Mosquito-borne diseases or mosquito-borne illnesses are diseases caused by bacteria, viruses or parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. They can transmit disease without being affected themselves. Sleeping sickness is not mosquito borne disease as it is an infection caused by Trypanosoma protozoa. It is passed to humans through the bite of the tsetse fly.

Jawaharlal Nehru introduced the concept of Five-Year Plans in India. Jawaharlal Nehru presented the first five-year plan to the Parliament of India onDecember 8, 1951.This plan was based on the Harrod-Domar model.

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was a notable Indian engineer, scholar, statesman and the Diwan of Mysore during 1912 to 1918. He was a recipient of the Indian Republic's highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. Visvesvaraya was also the first to write about the economic planning of the country in a book titled 'Planned Economy for India' published in 1934.

A normal good is one whose demand increases as people's incomes or the economy rise. A good is normal when the income elasticity of demand is greater than or equal to zero.

The Concurrent List or List-III is a list of 52 items given in the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Protection of wild animals and birds is included in this list.

Weathering is the breaking down of rocks, soil, and minerals as well as wood and artificial materials through contact with the Earth's atmosphere, water, and biological organisms. The materials left over after the rock breaks down combined with organic material creates soil. 

Shelter-belts is a soil-conservation technique in which rows of tall trees are used in dense patterns around the farmland and prevents wind erosion. Evergreen trees can provide year-round protection, but deciduous trees can be adequate as long as foliage is apparent during the seasons when the soil is bare.

Copper sulphate, also known as 'blue stone' or 'blue vitriol', is a chemical compound that is used in a wide range of industries. The basic chemical formula of blue vitriol is CuSO4, but the salt exists as a series of different compounds, depending on the degree of hydration.

Stenothermal animals are a marine or soil-dwelling animal that are capable of living only at a certain temperature or within a very narrow range of temperatures. The temperature to which stenothermal animals are adapted varies from species to species.

Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat was announced by Hon'ble Prime Minister on 31st October 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat programme aims to actively enhance interaction between people of diverse cultures living in different States and UTs in India, with the objective of promoting greater mutual understanding amongst them.