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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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"If a system A is in thermal equilibrium with B and B is in thermal equilibrium with C, then A and C are in equilibrium with each other". This is a statement of 

A) Cyclic rute B) Zeroth law of thermodynamics
C) First law of thermodynamics D) Second law of thermodynamics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Zeroth law of thermodynamics

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The one most important feature of the Mauryan Administration was 

A) wide powers enjoyed by the provicial governors B) the presence of a ' council of ministers '
C) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy D) an extensive network of spy-system
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the presence of vast, numerous powers of the bureaucracy

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The sultan who completed the conquest of the south and broke the political barriers between the north and the south was

A) Alauddin Khalji B) Ghiyasuddin-bin Tughluq
C) Muhammad bin Tughluq D) Firuz Tughluq
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Muhammad bin Tughluq

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Q:

Durand Cup is associated with the game of

A) Badminton B) Volleyball
C) Football D) Hockey
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Football

Explanation:

Durand Cup is associated with the game of Football.

 

 

 

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The Durand Football Tournament or Durand Cup is a football competition in India which was first held in 1888. This competition was named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand from Simla.

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Which among the following was sent by the Greek sovereigns as ambassadors o pataliputra ?

A) Plato B) Aristotle
C) Magasthenes D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Magasthenes

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Solve this number puzzle?

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A) 111 B) 121
C) 1111 D) 0
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 121

Explanation:

Given 

1 = 1 => 1 x 11 = 11

2 = 22 => 2 x 11 = 22

3 = 33 => 3 x 11 = 33

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Similarly,

11 => 11 x 11 = 121.

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With which Sport is the Jules Rimet Trophy associated?

A) Hockey B) Badminton
C) Golf D) Football
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Football

Explanation:

Jules Rimet Trophy is associated with the game Football.

The Jules Rimet Trophy was named in the honour of Jules Rimet, who is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years.

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