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In general, which is the cause of a sea breeze?

A) Pressure B) Specific heat
C) Heat D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Specific heat

Explanation:

The usual cause of sea breeze is the difference in specific heat capacity between land and water Land heats and cools more quickly than water.

 

What is the cause of a sea breeze?

The air over the land is warmed and rises, to a greater temperature than that over the sea. This produces a convection current, with cooler air flowing in from over the sea to replace that rising from the land. At night the land cools more than the sea, so the action reverses to produce a land-breeze, blowing off the land.

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Q:

Why are manhole covers round?

Answer

A number of possible explanations for why manhole covers are round include :


 


1. A round manhole cover cannot fall through its circular opening, whereas a square, rectangular, or oval manhole cover could fall in if it were inserted diagonally in the hole.


2. Circular covers don’t need to be rotated or precisely aligned when placing them on the opening.


3. A round manhole cover is easily moved and rolled.


4. Human beings have a roughly circular cross-section.


5. Round tubes are the strongest shape against the compression of the earth around them, so the cover of the tube would naturally be round as well.


6. It’s easier to dig a circular hole.

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Q:

The writer of the Harry Potter book series is

A) DBC Pierre B) Dominique Lapierre and Lary Collins
C) Jhumpa Lahiri D) J.K.Rowling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) J.K.Rowling

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Q:

Archetypes are useful in literature because

A) they are easily recognized and convey a lot of information B) they help readers categorize a piece of literature
C) readers and viewers expect authors to use them D) readers like everything longer and more complicated
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) they are easily recognized and convey a lot of information

Explanation:

Archetypes were models of people, behaviors, or personalities. They were inborn tendencies that play a role in influencing human behavior.

 


For example: A hero, an innocent, the villain, the mentor, etc...

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1. The mentor is a common archetype in literature. The mentor is usually old, and this person often has some kind of magical abilities or a much greater breadth of knowledge than others possess.

 

2. Characters representing the innocent archetype are often women or children. These character archetypes are pure in every way.

 

3. The villain wants to stop the hero archetype from achieving his or her goal. The villain is often evil, though there is often a reason—however warped that reason may be—why villains are so bad. Villains often want nothing more than to control and have power over everyone and everything around them.

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Q:

The book ' Higher Than Hope ' is a book on 

A) Sam Nujoma B) Robert Mugabe
C) Nelson Mandela D) VP Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nelson Mandela

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Q:

The comparative form of adjectives compares

A) more than two things or people. B) the past to the present.
C) two things or people. D) at least a dozen different times.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) two things or people.

Explanation:

A comparative compares a person or thing with another person or thing. A superlative compares a person or thing with the whole group of which that person or thing is a member

Comparative adjectives compare one person or thing with another and enable us to say whether a person or thing has more or less of a particular quality.

Example :: I’m more interested in music than studies, Arun is taller than Karthik.

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Q:

According to legend, which deity was Ved Vyasa's scribe as he dictated the story of the Mahabharata?

Answer

Ganesha

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Who among the following is a famous American thriller and mystery fiction writer?

A) Dan Brown B) Rupert Brooke
C) John Brown D) Charlotte Bronte
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Dan Brown

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