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1. Gender Action Plan, Powering Past Coal Alliance, Local Communities and Indigenous People?s Platform were the key outcomes at which of the following Conference of Parties (CoP) meet?
2. Consider the following statements regarding biomass production.
  1. Gross primary productivity of an ecosystem is the rate of production of organic matter during photosynthesis
  2. Net primary productivity is the available biomass for the consumption to heterotrophs.
  3. Secondary productivity is gross primary productivity minus respiratory losses.
Which of the above statements is/are correct?
3. Consider the following statements regarding the interior of the earth:
  1. Nickel and iron are the main mineral constituents of the earth's crust.
  2. Asthenosphere is a mechanically weak zone of molten rock in the upper mantle of earth.
  3. The core is made up of material mostly constituted by silica and alumina.
Which of the statements given is/are not correct?
4. Consider the following statement about the weathering:
  1. A Very little or no more of materials takes place in weathering.
  2. Carbonation is a common process of breaking down feldspars and carbonate minerals.
  3. Physical weathering processes are caused by thermal expansion and pressure release.
Which of the following statements given are correct?
5. Geysers are fountains of hot water and superheated steam that may spout from the earth beneath
  1. Taupo Volcanic zone
  2. Mount Merapi
  3. Yellowstone National Park
Select the correct answer using th code given below.
6. Passes Connecting places
  1. 1.Zojila : Srinagar and Leh
  2. Sela : Sikkim and Nepal
  3. Bomdila : Tawang and Guwahati
Which of the the pairs above is/are correctly matched?
7. Consider the following statements with reference to alluvial in India:
  1. Khadar and Bhangar soils contain kankars.
  2. Alluvial soils rich in phosphorous but poor in potash.
  3. The alluvial soils are predominantly sandy in nature.
Which of the statements given above is/are not correct?

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