The impoverishment of the Indian peasantry was a direct result of the transformation of the agrarian structure due to-

• colonial economic policies,
• ruin of the handicrafts leading to overcrowding of land,
• the new land revenue system,
• colonial administrative and judicial system.

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Statement 1 is incorrect. SRCIP is a strategic initiative that aims to achieve regional integration among the members of the SASEC group by improving road connectivity within the North Bengal-North Eastern Region in India.

Statement 2 is correct.

Thus, the correct answer is b.

• A historic global climate deal was reached in Kigali, Rwanda at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP28).
• The so called Kigali Amendment which amends the 1987 Montreal Protocol aims to phase out Hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs), a family of potent greenhouse gases by the late 2040s.
• Growth of HFCs has mainly been driven by a growing demand for cooling, particularly in developing countries with a fast-expanding middle class and hot climates
• Harmful HFCs
  • Hydro fluorocarbons are widely used in fridges, air-conditioning and aerosols sprays.
  • These are a family of Greenhouse gases.
  • They are at present the fastest growing greenhouse gases with emissions increasing by around 10% every year.
  • They trap thousands of times more heat in the earth's atmosphere than carbon dioxide.
  • These factory-made gases had replaced CFCs under the 1987 Montreal Protocol to protect Earth's fragile protective Ozone layer and heal the ozone hole over the Antarctica.
  • HFC-23, a potent greenhouse gas with global warming potential of 14,800 times more than that of CO2, is a by-product of HCFC-22, which is used in industrial refrigeration.

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In an aquatic ecosystem, grazing food chain is the major conduit for energy flow. As against this, in a terrestrial ecosystem, a much larger fraction of energy flows through the detritus food chain than through the grazing food chain.

When energy is passed in an ecosystem from one trophic level to the next, only ten percent of the energy will be passed. Around 90% of energy will be lost.

• Ramananda was born at Allahabad. He was originally a follower of Ramanuja.
• Later he founded his own sect and preached his principles in Hindi at Banaras and Agra. He was a worshipper of Rama. He was the first to employ the vernacular medium to propagate his ideas. Simplification of worship and emancipation of people from the traditional caste rules were his two important contributions to the Bhakti He opposed the caste system and chose his disciples from all sections of society disregarding caste.
• His disciples were: a) Kabir, a Muslim weaver b) Raidasa, a cobbler c) Sena, a barber d) Sadhana, a butcher e) Dhanna, a Jat farmer f) Naraharai, a goldsmith and g) Pipa, a Rajput prince.

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