Passage
The Environment Ministry has relaxed Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules that restrict construction near beaches to help States construct infrastructure and enable them to receive ‘Blue Flag’ certification Last year, the Ministry selected beaches in India to vie for the certificate. This is an international recognition conferred on beaches that meet certain criteria of cleanliness and environmental propriety.The earmarked beaches are — Ghoghala beach (Diu), Shivrajpur beach (Gujarat), Bhogave beach (Maharashtra), Padubidri and Kasarkod beaches (Karnataka), Kappad beach (Kerala), Kovalam beach (Tamil Nadu) etc.The Blue Flag certification, however, requires beaches to create certain infrastructure — portable toilet blocks, grey water treatment plants, a solar power plant, seating facilities, CCTV surveillance and the like. However, India’s CRZ laws don’t allow the construction of such infrastructure on beaches and islands Via an order on January 9, the Environment Ministry eased these restrictions for the “purposes of Blue Flag certification”. “...Central Government hereby declares that for the purpose of Blue Flag Certification in such identified beaches, the following activities and facilities shall be permitted in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), including Islands, subject to maintaining a minimum distance of meters from HTL (High Tide Line),” the gazette notification notes.The certification is accorded by the Denmark-based Foundation for Environment Education, with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches, that is, (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.The ‘Blue Flag’ beach is an ‘eco-tourism model’ and marks out beaches as providing tourists and beachgoers clean and hygienic bathing water, facilities/amenities, a safe and healthy environment, and sustainable development of the area.The Blue Flag Programme started in (1) in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987, and in areas outside Europe since 2001, when South Africa joined.
1. The Environmental Ministry selected how many beaches in India to vie for the certificate?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
2. Blue flag programme was launched by:
(a) Foundation for Environmental Education
(b) United Nations Environment Programme
(c) International Environment agency
(d) None of the above
3. Which country has the highest number of Blue Flag Beaches?
(a) Greece (b) France (c) Spain (d) USA
4.. Which was the first Indian state to get blue flag certification?
(a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamilnadu
5. Which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)France B)Spain C)Holland D)Greece
The Environment Ministry has relaxed Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) rules that restrict construction near beaches to help States construct infrastructure and enable them to receive ‘Blue Flag’ certification Last year, the Ministry selected beaches in India to vie for the certificate. This is an international recognition conferred on beaches that meet certain criteria of cleanliness and environmental propriety.The earmarked beaches are — Ghoghala beach (Diu), Shivrajpur beach (Gujarat), Bhogave beach (Maharashtra), Padubidri and Kasarkod beaches (Karnataka), Kappad beach (Kerala), Kovalam beach (Tamil Nadu) etc.The Blue Flag certification, however, requires beaches to create certain infrastructure — portable toilet blocks, grey water treatment plants, a solar power plant, seating facilities, CCTV surveillance and the like. However, India’s CRZ laws don’t allow the construction of such infrastructure on beaches and islands Via an order on January 9, the Environment Ministry eased these restrictions for the “purposes of Blue Flag certification”. “...Central Government hereby declares that for the purpose of Blue Flag Certification in such identified beaches, the following activities and facilities shall be permitted in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), including Islands, subject to maintaining a minimum distance of meters from HTL (High Tide Line),” the gazette notification notes.The certification is accorded by the Denmark-based Foundation for Environment Education, with 33 stringent criteria under four major heads for the beaches, that is, (i) Environmental Education and Information (ii) Bathing Water Quality (iii) Environment Management and Conservation and (iv) Safety and Services.The ‘Blue Flag’ beach is an ‘eco-tourism model’ and marks out beaches as providing tourists and beachgoers clean and hygienic bathing water, facilities/amenities, a safe and healthy environment, and sustainable development of the area.The Blue Flag Programme started in (1) in 1985 and has been implemented in Europe since 1987, and in areas outside Europe since 2001, when South Africa joined.
1. The Environmental Ministry selected how many beaches in India to vie for the certificate?
(a) 10 (b) 11 (c) 12 (d) 13
2. Blue flag programme was launched by:
(a) Foundation for Environmental Education
(b) United Nations Environment Programme
(c) International Environment agency
(d) None of the above
3. Which country has the highest number of Blue Flag Beaches?
(a) Greece (b) France (c) Spain (d) USA
4.. Which was the first Indian state to get blue flag certification?
(a) Goa (b) Kerala (c) Orissa (d) Tamilnadu
5. Which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)France B)Spain C)Holland D)Greece
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Ozone Hole
Largest Ozone Hole Ever Recorded over North Pole Has Now 'Healed Itself' and Closed
. This was announced by Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus' Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS).
The ozone hole became the largest one ever recorded in the Arctic region spanning an area of over 620,000
square miles .
It was formed due to unusual climatic conditions.
What caused a hole in the ozone layer?
The cause of the formation of the hole is attributed to the unusual weather at the poles.
The polar vortex has been recorded to be extremely powerful, and temperatures inside it have been very
cold.
The unique cocktail of the powerful vortex and low temperatures generates Stratospheric clouds that react with CFCs and destroy the Ozone layer in the process.
Factors responsible for healing: called thethe polar vortex.
Largest Ozone Hole Ever Recorded over North Pole Has Now 'Healed Itself' and Closed
. This was announced by Scientists who were tracking the hole at Copernicus' Atmospheric Monitoring Service (CAMS).
The ozone hole became the largest one ever recorded in the Arctic region spanning an area of over 620,000
square miles .
It was formed due to unusual climatic conditions.
What caused a hole in the ozone layer?
The cause of the formation of the hole is attributed to the unusual weather at the poles.
The polar vortex has been recorded to be extremely powerful, and temperatures inside it have been very
cold.
The unique cocktail of the powerful vortex and low temperatures generates Stratospheric clouds that react with CFCs and destroy the Ozone layer in the process.
Factors responsible for healing: called thethe polar vortex.
Ozone and its significance:
The ozone layer is one of the most vital atmospheric components of our planet.
It is responsible for protecting life on Earth from the harmful UV radiation from the Sun.
It is found mainly in the upper atmosphere, an area called the stratosphere, between 10 and 50 km from the earth’s surface.
The lack of the Ozone layer can have severe implications for people living directly under it. The most prominent effects are Skin Cancer and other possibly fatal skin diseases.
What exactly is a polar vortex?
It is described as a whirling cone of low pressure over
the poles that is strongest in the winter months due to
the increased temperature contrast between the polar
regions and the mid-latitudes, such as the US and
Europe.
Features:
• The polar vortex spins in the stratosphere.
• Usually, when the vortex is strongest, cold air is
less-likely to plunge deep into North America or
Europe. In other words, it forms a wall that
protects the mid-latitudes from cold Arctic air.
• But occasionally, the polar vortex is disrupted
and weakens, due to wave energy propagating
upward from the lower atmosphere. When this
happens, the stratosphere warms sharply in an
event known as sudden stratospheric warming,
in just a few days, miles above the Earth’s surface.
• The warming weakens the polar vortex, shifting its location somewhat south of the pole or, in some instances, ‘splitting’ the vortex up into ‘sister vortices’.
Effects of Polar Vortex:
The split higher up in the atmosphere can give rise to both, sudden and delayed effects, much of which
involves declining temperatures and extreme winter weather in the eastern US along with northern and western Europe.
A sudden stratospheric warming also leads to a warm Arctic not only in the stratosphere but also in the
troposphere as well.
A warmer Arctic, in turn, favours more severe winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes including the eastern US.
The ozone layer is one of the most vital atmospheric components of our planet.
It is responsible for protecting life on Earth from the harmful UV radiation from the Sun.
It is found mainly in the upper atmosphere, an area called the stratosphere, between 10 and 50 km from the earth’s surface.
The lack of the Ozone layer can have severe implications for people living directly under it. The most prominent effects are Skin Cancer and other possibly fatal skin diseases.
What exactly is a polar vortex?
It is described as a whirling cone of low pressure over
the poles that is strongest in the winter months due to
the increased temperature contrast between the polar
regions and the mid-latitudes, such as the US and
Europe.
Features:
• The polar vortex spins in the stratosphere.
• Usually, when the vortex is strongest, cold air is
less-likely to plunge deep into North America or
Europe. In other words, it forms a wall that
protects the mid-latitudes from cold Arctic air.
• But occasionally, the polar vortex is disrupted
and weakens, due to wave energy propagating
upward from the lower atmosphere. When this
happens, the stratosphere warms sharply in an
event known as sudden stratospheric warming,
in just a few days, miles above the Earth’s surface.
• The warming weakens the polar vortex, shifting its location somewhat south of the pole or, in some instances, ‘splitting’ the vortex up into ‘sister vortices’.
Effects of Polar Vortex:
The split higher up in the atmosphere can give rise to both, sudden and delayed effects, much of which
involves declining temperatures and extreme winter weather in the eastern US along with northern and western Europe.
A sudden stratospheric warming also leads to a warm Arctic not only in the stratosphere but also in the
troposphere as well.
A warmer Arctic, in turn, favours more severe winter weather in the Northern Hemisphere mid-latitudes including the eastern US.
Question of the Day (Current Affairs)
"OBICUS" was in the news Recently launched by which of the following?
"OBICUS" was in the news Recently launched by which of the following?
Anonymous Poll
42%
RBI
19%
IMF
30%
World Bank
8%
FATF
Question of the Day (Static GK)
Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
Anonymous Poll
18%
Amravathi
29%
Nagpur
18%
Karachi
35%
Belgaum
Question of the Day (Current Legal GK)
Recently which of the following Important judge was died of Covid 19.
Recently which of the following Important judge was died of Covid 19.
Anonymous Poll
17%
Justice AK Mishra
20%
Justice Vijay solanki
52%
Justice Ajay kr Tripathi
11%
Justice Mahendra Lokur
Puzzle
Read and then answer it.
Mazzini, an Italian specialty restaurant stays open every Monday to Saturday but is closed on all Sundays.
On Mondays, only lunch is served, as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, just dinner is served.
The restaurant’s floors are polished and plants are watered only on days that Quantum is open for business, according the following schedule:
Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that floors are polished.
Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered.
Read and then answer it.
Mazzini, an Italian specialty restaurant stays open every Monday to Saturday but is closed on all Sundays.
On Mondays, only lunch is served, as well as on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
On Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays, just dinner is served.
The restaurant’s floors are polished and plants are watered only on days that Quantum is open for business, according the following schedule:
Plants are watered two days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that floors are polished.
Floors are polished on Monday and two other days each week, but never on consecutive days and never on the same day that plants are watered.
According to a schedule, the restaurant’s floors are polished on either…
Anonymous Poll
15%
Tuesday or Wednesday
45%
Tuesday or Thursday
34%
Wednesday or Thursday
7%
Thursday or Friday
If dinner is served on the same day as plants are watered, which of the following is correct?
Anonymous Poll
20%
Plants are watered on Tuesday
20%
Floors are polished on Thursday
51%
Plants are watered on Wednesday
9%
Floors are polished on Wednesday
Passage
Rishi Kapoor (1952 – 2020), an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language cinema passed away from leukemia on 30 April 2020.Leukemia is a type of cancer found in your blood and bone marrow and is caused by the rapid production of abnormal (1). These abnormal (1) are not able to fight infection and impair the ability of the bone marrow to produce other blood components.Leukemia can be either acute or chronic. Chronic leukemia progresses more slowly than acute leukemia, which requires immediate treatment.Leukemia occurs in both adults and children.Because the cause of leukemia remains unknown, there is no certain way to prevent it. However, avoiding exposure to solvents, such as benzene and toluene, and unnecessary exposure to x-rays is generally good practice.Treatment may involve some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and bone marrow transplant, in addition to supportive care and palliative care as needed.
1.Rishi Kapoor had received National film award for which Film.?
A)Bobby B)Mera Naam Joker c)Karz D)Do Dooni Chaar
2.who is the author of the biographicsl book of Rishi Kapoor "Khullam Khulla:Rishi Kapoor Uncensored"?
A)Meena Inter b)Nitu Singh c)Maunil Bhaskar d,)Smriti Lodha
3.which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)RBC B) Haemoglobin c)WBC D)Platelets
4.which of the following organ is called "Graveyard of RBC"?
A)spleen B)Liver C)Thymus D)kidney
5.which of the following Actors/Actresses won National Film award for maximum number of Times ?
A)Kamal Hassan B)Satyajit Ray C)Shabana Azmi d)Dilip kuma
Rishi Kapoor (1952 – 2020), an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi-language cinema passed away from leukemia on 30 April 2020.Leukemia is a type of cancer found in your blood and bone marrow and is caused by the rapid production of abnormal (1). These abnormal (1) are not able to fight infection and impair the ability of the bone marrow to produce other blood components.Leukemia can be either acute or chronic. Chronic leukemia progresses more slowly than acute leukemia, which requires immediate treatment.Leukemia occurs in both adults and children.Because the cause of leukemia remains unknown, there is no certain way to prevent it. However, avoiding exposure to solvents, such as benzene and toluene, and unnecessary exposure to x-rays is generally good practice.Treatment may involve some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, targeted therapy, and bone marrow transplant, in addition to supportive care and palliative care as needed.
1.Rishi Kapoor had received National film award for which Film.?
A)Bobby B)Mera Naam Joker c)Karz D)Do Dooni Chaar
2.who is the author of the biographicsl book of Rishi Kapoor "Khullam Khulla:Rishi Kapoor Uncensored"?
A)Meena Inter b)Nitu Singh c)Maunil Bhaskar d,)Smriti Lodha
3.which of the following will replace (1) in the passage ?
A)RBC B) Haemoglobin c)WBC D)Platelets
4.which of the following organ is called "Graveyard of RBC"?
A)spleen B)Liver C)Thymus D)kidney
5.which of the following Actors/Actresses won National Film award for maximum number of Times ?
A)Kamal Hassan B)Satyajit Ray C)Shabana Azmi d)Dilip kuma
04-05-2020
1.Ibdia Disease surveillance system needs a reboot.
2.Slow Release
3.Economy Recovery may l take over a year.
4.Pandemics without Borders,South Asia Evolution.
5 BRICS against Covid 19.
6.No Comfort in numbers
7.Scramble for funds as centre tightens purse strings.
8.Saudi Investment in India are on track despite Economic slowdown.
1.Ibdia Disease surveillance system needs a reboot.
2.Slow Release
3.Economy Recovery may l take over a year.
4.Pandemics without Borders,South Asia Evolution.
5 BRICS against Covid 19.
6.No Comfort in numbers
7.Scramble for funds as centre tightens purse strings.
8.Saudi Investment in India are on track despite Economic slowdown.
05-05-2020
1.Covid 19 & India fiscal conundrum.
2.A way out for Pandemic
3.SC to hear PIL on food safety
4.MPLADS,It's suspension & Why.
5.App for one season.
6.Off course
1.Covid 19 & India fiscal conundrum.
2.A way out for Pandemic
3.SC to hear PIL on food safety
4.MPLADS,It's suspension & Why.
5.App for one season.
6.Off course