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The current answer is Glasgow.

Key Points 

• The 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26, was the 26^th United Nations Climate Change conference, held at the SEC Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, from 31 October to 13 November 2021.
• The President of the conference was UK cabinet minister Alok Sharma.
• The result of COP26 was the Glasgow Climate Pact, negotiated through consensus of the representatives of the 197 attending parties.

 Important Points

• India had committed to increasing the share of non-fossil fuel sources to 40% and creating a carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent in the 2015 Paris climate summit.

The correct answer is Giant Panda.

Key Points 

• In 1958, WWF's giant panda logo began from a Panda named Chichi.
• The giant panda has been the symbol of WWF since its formation in 1961.
• Pandas live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China
• The giant panda is perhaps the most powerful symbol in the world when it comes to species conservation.
• While its numbers are slowly increasing, the giant panda remains one of the rarest and most endangered bears in the world.

Additional Information 

• ​WWF is an acronym for World Wide Fund for Nature and it was founded in 1961.
• It is an international organization aimed at the conservation of the environment.
• In North America, it is called the World Wildlife Fund.
• The WWF provides money for conservation initiatives around the world.
• WWF works in the 6 major areas of climate, food, forests, freshwater, oceans and wildlife.
• They focus on the conservation of tigers, elephants, gorillas, giant pandas, sea turtles, polar bears, rhinos and whales.
• It aims to check the degradation of the earth’s natural environment and create a future in which human beings live in harmony with nature.
• Headquarters - Rue Mauverny, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

The correct answer is Bharat Ratna.

Key Points

Highest Civilian Award:

• ‘Bharat Ratna’, the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954.
• Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards.
• The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President.
• The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.

Important Points 

• The first-ever awardees to receive this award were Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, C. Rajagopalachari and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan in 1954.
• In fact, our former President, Shri A. P. J Abdul Kalam is also a recipient of this esteemed honor (1997).
• Two non-Indians received Bharat Ratna - Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1987) and Nelson Mandela (1990).

Thus, the Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award in India.

Additional Information 

• Ashoka Chakra is one of the country's highest awards for gallantry during peacetime.
• Padma Awards one of the highest civilian Awards in the country are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
• The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities,
• Art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.
• Padma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.
• Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of a high order.
• Padma Shri for distinguished service in any field.
• The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
• These awards are conferred by the President of India.

The correct answer is Electromagnetic waves.

Key Points 

• The waves used in common TV remote control are Infrared Rays.
• Infrared (IR), sometimes called infrared light, is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than those of visible light.
• Infrared Rays are Electromagnetic waves.
• It is therefore invisible to the human eye.
• IR is generally understood to encompass wavelengths from the nominal red edge of the visible spectrum around 700 nanometers (frequency 430 THz) to 1 millimetre (300 GHz) (although the longer IR wavelengths are often designated rather as terahertz radiation).
• Black-Body Radiation from objects near room temperature is almost all at infrared wavelengths.
• As a form of electromagnetic radiation, IR propagates energy and momentum, with properties corresponding to both those of a wave and of a particle, the photon.

 Additional Information 

• An X-ray, or X-radiation, is a penetrating form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation. Most X-rays have a wavelength ranging from 10 picometers to 10 nanometers, corresponding to frequencies in the range 30 petahertz to 30 exahertz and energies in the range 124 eV to 124 keV.
• Ultraviolet (UV) is a form of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 (with a corresponding frequency around 30 PHz) to 400 nm (750 THz), shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays. UV radiation is present in sunlight and constitutes about 10% of the total electromagnetic radiation output from the Sun. It is also produced by electric arcs and specialized lights, such as mercury-vapour lamps, tanning lamps, and black lights.
• A Gamma-ray, or gamma radiation, is a penetrating form of electromagnetic radiation arising from the radioactive decay of atomic nuclei. It consists of the shortest wavelength electromagnetic waves and so imparts the highest photon energy.

The correct answer is A type of agriculture (cultivation).

Key Points 

Jhum cultivation:

• Also called Slash and Burn Agriculture is a form of crop-growing farming activity.
• In the North-East states of India, Agriculture is primarily based on Jhum cultivation.
• Britishers wanted tribal groups or jhum cultivators to settle down and become peasant cultivators.
• In fact, jhum cultivators who took to plough cultivation often suffered, since their fields did not produce good yields.
• So the jhum cultivators in north-east India insisted on continuing with their traditional practice.

Additional Information

• List of local names of shifting cultivation:

The correct answer is Conductor.

Key Points

Concept:

Additional Information

• A conductor having some appreciable resistance is called a Resistor.
• Appreciable resistance means capable of being perceived or measured.
• In other words, all conductor produce some resistance but it is negligible under normal condition.

The correct answer is Vaccum.

Key Points

Light:

• Light is a form of energy, which produces the sensation of vision in our eyes.
• Light travels faster in vacuum.**
• The objects around us reflect light. The reflected light reaches our eyes and make that thing visible to us.
• Luminous objects like Sun, stars, electric bulbs etc have their own light and they are considered a source of light.
• Non Luminous objects are those objects which do not have their own light but reflect the light coming from some source.
• Light travels in a straight line in a given medium.

Additional Information

• Transparent object: The object that allows light to pass through them or the objects across we can see are transparent objects. Examples: Glass, Water.
• Translucent object: The object that partially allows light to pass through them are translucent objects. Example:  Filter Paper.
• Opaque object: The object across which light cannot pass are called opaque objects, for example, cardboard, books, etc.

The correct answer is Earthworm.

Key Points

Earthworms are useful in several ways for farmers-

• Earthworms make the soil porous by digging burrows in the soil. Hence they are called Friends of the Farmers.
• The nitrogenous wastes and other waste products of the earthworms form food for plants. This process of increasing the fertility of the soil by earthworms is called Vermicomposting.
• Some tribals in India use earthworms as medicine to cure jaundice, piles, diarrhoea, bladder stones, etc.
• The earthworms reduce both the acidity and alkalinity of the soil and create optimum conditions for plant growth.
• The density of earthworms in the soil is considered to be a good indicator of healthy soil because they increase the soil's water-holding capacity and moisture content.

Thus, Earthworms are known as "The True Friends of the farmers ' or 'The Natural ploughers.

Additional Information

Different organisms use different types of organs to remove excreta.

• Unicellular Animals / Amoeba – Diffusion through the surface of the body.
• Platyhelminthes/ Flatworms – Flame cells
• Roundworms/Earthworms – Nephridia
• Arthropods/ Cockroaches – Malpighian tubules
• Crustaceans / Prawns – Antennal glands / Green Glands
• Vertebrates – Kidney

The correct answer is Vitamin C

Key Points

Additional Information 

• Vitamins were first discovered by FG Hopkins.
• The term Vitamin was coined by C Funk.
• There are two types of Vitamins:

1. Fat-Soluble- Vitamin A, D, E, and K.
2. Water-Soluble - Vitamin B and C.

• Natural sources of Vitamin D are - Sunlight, fish, eggs, and mushrooms.

The correct Answer is Liquid nitrogen.

Semen stored in liquid nitrogen (-196 C) as the cooling medium.

Key Points

• Artificial Insemination involves the collection of semen from a healthy bull of the desired breed, its storage at low temperature, and introduction into female cattle of other breeds for bringing about fertilization using sterilized equipment.
• Advantages of A.I. are:
• Up to 3000 females can be fertilized from semen collected from one bull.
• The semen can be stored for a long period and transported over a long distance.
• The economical and high success rate of fertilization.