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Which describes the Sahara?

A) a desert that covers the northern one third of Africa B) tropical jungle with a variety of plants and animals
C) the terrain between desert and savanna D) high plains on which many African animals live
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a desert that covers the northern one third of Africa

Explanation:

The Sahara is the biggest desert in the world.

 

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It occupies the northern one third of the African continent.

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Q:

Which day is observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas every year in India?

A) 31st July B) 31st March
C) 31st January D) 31st October
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 31st October

Explanation:
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Q:

How many periods in National Hockey League?

A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

Explanation:

National Hockey League game is divide into 3 Periods each of 20 minutes. During the regular season, if the game ends in a tie, a 5 minute, sudden death overtime is played. In the playoffs, the overtime is 20 minutes long.

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Identify the sentence in which an adverb clause is used.

A) Many of the team members were inexperienced players who were playing in their first championship game. B) Although rain was drenching the players the players still finished the game.
C) The game was played under the bright lights so that the players could see well enough to hit the ball. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Although rain was drenching the players the players still finished the game.

Explanation:

'Although rain was drenching the players the players still finished the game' is the correct sentence in which an adverb clause is underlined. This adverb clause starts with a subordinating conjunction 'although' and contains a subject 'rain' and the verb is 'was drenching'. The adverb clause changes the verb 'finished' in the main clause.

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Q:

The process that takes place in the atom bomb is

A) nuclear fusion B) nuclear fission
C) radioactive disintegration D) chemical decomposition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) nuclear fission

Explanation:

In the atom bomb, isotopes of uranium are  disintegrated with the release of a large amount of energy. Hence, the process is nuclear fission.

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Carbon, Diamond and Graphite are together called

A) Isomers B) Isotopes
C) Allotrope D) Isomorphs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Allotrope

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Q:

Instruments for measuring Solar Radiation?

A) Ammeter B) Pyranometer
C) Dynamometer D) Anemometer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pyranometer

Explanation:

Solar radiation instruments may be produced to measure different types of solar energy. When sunlight encounters the Earth's atmosphere, some of it is absorbed or scattered by water vapor, aerosols, clouds, and other air molecules. The radiation which penetrates to the Earth's surface is termed direct solar radiation.

 

A thermopile pyranometer is a type of actinometer used for measuring solar radiation on a planar surface and it is designed to measure the solar radiation flux density (W/m2) from the hemisphere above within a wavelength range 0.3 μm to 3 μm.

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Q:

At what temperature (in Fahrenheit) pure water freezes?

A) 0 B) 17
C) 32 D) 39
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 32

Explanation:

32oFWe know that T(°F) = T(°C) × 1.8 + 3232(°F) = 0(°C)

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