Date: Oct 13, 2014
Answer the following:
Answer should NOT exceed 30 words each
[10*3=30]
(01) Social Forestry
Management and protection of forests and afforestation on barren lands with the purpose of helping in the environmental, social and rural development
(02) Quantum Computer
A quantum computer maintains a sequence of qubits. A single qubit can represent a one, a zero, or any quantum superposition of these two qubit states. In general, a quantum computer with ‘n’ qubits can be in an arbitrary superposition of up to 2^n different states simultaneously
(03) Ozone Hole
The ozone hole occurs during the Antarctic spring, from September to early December, as strong westerly winds start to circulate around the continent and create an atmospheric container.
(04) Cloudburst
An extreme amount of precipitation, sometimes with hail and thunder, which normally lasts no longer than a few minutes but is capable of creating flood conditions
(05) Mesocyclone
Mesocyclones are formed when there is a strong change of wind speed direction with height. Sometimes Mesocyclones leads to Tornado too.
(06) ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq; an unrecognized Sunni jihadist in Iraq and Syria
(07) Operation Lehar
It is the codename of Indian Navy’s rescue operations in tropical cyclone Hudhud, that devasted the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in October 2014
(08) Surrogacy
Surrogacy is carrying of a pregnancy for intended parents. There are two main types of surrogacy, gestational surrogacy and traditional surrogacy. India
(09) Lalitha Kumaramangalam
A woman politician, who has been appointed as chairperson of the National Commission for Women in September 2014.
(10) Liar’s Dice
Hindi film; directed by Geetu Mohandas; This film is India
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