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Bartholomew Diaz reached the point in 1487, which the Portuguese named Cape of Good Hope (the southern most point of Africa).

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.

Key Challenges of s/w testing:

1. Testing considered late in project

2. Requirements not testable

3. Integration is done after all components have been developed: This might result into full testing not being covered.

4. Complete testing is not possible

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

• This is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme.

Sublimation is a process when a solid changes directly into gas instead changing into liquid first. Dry ice is an example of Sublimation process because it doesn't change into liquid CO2 and directly change into gaseous CO2 when heated.

Hence, Dry ice is an example of Sublimation process. 

Government can be classified in three manners:

(1) who participates,

(2) geographic distribution of power, and

(3) legislative/executive relationship.

Who can participate is generally broken down into two forms of government,

democracy or dictatorship

While the legislative/executive relationship is broken down into

presidential or parliamentary

The geographic distribution of power is broken down into unitary, federal, and confederation (confederal).

Confederal System of Government ::

A system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government.

Today, no nation follows a confederal system. Organizations, like the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States, are based on the ideas of a confederal system. Several nations make up these organizations, but they still retain the majority of their independence.

silver is the best conductor of electricity.

When compared to remaining 3 metals, as Silver having more number of free electrons in its valency shell it is the good conductor of electricity.

Conductors Thermal Conductivity @ 25degree C

Silver --- 429
Copper --- 401
Gold --- 310
Aluminium --- 250

Astigmatism is a common vision condition that causes blurred vision. It occurs when the cornea is irregularly shaped or sometimes because of the curvature of the lens inside the eye.