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Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country. Q5. Explain the major agronomic differences between conventional transplanted paddy and Direct-Seeded Rice cultivation. Assess their implications for water use and weed management. (10 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE Why the question The growing challenge of balancing agricultural productivity with ecological sustainability, particularly …
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Topic: urbanization, their problems and their remedies Q2. Discuss the causes behind the increasing vulnerability of Indian metropolitan cities to water shortages. How does climate variability aggravate the problem? Suggest suitable mitigation strategies. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE Why the question The increasing vulnerability of Indian metropolitan cities to water scarcity due to …
Source: TH Subject: Water Resources Context: A parliamentary committee warned that the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) objectives will remain unfulfilled without finding sustainable water sources, as many existing taps are running dry within a year. About Sustainable Water Sources and Issues: What it is? Sustainable water sources refer to natural or managed water bodies (rivers, …
Topic: Major crops cropping patterns in various parts of the country, Q5. Explain the concept of ‘virtual water’ in agricultural trade. Analyse the implications of large-scale rice exports for India’s water security. Suggest policy measures to align agricultural trade with environmental sustainability. (15 M) Difficulty Level: Medium Reference: IE Why the question India’s dominance in …
Source: DTE Subject: Critical geographical features (including water-bodies and ice-caps) Context: The United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) released a flagship report titled “Global Water Bankruptcy: Living Beyond Our Hydrological Means in the Post-Crisis Era”. About Global Water Bankruptcy Report: What it is? It describes a persistent post-crisis failure state where …
Source: TH Subject: Water Conservation Context: India has emerged as the world’s largest rice producer and exporter, accounting for nearly 40% of global rice trade, but this export dominance is intensifying groundwater depletion in water-stressed States like Punjab and Haryana. The debate has resurfaced around India’s growing “virtual water export crisis”, where scarce groundwater is …
Syllabus: Water Source: DTE Context: India is grappling with a severe water crisis exacerbated by rising temperatures, with 2024 being the hottest year since 1901, intensifying heatwaves and widening the water gap. What is Water Gap? The water gap refers to the difference between renewable water availability and water consumption in a specific region, indicating …
Syllabus: Agriculture Source: DTE Context: The term ‘Green Revolution’, coined 57 years ago, transformed global agriculture and secured India’s food self-sufficiency. What is the Green Revolution? A scientific and policy-driven agricultural movement launched in the 1960s to increase food production through High-Yielding Variety (HYV) seeds, mechanization, and chemical inputs. Coined by: William S. Gaud in …
Introduction: Water is indispensable for life, but its availability at a sustainable quality and quantity is threatened by many factors, of which climate plays a leading role. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) defines climate as “the average weather in terms of the mean and its variability over a certain time-span and a …
