Questions

The alternation of wet and dry seasons leads to the leaching away of the siliceous matter of the rocks and the formation of laterite soils. It has been observed that there is a general relationship between altitude and the chemical composition of laterite soils. The soils on the higher areas are generally more acidic than on the low lying areas.

In the given options, "His stomach rumbled like an approaching train" is an example of Simile.

All the other options are examples of metaphors. 

Simile and Metaphor are both figure of speeches in English which are used for comparing things but the only difference is Simile uses LIKE or AS words in comparing and metaphor directly compares without using any words.

A skid happens whenever the tires lose their grip on the road. Braking skids occur when the brakes are applied so hard that the front or rear wheels lose traction.

The shape of two fingers shown up will be in 'V' and it represents in Roman letters, a number 5.

The Largest Mint in India is Kolkata Mint.

Government of India operates 4 Mints in the country for the production of Coins. They are at

• Hyderabad, Telangana

• Mumbai, Maharashtra

• Kolkata, West Bengal

• Noida, Uttar Pradesh. 

The repeated execution of a loop of code while waiting for an event to occur is called busy-waiting. The CPU is not engaged in any real productive activity during this period, and the process does not progress toward completion.