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what is the source of energy for the water cycle?

A) Rain water B) Sun
C) Clouds D) Animals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sun

Explanation:

The water cycle is a term for the movement of water between the Earth's surface, the sky and underground. Water evaporates due to heat from the sun. Hence, the water cycle is driven primarily by the energy from the sun.

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This solar energy drives the cycle by evaporating water from the oceans, lakes, rivers, and even the soil. Other water moves from plants to the atmosphere through the process of transpiration.

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Q:

Dust particles in the air of large industrial cities are removed by 

A) Sedimentation B) Electrophoresis
C) Tyndall effect D) Brownian movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Electrophoresis

Explanation:

Dust particles such as coal dust(smoke) are fine particle of a solid (carbon in the case of smoke) dispersed in air. They are colloidal systems and the particles are charged either positive or negative. In an applied electrical field, they are attracted towards the opposite electrodes. Movement of the particles towards the electrodes is known as 'electrophoresis'. Hence electrophoresis is applied to remove smoke within the chimeny itself without allowing it to escape into the air and cause nuisance.

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Q:

Vision can be affected by drugs and alcohol making, especially difficult to distinguish

A) Light B) Colors
C) Distance D) Shapes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Colors

Explanation:

Drinking alcohol can cause many damages to your body. Your vision can be affected as you will face blurred and double vision and even you can't identify colors.

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Q:

Which one of the following is not related to wind erosion ?

A) Wind gap B) Zeugen
C) Dreikanter D) Demoiselle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Wind gap

Explanation:

Demoiselles

These are rock pillars which stand as resistant rocks above soft rocks as a result of differential erosion of hard and soft rocks.

Zeugen

A table-shaped area of rock found in arid and semi-arid areas formed when more resistant rock is reduced at a slower rate than softer rocks around it.

A Dreikanter

It is a type of ventifact that typically forms in desert or periglacial environments due to the abrasive action of blowing sand.

A wind gap is a gap through which a waterway once flowed that is now dry as a result of stream capture.

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Q:

Who has become world's no.1 Junior Badminton player in 2017 ?

A) Chia Hao Lee B) Lakshya Sen
C) Chirag Sen D) Karthikey Gulshan Kumar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lakshya Sen

Explanation:

India's Lakshya Sen has become the World No 1 Junior Badminton player. He achieved the distinction in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF). Fifteen-year-old is the first shuttler from Uttarakhand to attain the numero uno spot at the international level. Lakshya, who is considered as the shining future star of Indian badminton, moved ahead of Chia Hao Lee of the Chinese Taipei, to attain the top spot. According to BWF current rankings, Lakshya has 16,903 points in eight tournaments he has played in the season. Chia Hao, who is at the second spot, has 16,091 points.

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Q:

If a barometric reading is falling, this usually indicates what

A) Increasing pressure B) Decreasing pressure
C) No pressure D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Decreasing pressure

Explanation:

A barometer is a tool that measures air pressure

A rising barometer indicates increasing air pressure, a falling barometer indicates decreasing air pressure.

In space, there is a nearly complete vacuum, so the air pressure is zero.

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Q:

The capital of Colombia is ?

A) Caracas B) Santiago
C) Lima D) Bogota
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bogota

Explanation:
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Q:

What is orange and sounds like a parrot?

Answer

I am CARROT which is orange color but sounds like parrot.

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