average
PART - A: READING
1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :
1. Necessity is indeed the mother of invention. When areas in and around Leh began to experience
water shortages, life didn't grind to a halt. Why? Because Chewang Norphel, a retired civil
engineer in the Jammu and Kashmir government came up with the idea of artificial glaciers.
2. Ladakh, a cold desert at an altitude of 3,000-3,500 metres above sea level, has a low
annual rainfall rate of 50mm. Glaciers have always been the only source of water. Agriculture
is completely dependent on glacier melt unlike the rest of river/monsoon-fed India. But over
the years with increasing effects of climate change, rainfall and snowfall patterns have been
changing, resulting in severe shortage and drought situations. Given the severe winter
conditions, the window for farming is usually limited to one harvest season.
3. It is located between the natural glacier above and the village below. The one closer to the
village and lowest in altitude melts first, providing water during April/May, the crucial sowing
season. Further layers of ice above melt with increasing temperature thus ensuring continuous
supply to the fields. Thus, farmers have been able to manage two crops instead of one. It costs
about Rs.150000and above to create one.
4. Fondly called the "glacier man", Mr. Norphel has designed over 15 artificial glaciers in and
around Leh since 1987. In recognition of his pioneering effort, he was conferred the Padma
Shri by President Pranab Mukherjee, in 2015.
5. There are few basic steps followed in creating the artificial glacier.
6. River or stream water at higher altitude is diverted to a shaded area of the hill, facing north,
where the winter sun is blocked by a ridge or a mountain range. At the start of
winter/November, the diverted water is made to flow onto sloping hill face through distribution
channels. Stone embankments are built at regular intervals which impede the flow of water,
making shallow pools and freeze, forming a cascade of ice along the slope. Ice formation
continues for 3-4 months resulting in a large accumulation of ice which is referred to as an
"artificial glacier".
10
Answer the following questions on the basis of the passage:
i. Who was Chewang Norphel?
ii. What kind of land form is Ladakh?
ii. Why have Glaciers been the only source of water for Ladakh?
iv.
Why has the pattern of snowfall and rainfall changed?
Answers
Answer:
bro ask this question in short
Explanation:
chewang norphel was an retired civil engineer
a cold desert at an altitude of3,000 to
Answer:
in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3) liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
Explanation:
which
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3) liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3) liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3) liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point liein which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,-3 (d) (-9,3)in which quadrant each of the following in which quadrant each of the following point lie
(a) (3,-4) (b) (5,5) (c) -6,- quadrant each of the