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The occasional development of warm ocean surface waters along the coast of Ecuador and Peru is known as 

A) EI Nino and La Nina B) EI Nino
C) La Nina D) Southern Oscillation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) EI Nino

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Which of the following is not an aerobic outdoor sport?

A) Hiking B) Swimming
C) Skydiving D) Cycling
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Skydiving

Explanation:

Except skydiving all other given options swimming, hiking and cycling are aerobic outdoor sports.

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Antisnake venom is prepared by 

A) Pasteur institute B) Hoffkine's institute
C) Birla's Institute D) Indian science Institute
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hoffkine's institute

Explanation:

Antisnake venom: In the Hoffkine Institute at Bombay snake venom in mild dose is injected into horses and the horses are induced to produce anti-venom bodies. These are extracted and used in cases of snake bites.

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Which of the following terms is used to describe as computer  Malware ?

A) Spartan B) Persian
C) Roman D) Trojan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Trojan

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Q:

Settled agriculture was first seen in China around

A) 6000 BC B) 8000 BC
C) 3000 BC D) 15000 BC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6000 BC

Explanation:

Settled agriculture was first seen in China around 6000 BC. The crops grown at this time were rice and millet.

Beginning in about 618 BC with classical millet agriculture, China's development of farming over the course of its history has played a key role in supporting the growth of what is now the largest population in the world.

 

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In 1921,during which one of the following tours, Gandhiji shaved his head and began wearing loincloth in order to identity with the poor?

A) Ahmadabad B) Champaran
C) Chauri Chaura D) South India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) South India

Explanation:

On 22nd September 1921, Gandhi made a momentous decision to change his attire. From the elaborate Gujarati attire, he decided on a simple dhoti and shawl. This epoch-making decision was taken by Gandhiji in Madurai after he decided that he has to work for and with the with the poor people of India and how can he identify with them if he wears different clothes from them.

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In general, which is the cause of a land breeze?

A) Pressure B) Heat
C) Temperature D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Temperature

Explanation:

The land breeze is a coastal breeze at night blowing from the land to the ocean. It is caused by the difference in the rates of cooling of the land and of the ocean. Once again, the bigger the difference in temperature between the two, the stronger the wind.

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Melvin calvin got Noble Prize for his studies on

A) Light reaction B) Plant hormones
C) Carbon fixation D) Photons
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Carbon fixation

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