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The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state of India ?

A) Kerala B) Haryana
C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Maharashtra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Arunachal Pradesh

Explanation:

The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary is one of the eight wildlife sanctuaries of Arunachal Pradesh, India.

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Which of the following is true of a scientific theory?

A) It is only accepted after the person who came up with it has died. B) It is a method or device that applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose.
C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope. D) It must demonstrate the effect of one variable by testing control groups and experimental groups.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope.

Explanation:

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. Scientific theories are not ever proved in the sense of being proved to be 100% correct.

 

Examples of some scientific theories are ::

Evolution, gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, relativity, quantum theory, electromagnetic theory, layered Earth theory, etc...

 

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In India, the chief Election Commissioner can be removed from his office in the same manner and on the same ground as :

A) A judge of the Supreme Court B) The Chief Justice of a High Court
C) The Comptroller and Auditor-General D) The Attorney General of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A judge of the Supreme Court

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The Rain Shadow Effect is associated with

A) Convectional rainfall B) Frontal rainfall
C) Cyclonic rainfall D) Orographic rainfall
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Orographic rainfall

Explanation:

Orographic precipitation or Rain produced when moist air is lifted as it moves over a mountain range. As the air rises and cools, orographic clouds form and serve as the source of the precipitation, most of which falls upwind of the mountain ridge.

 

Some also falls a short distance downwind of the ridge and is sometimes called spillover. On the lee side of the mountain range, rainfall is usually low, and the area is said to be in a Rain Shadow

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What is the longest irrigation canal India called

A) Yamuna Canal B) Sirhind canal
C) Indira Gandhi canal D) Upper Bari Doab Canal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indira Gandhi canal

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Atomic theory was devised by

A) Mosley B) John Dalton
C) Daimler D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) John Dalton

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What is the heaviest noble gas?

A) krypton B) radon
C) helium D) xenon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) radon

Explanation:

The seven elements — helium, neon, argon, krypton, xenon, radon, and oganesson of Group 18 of the periodic table are Noble or Inert gases.

 

Radon is the heaviest and Helium is the lightest gases of the noble gases.

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The oldest specimens of poetry in the punjabi language are devotional compositions attributed to

A) Guru Nanak B) Baba Farid
C) Guru Angad D) Guru Tegh Bahadur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Baba Farid

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