The Kashmir region receives additional amount of precipitation during the winter brought by:
South-west Monsoon
Western Disturbances
Retreating Monsoon
Temperate Cyclone
B.
Western Disturbances
A Western Disturbance is an extratropical storm originating in the Mediterranean region that brings sudden winter rain to the northwestern parts of the Indian subcontinent. It is a non-monsoonal precipitation pattern driven by the westerlies.
Which part of India has the Kalakot tertiary coal field?
Brahmaputra river basin of Assam
Damodar river basin ofJharkhand and West Bengal
Himalayan mountain region
Cardamom hills in Kerala
Tendons through which muscles are connected to bones are tightly compacted bundles of which one of the following long fibrous protein?
Fibrin
Collagen
Elastin
Cellulose
Which one of the following is the scientific name of the causal organism of elephantiasis?
Ascaris lumbricoides
Culex pipiens
Wuchereria bancrofti
Fasciola hepatica
Melanin is the natural pigment that gives colour to human skin, hair and the iris. It provides protection against:
Ultraviolet radiation
Infrared radiation
X-ray radiation
Short wave radio radiation
Intake of which one of the following food components should be minimized by patients having Gouty Arthritis due to elevated serum uric acid level?
Food fibres
Nucleic acids
Lipids
Carbohydrates
Which one of the following statements about microbes is not correct?
They are used in sewage treatment plants.
They are used in industrial fermenters for the production of beverages.
No antibiotic has been obtained from any microbe.
They are used to get many bioactive molecules for the treatment of diseases.
Golden rice is a genetically-modified crop plant where the incorporated gene is meant for biosynthesis of:
Omega-3 fatty acids
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
An object moves in a circular path with a constant speed. Which one of the following statements is correct?
The centripetal acceleration of the object is smaller for a gentle curve (i.e., curve of larger radius) than that for a sharp curve (i.e., curve of smaller radius).
The centripetal acceleration is greater for a gentle curve than that for a sharp curve.
The centripetal acceleration is the same for both, the gentle and sharp curves.
The centripetal acceleration causes the object to slow-down.
The force acting on a particle of mass m moving along the x-axis is given by F(x) = Ax2 - Bx. Which one of the following is the potential energy of the particle?
2Ax - B
Ax3 - Bx2
Zero