Questions

1. The National Green Tribunal banned the use of ‘Chinese’ kite strings, made of nylon or any synthetic material on the grounds that it poses threat to life and environment.

2. The Tribunal directed all state governments to prohibit the “manufacture, sale, storage, purchase and use” of synthetic manja or nylon threads and all other synthetic strings used for flying kites with immediate effect.

3. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar ordered the authorities to ban import of any synthetic manja.

Lord Dalhousie was appointed as Governer General of India from 1848–1856. The first railway line connecting Bombay and Thane was laid under his authority in 1853 and is known as the maker of Modern India. He made way For Telegraph Services in India. 

He is also called as Father of Indian Railways.

The given statement is False. Wild animals are considered as a natural resource.

Natural resources are resources taken from nature to satisfy our needs. These natural resources are:

1) Air

2) Water

3) Soil

4) Plants

5) Animals

6) Minerals

7) Forests

8) Natural Gas

9) Coal

10) Petroleum.

There are about 1,000,000 nephrons in each human kidney.

Nephron, functional unit of the kidney, the structure that actually produces urine in the process of removing waste and excess substances from the blood.