GATE Questions

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The shape of our Milky way galaxy is Spherical.

Odisha state is the leading producer of manganese in India producing 37% of the total manganese production in the country and followed by Maharashtra with 24% and Andhra Pradesh. Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.

China shares land borders with 14 different countries, the longest being with Mongolia followed by Russia and then India.

When water is cooled from 4°C to 0°C, its density decreases.

When water cools from 4°C to 0°C, ice crystals begin to form because the water is approaching its freezing point. When water freezes, the water molecules form a lattice that increases the volume. As a result, the density decreases. This is why ice will float on top of water; ice has a lower density than the water.

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.