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European Union has its headquarters in

Brussels correct for Indian politics post-independence nation building reorganization as per NCERT Politics in India.

Ref: NCERT Political Science Class XII Politics in India Since Independence Chapter 1 Nation Building explains princely states 565 integration reorganization.

Which human activity is responsible for the destruction of the Amazon rainforest?

Large areas of the Amazon rainforest are being cleared for agriculture, particularly for growing soybeans and raising cattle. This follows from NCERT principle where relation explains outcome clearly for students.

Ref: NCERT Biology Textbook for Class XI and XII (Botany section), Chapter: Biology - Botany portion covering relevant concept, Topic: Plant structure, physiology and applications.

The youngest and highest mountain range in the world belongs to

Himalayas are classified as youngest fold mountains formed during Alpine orogeny by collision of Indian tectonic plate drifting northward with Eurasian plate approximately 50-60 million years ago, closing Tethys Sea. Continuous convergence still raises Himalayas about 5 mm yearly, causing frequent earthquakes and rugged topography with sharp peaks, deep gorges. Rocks are mainly sedimentary, metamorphic unconsolidated compared to ancient Aravallis 2 billion years and Vindhyas. Himalayan youth explains highest elevation Everest 8848 m making them highest range globally. Knowledge of this distrib

Ref: NCERT Geography Young Fold Mountains Himalayas Formation; USGS Plate Tectonics India Collision

Hemis National Park is located in

Hemis National Park is situated in eastern Ladakh Union Territory on west bank of Indus, encompassing catchments of Markha, Sumdah, Rumbak streams within Zanskar range. Notified 1981, area about 4400 km² extends from 3000 to 6000 meters elevation, including riverine willow-sallow, alpine scrub. Administrative control rests at Leh. Located within Trans-Himalayan biogeographic zone, it represents largest high-altitude protected area in India. Proximity to Hemis Monastery 400 years old blends cultural and biodiversity conservation ethos. Such details are high-yield for NEET and CUET as they link

Ref: Ladakh Forest Department Hemis National Park Location Zanskar; Wikipedia Hemis NP Largest High Altitude

The Trans-Himalayan zone is characterized by

Trans-Himalayan cold desert is characterized by extreme aridity due to Himalayan rain shadow preventing monsoon penetration, receiving less than 350 mm precipitation largely as snow, high solar radiation, and strong diurnal temperature amplitude exceeding 30°C. Vegetation cover less than 10% consisting of xerophytic shrubs, cushion plants, and ephemeral grasses emerging briefly after snowmelt. Soils skeletal, immature. Productivity limited by low moisture, short growing season three months, and hypoxia above 4000 meters, necessitating specialized physiological adaptations for flora and fauna s

Ref: WII Cold Desert Ecosystem Characteristics Trans-Himalaya; Ecology – Trans-Himalayan Vegetation Sparse

Which biogeographic zone includes Ladakh and Lahaul-Spiti?

Trans-Himalayan biogeographic zone occupies rain-shadow areas north of Great Himalaya, including Ladakh plateau which is high-altitude cold desert, Lahaul-Spiti valleys of Himachal Pradesh, and northern Sikkim and Uttarakhand pockets. Extremely arid, average temperature below freezing many months, sparse vegetation of Caragana scrub, cushion herbs. Biotically Tibetan affinity with Palaearctic realm. Zone includes famous high lakes Tso Moriri, Pangong, and supports black-necked crane breeding, Tibetan wild ass, snow leopard, making it ecologically distinct from Himalayan proper. Examinations em

Ref: WII Trans-Himalayan Zone Ladakh Lahaul-Spiti Description; Biogeographic Zones of India Textbook