Question Discussion & Solution

The correct answer is Karauli.

• The princely state of Karauli was founded by the Yaduvanshi ruler Arjun Singh under the name Kalyanpuri in Vikram Samvat 1405 (1348 AD), which later became Karauli in the period.

Key Points

• The ruler of Karauli, Harvakshpal Singh, made a treaty with the British.
• Karauli was the first princely state of Rajasthan, which made the first treaty with the British.
• Anjani Mata is the local deity of the princely state of Karauli.

Additional Information

• Karauli State was a princely state in India.
  • It existed from 1348 to 1949.
  • It is located in the Braj region.
  • Its capital was Karauli city.
• The important towns associated were Mandrayal or Mandrail.
• The 32nd district of Karauli Rajasthan was created on 19 July 1997, separated from Sawai Madhopur.
• Ramgopal Vijayvargiya was a well-known painter from Karauli, who started the solo painting exhibition tradition.

Important Points

• Lootmar Holi / Lathmar Holi of Mahavir Ji (Karauli) is very famous.
• Shivaratri Cattle Fair - This fair starts on Phalgun Krishna Trayodashi.
  • This fair is famous for the purchase and sale of cows of the Haryanvi breed.

Given code language:

'nee muk pic' means 'grave and concern';
'ill dic so' means 'every body else'; and
'tur muk so' means 'body and soul'.

So we can decode the following words:

muk - and

so' - body

'tur - soul

Proceeding ahead accordingly, the code for 'every' is either 'ill' or 'dic' and the code for 'concern' is either 'nee' or 'pic'.

​The correct answer is Sirohi.

• The district of Rajasthan, where the tropical dry deciduous forests are not found in Sirohi.

Key Points

• Biodiversity of Rajasthan:
  • Though a large percentage of the total area is desert and even though there is little forest cover, Rajasthan has rich and varied flora and fauna.
  • The natural vegetation is classed as Northern Desert Thorn Forest (Champion 1936).
  • These occur in small clumps scattered in more or less open forms.
  • The density and size of patches increase from west to east following the increase in rainfall.
  • The Northwestern thorn scrub forests lie in a band around the Thar Desert, between the desert and the Aravallis.
  • The Aravalli and the south-eastern region is home to the dry deciduous forests, with tropical dry broadleaf forests that include teak, Acacia, and other trees. Hence Sirohi is the correct answer.
  • The hilly ‘Vagad’ region lies in southernmost Rajasthan.
  • Vagad is the wettest region in Rajasthan, and the most heavily forested.
  • North of ‘Vagad’ lies the Mewar region, home to the cities of Udaipur and Chittaurgarh.
  • All these regions have varied flora and fauna distinct to the region.

Additional Information 

• Plant Biodiversity:
  •  Red data Species - 02
  • Orchids - 14
  • Terrestrial - 08
  • Epiphytic - 06
  • Parasitic Species -10
  • Carnivorous Species - 05
  • Endemic Species -19
  • Medicinal Plant Species -157+ 

The correct answer is Open Cast Mining.

• Open Cast Mining is the process under which minerals are mined near the earth's surface.

Key Points

• Opencast mining is the process that involves the removal of ore from seams relatively near the surface by means of an open-pit.
• These mines occupy a large area of land for excavation of the ore and disposal of the overburden.

Additional Information

• Drilling is a cutting process which uses a drill bit to cut a hole of circular cross-section in solid materials or ground.
• Quarrying is the process of removing rock, sand, gravel or minerals from the ground in order to use them to produce materials for construction or other uses.
• Shaft mining is the process where miners dig straight down until they reach their desired depth. 

The cube is coloured on two adjacent faces (let us consider that the top and back surfaces are coloured)

So, the cubes on the surface having no colour will be 12 cubes on the front surface, 6 cubes on the right surface, 6 cubes on the left surface and 4 cubes at the bottom two surface.

So, cubes with no colour are:

12 + 6 + 6 + 4 = 28

Again, small cubes inside the big cube with no surface coloured is 8.

Therefore, cubes with no colour are = 28 + 8 = 36