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Rice in Burma is cultivated along the deltas of ________river

A) Salween	B) Menam
C) Mekong	D) Irrawaddy

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Irrawaddy

Explanation:

Though not the largest producer, Burma is an important exporter of rice because production exceeds demand.

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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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Which of the following planets is known as Earth's twin?

A) Mars	B) Saturn
C) Uranus	D) Venus

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Venus

Explanation:

Venus is known as earth's twin because of its closeness to the earth with respect to size, mass(weight) and density.

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A heavenly body which takes nearly the same time to complete one rotation and one revolution is

A) an asteroid	B) a comet
C) moon	D) mars

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) moon

Explanation:

This is the reason why we see the same side of the moon always

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The difference between the diameter of the Earth at the poles and at equator is

A) 27 miles	B) 36 miles
C) 48 miles	D) 57 miles

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 27 miles

Explanation:

This difference proves that the earth is flattened at the poles and is thus, not a perfect sphere. The shape is reffered to as "geoid"

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The dwarf camels, known as Alpacas , Vicunas and llamas are found in

A) Tibet	B) Afghanistan
C) Burma	D) Cyprus

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tibet

Explanation:

The llama, its wild cousin , the Vicuna and hump-less Alpaca are also found in the high pasture lands of the Andes region of Bolivia and peru, where they are useful as beasts of burden and for the production of fleece and meat.

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Venus has atmosphere made up of

A) Ammonia	B) Carbon-di-Oxide
C) Helium	D) Hydrogen

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Carbon-di-Oxide

Explanation:

Venus has a very high surface temperature of $500^{o} C$ and the pressure is 90 times that on the earth.

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Which among the following statements about the earth , is not true?

A) The Earth makes one complete revolution round the Sun every 365 d, 5h, 48m, and 46 s	B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours
C) The Earth revolves in its orbit round the at a speed 66,000 miles per hour	D) The Earth rotates on its axis at an equatorial speed of more than 1000 miles per hour

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Earth makes one complete revolution on its axis in 48 hours

Explanation:

Earth rotates on its own axis and completes one rotation in 24 hours

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