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In commonwealth Games, 2010, india won 101 medals. Out of them, how many medals have been received by team events, women and men respectively?

A) 0, 37, 64	B) 2, 35, 64
C) 1, 37, 63	D) 1, 36, 64

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2, 35, 64

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Who amongst the following became the only sports person to have been awarded all the three maor sports awards viz.Drona Charya Award, Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award and Arjuna Award?

A) Prakash Padukone	B) Sanjeev Kumar Singh
C) Harika Dronavali	D) Pullela Gopichand

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pullela Gopichand

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The Wettest place in the world is Cherrapunji (Assam). The Hottest place is

A) Azizia (Libya)	B) Ramagundam (India)
C) Stwart Island (New Zealand)	D) Kandy (Sri lanka)

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Azizia (Libya)

Explanation:

Temperature as high as $58 . 7^{o}$ C has been recorded at this place

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The Planet amongst the following (other than Saturn) , that shows a faint ring is ______

A) Earth	B) Jupiter
C) Mars	D) Pluto

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jupiter

Explanation:

A faint ring encircles Jupiter. Neptune and Uranus are also reported to show some sort of ring.

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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

Explanation:

Moscow $37^{o}$ and Los Angeles $118^{o} W$ show a longitude difference of $155^{o}$ across the Atlantic and of $205^{o}$ across the Pacific.

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Simla is cooler than Amritsar although they are on the same latitude. This is because

A) Simla is further north	B) Simla is at greater height above sea level than Amritsar
C) Simla is farther from the equator	D) Their longitudes differ

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Simla is at greater height above sea level than Amritsar

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_______ is called the 'land of thousand lakes'

A) Finland	B) Holland
C) Sweden	D) Portugal

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Finland

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A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to

A) the heat emitted by the engine	B) the greenhouse effect
C) the good conducting power of the metal body	D) the double layered wind shield

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the greenhouse effect

Explanation:

The green house effect. The waves of smaller wavelength from the sun enter inside the car through the glass windows and are absorbed. The waves of larger wavelength emitted from inside cannot get out through the glass, but remain inside and make it terribly hot.

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