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Fohn is a localwind of _____

A) Canada B) Switzerland
C) Northern Italy D) West Africa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Switzerland

Explanation:

In Europe, Fohn winds are prevalent in Swiss Valleys

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Though the countries of South - West Asia have abundant power resources, they have not developed major industries mainly because

A) They do not have raw materials B) They do not have a large market
C) They do not have skilled labour D) They do not have capital
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) They do not have raw materials

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Suez Canal was completed in the year

A) 1859 B) 1869
C) 1871 D) 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1869

Explanation:

Of the two international ship canals, the Suez is more important than the Panama. Constructed over a period of 10 years according to a plan of the French Engineer  Ferdinand de Lesseps, the Suez Canal was opened as early as 1869.

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Addis Ababa is the Capital city of

A) Angola B) Burundi
C) Chile D) Ethiopia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ethiopia

Explanation:

The Capital city of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa.

 

Countries and Capital cities ::

Angola  -  Launda

Burundi  -  Bujumbura

Chile  -  Santiago

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Fiords abound the coast of

A) Sweden B) France
C) Norway D) German
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Norway

Explanation:

Fiords are along narrow inlets into the sea-coast with steep sides. It usually occurs along the coast of a mountainous region.It has been formed by glacial action.

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The American cotton textile industry moved from new England to the Southern States because:

A) The latter have a more humid climate B) New England diversified its manufacturing industries
C) The Population growth in the south provided a major market D) The south offered lower coast of prodution
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The south offered lower coast of prodution

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Uranus takes _______years to orbit the sun

A) 48 B) 84
C) 50 D) 60
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 84

Explanation:

Uranus is 2,870 million kilometers away from the sun and the time taken to complete one round at a speed of 6.8 km/sec is as  long as 84 years on earth

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Venus has atmosphere made up of 

A) Ammonia B) Carbon-di-Oxide
C) Helium D) Hydrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Carbon-di-Oxide

Explanation:

Venus has a very high surface temperature of 500o Cand the pressure is 90 times that on the earth.

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