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Eravikulam National Park, which was recently in news, is located in –
Solution (a)
Recently 6 staff members of Kerala Forest Department were killed in Idukki landslide. The staff were engaged in the conservation of the endangered Nilgiri tahrs in Eravikulam National Park for three decades.
Solution (a)
Recently 6 staff members of Kerala Forest Department were killed in Idukki landslide. The staff were engaged in the conservation of the endangered Nilgiri tahrs in Eravikulam National Park for three decades.
With regard to National infrastructure Pipeline, consider the following statements:
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
Solution (d)
National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)
Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1644812
Solution (d)
National Infrastructure Pipeline (NIP)
Source: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1644812
Which of the following is/are part of Concurrent List under Schedule VII of the Constitution?
Choose correct answer:
Solution (d)
Public health and sanitation are under STATE LIST (LIST-II)
Education; Bankruptcy and insolvency; Drugs and poisons – are under CONCURRENT LIST (LIST-III)
Solution (d)
Public health and sanitation are under STATE LIST (LIST-II)
Education; Bankruptcy and insolvency; Drugs and poisons – are under CONCURRENT LIST (LIST-III)
Consider the following statements
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (b)
Aditya-1 was meant to observe only the solar corona. The outer layers of the Sun, extending to thousands of km above the disc (photosphere) is termed as the corona. It has a temperature of more than a million degree Kelvin which is much higher than the solar disc temperature of around 6000K. How the corona gets heated to such high temperatures is still an unanswered question in solar physics.
Aditya-L1 with additional experiments can now provide observations of Sun’s Photosphere (soft and hard X-ray), Chromosphere (UV) and corona (Visible and NIR).
Article reference : https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/global-magnetic-field-of-suns-atmosphere-measured-for-the-first-time/article32295461.ece
Solution (b)
Aditya-1 was meant to observe only the solar corona. The outer layers of the Sun, extending to thousands of km above the disc (photosphere) is termed as the corona. It has a temperature of more than a million degree Kelvin which is much higher than the solar disc temperature of around 6000K. How the corona gets heated to such high temperatures is still an unanswered question in solar physics.
Aditya-L1 with additional experiments can now provide observations of Sun’s Photosphere (soft and hard X-ray), Chromosphere (UV) and corona (Visible and NIR).
Article reference : https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/global-magnetic-field-of-suns-atmosphere-measured-for-the-first-time/article32295461.ece
Consider the following statements about Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP)
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Solution (c)
International team of solar physicists led by those from Peking University, China, and National Center for Atmospheric Research of the United States measured the global magnetic field of the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, for the very first time.
The team used the improved measurements of the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) and advanced data analysis to measure the coronal magnetic field. CoMP is an instrument operated by High Altitude Observatory, of the U.S. It is located at Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, near the summit of that volcano on the big island of Hawaii.
Article reference : https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/global-magnetic-field-of-suns-atmosphere-measured-for-the-first-time/article32295461.ece
Solution (c)
International team of solar physicists led by those from Peking University, China, and National Center for Atmospheric Research of the United States measured the global magnetic field of the Sun’s corona, or outer atmosphere, for the very first time.
The team used the improved measurements of the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) and advanced data analysis to measure the coronal magnetic field. CoMP is an instrument operated by High Altitude Observatory, of the U.S. It is located at Mauna Loa Solar Observatory, near the summit of that volcano on the big island of Hawaii.
Article reference : https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/global-magnetic-field-of-suns-atmosphere-measured-for-the-first-time/article32295461.ece
