Indian Geography
Which of the following countries are the members of the Ashgabat agreement?IndiaPakistanOmanSaudi Arabia Select the correct option from codes given below:
The Ashgabat agreement is a multimodal transport agreement. It aims to enhance the transport corridor between Central Asia and Persian Gulf through International North-South Transport Corridor encompassing ship, rail and road route. Its member countries are Oman, Iran, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan and India. India joined the Ashgabat agreement on 2nd February 2018.
Taenia is a taxonomic rank of tapeworm (helminth) that includes some main parasites of livestock. There are more than 100 species of Taenia. Taenia is responsible for taeniasis and cysticercosis in humans. They are morphologically characterized by a ribbon like body composed of a series of segments called proglottids.
North-Eastern Zonal Council has eight states viz, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Assam. Taking states and UTs together, the Northern zonal council has the maximum number of states and UT.
All given statements are correct Growing of two or more than two crops simultaneously on the same piece of land is called inter-cropping. It yields higher productivity per unit area. It is mostly prevalent in plantation crops like coconut and areca nut. Main objectives of intercropping are:Insurance against total crop failure under aberrant weather conditions or pest epidemicsIncrease in total productivity per unit land areaJudicious utilization of resources such as land, labor and inputs