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Question: Into how many zones is our country divided on the basis of intensity of rainfall? Answer: In our country, the intensity of annual rainfall varies from region to region and accordingly, we have 4 zones: Wet zone: Rainfall ove..
Marine Fisheries
Similarly, India is bestowed with 7520 km of coastline with 20 lakh square km of exclusive economic zone for fishing around coastline. High priority is being offered to marine fisheries development with the support for production, marketing, canning the fishes as well as offering suitable..
Artificial insemination
In this process semen is collected from a bull of desirable breed and stored at freezing temperature. This semen is injected into the vagina of cows during the period of heat of the animal, for fertilization. This method has many advantages: As many as 3000 cows can be fertilized by th..
Nuclear energy
The energy produced due to the 'fission of nuclei' of certain heavier elements (such uranium), or by the 'fusion of nuclei' of lighter elements (such as hydrogen), is called nuclear energy . Nuclear reactions generate very large and powerful amounts of energy. They can be used for peaceful purpose..
Question 10
Question: Imagine you are John D'souza, a newspaper reporter reporting on the heat wave conditions in the Northern parts of the country. Mention the temperature in different parts of this area, its effects and the need to find the causes for these abnormally high temperatu..
Anomalous expansion of Water:
Generally, all liquids expand due to heating. But water behaves in a peculiar way when heated from 0 o C to 4 o C. On heating from 0 o C up to 4 o C its volume decreases, reaches a minimum at 4 o C such that the density of water is maximum at 4 o C on heating..
Judicious use of Energy
In order to live and enable ourselves to do everyday work we need energy. The prosperity of a country depends upon the availability of energy. Huge amount of electrical energy is used to run the air conditioners, cold storage and other domestic appliances. A large share of energy is neede..
Remote Sensing
>Space-based remote sensing is a new technology. It has high potential for applications in nearly all aspects of resource management. India recognized the potential of this technology quite early. India conducted several remote sensing experiments in the late '60s and '70s using airborne sensors an..
Water for All
. There are some worrying facts about the water situation. The effects of world climate change are being all over including the Indian subcontinent. The increased temperature levels are resulting in changing weather patterns. For a country like India whose agricultural activities (and wat..
Tidal Power
. Tidal mills were used for hundreds of years in some of the European countries. Schematic view of Turbines Fixed at the Bottom of a Reservoir The first small wave-energy device was built in Japan by Yoshio Masuda. Hundreds of navigation buoys use his system in the Sea of Japan. The Japan..
. Tidal mills were used for hundreds of years in some of the European countries. Schematic view of Turbines Fixed at the Bottom of a Reservoir The first small wave-energy device was built in Japan by Yoshio Masuda. Hundreds of navigation buoys use his system in the Sea of Japan. The Japan..See what our Users say :
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