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♻️ARAL SEA

✳️It is a saltwater body in Central Asia & an Endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan & Uzbekistan.

✳️The name translates as Sea of Islands (Archipelago in Turkic languages), referring to over 1,100 islands that once dotted its water.

✳️Basin Countries: Afghanistan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,Uzbekistan.

✳️Primary Inflows: Syr Darya & groundwater (previously the Amu Darya)

✳️It is considered as an example of Ecosystem Collapse, It have been nearly destroyed, not least because of the much higher salinity.
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Question: Which technique involves using plants to mitigate and clean up pollutants from soil, water, or air? @SecureIAS

A) Bioaugmentation
B) Biostimulation
C) Phytoremediation
D) Composting
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Answer key for paper 1 : SET B

Edit: Answer for Q31 is A, not B
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