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The Largest producer of Gold in the world is 

A) Australia B) Canada
C) Russia D) South Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) South Africa

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During the recent Venus transit (June 2012), the planet appeared as a tiny black circle moving on the Sun. The black colour on the sun is because the planet :

 

A) Is black in colour B) Obstructed all light from the sun
C) Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit

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The earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation ?

A) It would not make any difference B) Difference between seasons will be reduced
C) The earth would become very hot D) The earth would become very cold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Difference between seasons will be reduced

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The shortest air route from Moscow to San Francisco is

A) Over the Atlantic Ocean B) Over the Pacific via Siberia
C) Over the North Pole D) Through the latitude which passes through them
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Over the Atlantic Ocean

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Not including the sun, the closest stars to earth are

A) 4300 light-years away B) 430 light-years away
C) 43 light-years away D) 4.3 light-years away
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 4.3 light-years away

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The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, about 4.37 light-years away. One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer, at 4.26 light-years.

 

Of all the stars closer than 15 light-years, only two are spectral type G, similar to our sun: Alpha Centauri A and Tau Ceti. The majority are M-type red dwarf stars.

 

Only nine of the stars in this area is bright enough to be seen by the naked human eye from Earth. These brightest stars include Alpha Centauri A and B, Sirius A, Epsilon Eridani, Procyon, 61 Cygni A and B, Epsilon Indi A and Tau Ceti.

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The largest producer of fruits in the Anglo-American Region is _____

A) New - England Region B) Greak Lakes Region
C) California D) Application Region
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) California

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'Roaring Forties' are 

A) waterfalls in canada B) cyclonic winds
C) the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944 D) westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south

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The absence of a landmass within these latitudes in the southern hemisphere eliminate friction and lends force to these winds and hence derives the name

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The longest ship canal in the world is the

A) Suez canal, Egypt B) Kiel canal, Germany
C) Panama canal, Central America D) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) St. Laurence Seaway (USA and Canada)

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