add nutrients through the natural processes of Nitrogen fixation.
• Examples: Rhizobium, Azotobacter, Blue-green algae, Azospirilium.

Key PointsBlue green algae:

• Blue-green algae (BGA) is a photoautotrophic, prokaryotic algae.
• They are free-living creatures and also known as Cyanobacteria.
• It fixes the atmospheric nitrogen in moist soils.
• So BGA has been recommended as a biofertilizer.
• The algae include unicellular as well as filamentous species.
• Some of the filamentous forms have specialized cells known as heterocysts.​

Important Points

Biofertilizers:

Thus, the manure also considered as bio-fertilizer is Blue green algae.

Additional Information

Compost: 

• Composting is a process in which both aerobic and anaerobic micro-organisms decompose organic matter.
• Farm compost is a mass of rotted organic matter made from farm waste like sugarcane trash, paddy straw, weeds and other plants.
• While town compost is a mass of rotted organic matter made from town refuses like night soil, street sweepings and dustbin refuse.

​Green Manure:

• Green manures are the crops that are grown primarily for building and maintaining soil fertility and structure.
• Green manure crops should be such that they can be grown quickly.
• Green manure crops include legumes such as vetch, clover, beans and peas; grasses such as annual ryegrass, oats, rapeseed, winter wheat and winter rye and buckwheat.
• Green manure crops provide nitrogen as the major nutrient.

Farmyard Manure:

• It is the decomposed mixture of dung and urine of farm animals.
• It also contains litter and leftover materials from roughages or fodder fed to cattle.

The logic followed is:

L, M, X, Y and Z each having a different salary.

i) X is getting more salary than only M.

X > M

Important Points

As the word only is used this means X's salary is only greater than M.

ii) L is getting less salary than Y, who is not getting the highest salary.

Y > L but Y is not getting the highest. Y's salary is greater than L.

Mistake Points

Who is used for the second person in a connecting statement.

For example, in the above question : 

L is getting less salary than Y, who is not getting the highest salary.

Here, who is used for Y and not for L.

Thus combining the both we get:

Z > Y > L > X > M.

Thus Z is getting the highest salary.

Hence, the correct answer is "Z".

The correct answer is Baran.

Key Points

• Shergarh Sanctuary:
  • It is located in Baran district, near Shergarh town. 
  • It was declared as a protected area in 1983.
  • This sanctuary is home to tiger, leopard, wild boar, sloth bear, chital, python, and other animals.

Additional Information

• Other Wildlife sanctuaries in Rajasthan:

The relation among the given numbers is:

1 × 2 = 2

2 % 3 = 2

2 × 4 = 8

8 % 5 = 3

3 × 6 = 18

18 % 7 = 4

4 × 8 = 32

32 % 9 = 5

(where ‘%’ is the modulo or the remainder operator.)

The correct answer is In 2004.

•  Darrah National Park was established in 2004.

Key Points

•  Darrah National Park ​
  • Mukundara Hills National Park is a national park in Rajasthan with an area of 759.99 km².
  • It was established in 2004 and consists of three wildlife sanctuaries: Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary, National Chambal Sanctuary, and Jawahar Sagar Wildlife Sanctuary.
  • It is located in the Kathiawar-Gir dry deciduous forests. 
  • 1955 – Darrah was declared a wildlife sanctuary.
  • 2004 – Declared as Mukundra Hills National Park.
  • 2013 – Got approval from NTCA & declared as Tiger Reserve.
  • 2020 – Moefcc notifies MHTR Eco-Sensitive Zone

​Additional Information

• About Rajasthan Wildlife
  • ​Rajasthan has Ranthambore National and Sariska National Park and Mukundara as a tiger reserve.
  • The UNESCO World Heritage Site Keoladeo National park along with Tal Chhapar, Van Vihar, and Jorbeed are for bird destinations in the state.
  • The Desert National Park is home to the critically endangered species of Great Indian Bustard.
  • Apart from these, Rajasthan is home to a large number of leopards, blackbuck, great Indian spotted eagle, and marsh crocodiles.