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An estuary is a place where

A) deposits of mud can be seen at a triangular piece of land	B) silt is deposited near the mouth of a river
C) fresh water collects at the mouth of a river	D) fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) fresh and salt water mix near the mouth of a river

Explanation:

Alternative (a) refers to a delta

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Which is characterized by an absence of jaws?

A) Trout	B) Sea horse
C) Lamprey	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lamprey

Explanation:

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The Lamprey fish is characterized by an absence of jaws.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Shouts of the crowd cheering the home team now (stuff) the air.

A) fill	B) occupy
C) infest	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) fill

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What has roots that nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, Yet it never grows?

Answer

A mountain is what has roots that nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, Yet it never grows.

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Light travels in a straight line (rectilinear propagation of light). This statement does hold if the medium of travel for light is

A) of variable refractive index	B) made up of slabs of different refractive indices
C) homogeneous and transparent	D) inhomogeneous and transparent

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) homogeneous and transparent

Explanation:

In vacuum and in homogeneous, transparent media, such as air, water, and glass, light moves in a straight line. When light encounters a boundary between two different transparent media, some light is reflected and some moves from the first into the second medium.

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Credit of developing polio vaccine goes to

A) J.L. Baird	B) Selman Waksman
C) Both A & B	D) Jones Salk

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Jones Salk

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The stranded pilgrims (had waited) in the bitter cold for more than two hours now.

A) has been waiting	B) have been waiting
C) have waited	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) have been waiting

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Select the antonym of
therapeutic

A) ameliorative	B) analeptic
C) salubrious	D) inimical

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