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Sunday, 16 March 2014

Imp Geographical terms(high frequency)

Agro-climatic
The climatic and land resource conditions in totality which are crucial for the development of agriculture and allied economic conditions of a region.

Aquifer
A saturated geological unit (e.g. sands,gravels, fractured rock) which can yield water to wells at a sufficient rate to support a well.

Artificial Recharge to Groundwater
Artificial Recharge to Groundwater means the process by which groundwater reservoir is augmented at a rate exceeding that under natural condition of replenishment.

Command Area
The area served by a canal system through supply of water for irrigation and other purposes.

Culturable command area
It refers to the culturable land irrigated by a canal system. It is different from gross command area. The later includes all the area served by a canal system including unculturatble.

Thursday, 16 January 2014

Q : Analyse how in recent times the nations like China and USA dominate the weaker countries .

There is a long history of major powers using international law against other states but not complying with it themselves , and even reinterpreting or making new multilateral rules to further their geopolitical and economic interests . The same unilateralist approach is followed by China and USA in international relations to rein in the weaker states.