Geography

The North Eastern Council is the nodal agency for the economic and social development of the North Eastern Region which consists of the eight States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura. The North Eastern Council was constituted in 1971 by an Act of Parliament.The constitution of the Council has marked … Read more DMPQ: Write a short note on North East Zonal Council.

Critical infrastructure is a term used by the governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society and economy.  The term Critical infrastructure has been widely adopted to distinguish those infrastructure elements that, if significantly damaged or destroyed, would cause serious disruptions of the dependent system or organisation.   Storm, deluge … Read more DMPQ: What are critical infrastructure? Explain with examples. ( Economy)

A glance at the world map reveals that most of the desert region is on the western part of the continent for example. Mohave desert in North America, Atacama in Southern America, Namib, Sahara in Africa , Arabian in west Asia. The reasons for such homogeny are: The hot desert lie astride the Horse latitudes … Read more DMPQ- Deserts type of climate is found on the western side of the continent. Comment

When it rains, it will increase the relative humidity because of the evaporation. The air where the rain is falling may not be completely saturated with water vapor. However, the longer it rains, the more the humidity will increase because of the air constantly drawing the water.  The evaporation will cool the air and increase … Read more DMPQ- How can humidity and precipitation be related?

In this type of questions please try to make map of India and roughly show the location of western and eastern ghats. Basis Western Ghats Eastern Ghats Direction Run Parallel to west cost in north south direction Eastern ghats run in a north east to south west direction parallel to the eastern cost. Width Avg … Read more Tabulate the difference between western ghats and eastern ghats?

Obsolete machinery Low productivity/ hectare Low crushing season Policies issues: Highly political sensitive commodity Delinking of sugarcane and sugar prices State advisory prices are very high Restriction on the use of bagasse and molasses. Energy generation cannot be sell out to others. Low per capita consumption of sugars. High input cost involved in sugarcane crop. … Read more DMPQ: Sugar mills are facing some serious problems in the recent past. List down the       reason for problems attached with sugar mills. Why  performance of mills in peninsular India is better than that of north India?

Irrigation is consider boon for agriculture. Artificial injection of water increases the productivity and efficiency of the land. But there are negative fallouts attached with Irrigation. These are as follows: Associated problems of water logging and salinity. Poor irrigation practices lead to water logging and salinity. The productivity has been on decline in some areas … Read more DMPQ-Irrigation is always associated with positive economic development but there are negative fallouts too.

. The El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an irregular cycle of change in wind and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, affecting the climate of much of the tropics and subtropics. The warming phase of the sea temperature is known as El Nino and the cooling phase as La Nina. This sea … Read more DMPQ-How does ENSO (El-Nino southern oscillation) phenomenon effects Monsoon in India ?

  Factors Temperate Tropical Latitude 300- 600 50- 300 Originating element Frontogenesis Temperature and Coriolis force Cloud Wide range of clouds associated Generally Clumonimbus Rainfall and life Rainfall is slow. It remain in life for many days. Rain is heavy but does not last beyond few hrs. Isobars Complete circle with steep gradient V shaped … Read more DMPQ: Compare Temperate cyclone and tropical cyclone.

This highway is also known as Route 606. Length of the highway is nearabout 200Km. It connects Delaram( border city of afghanisatn) to Zaranj ( Capital of Nirmuz province of Afghanistan). India Financed this project. Border road organization has constructed the highway. Construction of the road started in 2005 and the project completed in 2009.  … Read more DMPQ: Short note on Delaram- Zaranj Highway.