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Landslides, mudflows, slump, and creep are all examples of

A) runoff B) soil formation
C) mechanical weathering D) mass movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) mass movement

Explanation:

Mass wasting, also known as slope movement or mass movement, is the geomorphic process by which soil, sand, regolith, and rock move downslope typically as a solid, continuous or discontinuous mass, largely under the force of gravity, but frequently with characteristics of a flow as in debris flows and mudflows.

 

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Q:

The GPS device in an automobile uses which communication channel?

A) Satellite B) Microwave
C) Radio frequency D) Infrared
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Satellite

Explanation:

All automobiles uses satellite communication channel for their GPS devices.

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Which one of the following Constitutional Amendments state that the total number of Ministers, including the Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15%  of the total numbers of the the house of the people?

A) 90th B) 91st
C) 92nd D) 93rd
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 91st

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Q:

Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy for ever '

A) P.B.Shelley B) William Wordsworth
C) John Keats D) Robert Browning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) John Keats

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Q:

Energy produced in nuclear reaction is given by

A) Charle's law B) Grahm's law
C) Gay - Lussac's law D) Einstein's law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Einstein's law

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Q:

Study of inter relationship between living organism and their environment is called _______

A) Plant Geography B) Plant social science
C) Ecology D) Ecosystem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ecology

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Q:

The Savannas of Orinoco Basin are termed as 

A) pampas B) steppes
C) prairies D) llanos
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) llanos

Explanation:

llanos is a tropical grassland while the remaining three are temperature grasslands

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Q:

Ram Mohan Roy was given the title of Raja by

A) British B) Cholas
C) Mughals D) Dutch
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mughals

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy, a social and educational reformer, was an idealist who contributed immensely in eradicating social evils prevalent in the society during the 18th century.
He was popularly known as "Father of Modern India".

 

He was given the title of Raja by the Mughal emperor Akbar Shah II in the year 1830 as he had gone to England as an envoy of the emperor.

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