Topics to be covered from Hindu Paper dated on Sunday November 25th
Topic
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Page No.
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Team Kejriwal is now ‘Aam Aadmi Party’
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1
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Curfew in Sirsa after Dera-Sikh clash
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11
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China city plans Nehru museum, 50 years after war
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11
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A question of rights and wrongs
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12
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A looming crisis
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12
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Ecotourism, last nail in the coffin of biodiversity
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12
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A one-sided bargain that hurts
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13
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Few have a need for Speed
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14
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‘Cost based methodology not viable’
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14
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Firebombed in the kitchen
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14
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Consolidation of banks inevitable: FM
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15
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Topic
IMPORTANT DESERTS
Name
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Area (sq.km)
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Country
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Sahara
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9,065,000
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Algeria, Chad, Libya, Maly, Mauritania, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco
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Australian
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1,550,000
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Australia
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Rub-el-Khali
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1,30,000
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Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Syria
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Gobi
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1,040,000
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Mongolia, china,
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Kalahari
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520,000
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Botswana, Nambia
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Takla Makan
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320,000
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Sikiang, China
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Sonoran
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310,000
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Arizona (U.S.A.)
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Mexico Namib
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310,000
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Nambia
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Karakun
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270,000
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Turkey, Russia
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Thar
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260,000
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India, Pakistan
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Somali
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260,000
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Somalia
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Atacama
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180,000
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North chile, Peru
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Kazilkum
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180,000
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Uzbekistan
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Dasht-e-lut
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52,000
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Eastern Iran
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Mojave
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35,000
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Southern California (U.S.A.)
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BOUNDAY LINES
Durand line : Between India and Afghansitan demarcated by Sir Mortimer Durand in 1896.
Hindenburg line : Boundary line between Germany and Poland.
Mcmohan line : Between India and China, demarcated by Sir Henry Mcmohan; not recognized by China.
Maginot line : Boundary between France and Germany.
Order neisse line : Boundary between Poland and Germany.
Radcliff line : Demarcated by Sir Radcliff in 1947, between India and Pakistan.
17th Parallel : Defined the boundary between north Vietnam and South Vietnam before the two were united.
20th Parallel : The line which Pakistan claims should be the demarcation line between India and Pakistan not acceptable to India.
38th Parallel : The boundary line between north korea and south korea.
49th parallel : Boundary line between U.S.A. and Canada.
QUESTIONS
1.On 31st July Union Minister of Human Resource Development Shri Kapil Sibal chaired the meeting of the Indian National Commission for cooperation with UNESCO. The Indian National Commission for UNESCO comprises of five different Sub-Commissions, in tune with the UNESCO priority areas. The sub-Commissions are:-
(a)Education, Culture, Poverty, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences
(b)Education, Culture, Communications, Social Sciences and Natural Sciences
(c)Education, Culture, Communications, Biodiversity and Natural Sciences
(d)Education, Culture, Communications, Social Sciences and Ecology
2.As part of efforts to better management of nuclear waste, the Bhaba Atomic Research Centre, is setting up a new facility for separation of spent fuel at -
(a)Kudankulam
(b)Kaiga
(c)Tarapur
(d)Rawatbhata
3.Researchers from the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary have discovered an elusive human gene that causes a devastating form of early-onset blindness. What is the name of this Human gene?
(a)NPNAT1
(b)NMCAT1
(c)NMNAT1
(d)NMNRT1
4.Consider the following statement about NERAMAC.
1.North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation (NERAMAC) Ltd, is a Government Enterprise under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER).
2.NERAMAC is playing a significant role by intervening in the sourcing, procuring and marketing of cash crops.
The correct statement is/are
(a)Only 1
(b)Only 2
(c)1 and 2
(d)None of the above
5.A country on 30 July has won the exclusive right to exploit a deep-sea mine in the Indian Ocean that could produce more than $300 million worth of minerals a year. The name of this country is
(a)South Korea
(b)North Korea
(c)Vietnam
(d)Sri Lanka
