Daily Static Quiz UPSC – 16 July 2022

76. The Animal Welfare Board of India is a statutory advisory body
on Animal Welfare Laws and promotes animal welfare in the
country. It was established in 1962 under

Agro-forestry is

With reference to Contour bunding, consider the following statements.
1) It is the practice of plowing or planting across a slope following its elevation contour lines.
2) Bunds area can be constructed along field boundaries without reference to contour.
3) The most suitable soil for building Contour bunds are deep black soils.
4) Coutour bunding is not practiced in Peninsular and Southern India owing to the hard terrain structure.
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Consider the following about the Guar bean.
1) It lives in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
2) Its demand is rising rapidly due to industrial use of guar gum in hydraulic
fracturing of oil shale gas.
3) It requires extensive irrigation facility for survival and maturity.
4) Most of the Guar bean production is from India and Pakistan.
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Terrace Farming offers which of the following advantage(s)?
1) Increased water run-off
2) Help retain soil moisture
3) Cut down soil erosion
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