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Q:

Nipah virus outbreak in Bangladesh in the year

A) 2001 B) 2006
C) 2012 D) 2015
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2001

Explanation:

The first identification of Nipah virus as a cause of an outbreak of encephalitis was reported in 2001 in Meherpur district of Bangladesh. Since, then Outbreaks of the deadly Nipah virus has been recorded almost every year in selected districts of Bangladesh.

 

Drinking raw date palm sap and contact with a case were identified as the major risk factors for acquiring the disease.

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Q:

Sound travels fastest in

A) Vacuum B) Air
C) Glass D) Water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glass

Explanation:

Sound is a mechanical vibration and needs a medium for propagation. The higher the density of the medium, the faster the sound travels. So, sound cannot travel through vacuum.

 

As the sound travels faster in solids than liquids and gases, sound travels faster in the glass than Air and water.

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Q:

Name the dry, gusty wind that originates in the Eastern Rocky mountains of North America.

Answer

Chinook

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Name the Asian country that has 1st time turned around from a Net importer of electricity to Net Exporter of electricity, as per Central Electricity Authority of the country.

A) India B) Bangladesh
C) Myanmar D) Pakistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) India

Explanation:

As per Central Electricity Authority, the Designated Authority of Government of India for Cross Border Trade of Electricity, 1st time 'India' has turned around from a net importer of electricity to Net Exporter of electricity.

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Q:

Who was the first englishman to sail around the world?

A) Magellan B) Sir Francis Drake
C) Juan Sebastian Elcano D) Henry Hudson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sir Francis Drake

Explanation:

Sir Francis Drake was the first Englishman to sail around the world.

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Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of test cricket

A) Shane Warne B) Brian Lara
C) Courtney Walsh D) Muttiah Muralitharan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Muttiah Muralitharan

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Q:

Type of American Indian dwelling in the eastern woodlands?

Answer

Woodland tribes lived in wigwams and longhouses. Wigwams are round, wooden-framed structures, covered in bark. Only one familylived in a wigwam. Longhouses are made the same way as wigwams except they are rectangular, instead of round. They have a long hallway with rooms on both sides. Several related families shared a longhouse.


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Longhouse Commonly lived in by entire Native American families in the Eastern Territories pre-colonization.

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Q:

In the below puzzle, a proverb is written with exactly one letter of each word replaced with another. Can you figure out what the original proverb is?

So nets if goof mews.

Answer

No news is good news.

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