Daily Quiz – 8th Feb 2024

• Statement 1 is incorrect: The language relies upon the Bengali and Roman scriptswhich were adopted based on studies of the Shyama Charan Tripura Commission and Pabitra Sarkar Commission.
• Statement 2 is incorrect: Kokborok has still not been included under the Eight Schedule of the Constitution.

• National Green inipunal (NG1) 15 a statutory Doay that was established in 2010 by the National Green Tribunal Act. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the statutory organization, was constituted in September 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974. So statement 1 is not correct.
• The NGT provides environmental justice and helps reduce the burden of litigation in the higher courts whereas the CPCB promotes cleanliness of streams and wells, and aims to improve the quality of air in the country. So statement 2 is correct.
• Therefore option (b) is the correct answer

• The Tribunal comprises the Chairperson, the Judicial Members and Expert Members. They shall hold office for a term of five years and are not eligible for reappointment. So statement 1 is correct.
• The Chairperson is appointed by the Central Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of India (CJI). So statement 2 is correct
• Therefore option (c) is the correct answer

Statement 1 is incorrect: Unlike areas with abundant vegetation, hot deserts experience rapid heating of their dry and barren floors. This quick heating contributes to the intense temperature conditions characteristic of these regions.

The lack of vegetation allows the desert floors to absorb and retain heat.

Statement 2 is incorrect: Winds cause deflation, abrasion and impact. Deflation includes lifting and removal of dust and

smaller particles from the surface of rocks. In the transportation process sand and silt act as effective tools to abrade the land surface. The impact is simply sheer force of momentum which occurs when sand is blown into or against a rock surface. It is similar to sand-blasting operation. The wind action creates a number of interesting erosional and depositional features in the deserts.

Statement 3 is incorrect: Winds move along the desert floors with great speed and the obstructions in their path create turbulence. There are storm winds which are very destructive. Winds cause deflation, abrasion and impact.

Statement I is incorrect: The gravitational force (g) is not the same at different latitudes on the surface. It is greater near the poles and less at the equator. Statement II is correct: This is because the distance from the centre at the equator is greater than that at the poles.

The gravity values also differ according to the mass of the material. The uneven distribution of mass of material within the earth influences this value. Many other factors influence the reading of gravity at different places. These readings differ from the expected values. Such a difference is called a gravity anomaly. Gravity anomalies give us information about the mass distribution of the material in the earth's crust.

Hence, statement I is incorrect, and

Statement II is correct.

Gulf of Khambhat is a trumpet-shaped gulf of the Arabian Sea, indenting northward the coast of Gujarat state, western India, between Mumbai (Bombay) and the Kathiawar Peninsula.

The gulf receives many rivers, including the:

1. Sabarmati
2. Mahi
3. Narmada
4. Tapti

Its shape and its orientation in relation to the southwest monsoon winds account for its high tidal range and the high velocity of the entering tides. Shoals and sandbanks are treacherous to navigation, and all the gulf ports have suffered from silting caused by tides and flood torrents from the rivers.

Landscape evolution in deserts is primarily concerned with the formation and extension of pediments. Gently inclined rocky floors close to the mountains at their foot with or without a thin cover of debris, are called pediments. Such rocky floors form through the erosion of mountain front through a combination of lateral erosion by streams and sheet flooding.