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| 501. |
If a star is bigger than Sun, but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a |
| A. | Pulsar |
| B. | Maxima |
| C. | Avenger |
| D. | Discover |
| Answer» A. Pulsar | |
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Explanation: If the star is about the mass of the Sun or less than that, it will turn into White Dwarfs. If the star is bigger than the Sun but not more than twice as big, it will turn into a Neutron Star or Pulsar. |
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| 502. |
Name the largest desert of Asia. |
| A. | Thar |
| B. | Gobi |
| C. | Takla Makan |
| D. | Karakum |
| Answer» B. Gobi | |
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Explanation: The Gobi Desert is the largest desert in Asia, covering 500,000 square miles. |
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| 503. |
The driest location on Earth is in which country? |
| A. | Kenya |
| B. | Chile |
| C. | Congo |
| D. | Libya |
| Answer» B. Chile | |
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Explanation: According to latest research the driest location on Earth lies in the Atacama Desert, Chile. The location is called Maria Elena South (MES). |
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| 504. |
The 'Grand Canyon' is on which of the river? |
| A. | Colorado |
| B. | Colombia |
| C. | Ohio |
| D. | Mississippi |
| Answer» A. Colorado | |
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Explanation: The Grand Canyon is a steep- sided canyon which is carved by the Colorado river of USA. It is a river valley in the Colorado plateau and is 446 km long and 29 km wide. |
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| 505. |
Palk Strait is situated between : |
| A. | India and Pakistan |
| B. | India and Bangladesh |
| C. | India and Sri Lanka |
| D. | India and Myanmar |
| Answer» C. India and Sri Lanka | |
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Explanation: The Palk Strait is a strait between the Tamil Nadu state of India and the Mannar district of Sri Lanka. |
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| 506. |
Hollywood is located in . |
| A. | New Jersey |
| B. | Florida |
| C. | London |
| D. | California |
| Answer» D. California | |
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Explanation: Hollywood is an ethnically diverse, densely populated neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. It is notable as the home of the U.S. film industry and is the most recognizable film industry in the world. |
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| 507. |
The 'Pacific ring of fire ' is associated with : |
| A. | oil well fires |
| B. | thermal power station |
| C. | volcanoes and earthquakes |
| D. | forest fires |
| Answer» C. volcanoes and earthquakes | |
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Explanation: Pacific ring of fire is an area where a large number of earthquakes and voicanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific ocean. |
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| 508. |
The World's largest and deepest rail tunnel Gotthard Base Tunnel is located in which country? |
| A. | Belgium |
| B. | Austria |
| C. | Switzerland |
| D. | Sweden |
| Answer» C. Switzerland | |
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Explanation: The Gotthard Base Tunnel is a railway tunnel of 57.09 km passing through the Alps mountains in Switzerland. It is world's longest and deepest traffic tunnel. |
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| 509. |
Which of the following forest type is called as monsoon forest ? |
| A. | Rain forest |
| B. | Equatorial forest |
| C. | Deciduous forest |
| D. | Mountain forest |
| Answer» C. Deciduous forest | |
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Explanation: The trees in a monsoon forest usually shed their leaves during the dry season and come into leaf at the start of the rainy season. So, they are also known as deciduous forest. |
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| 510. |
Pulsars are : |
| A. | stars moving towards the Earth |
| B. | stars moving away from Earth |
| C. | rapidly spinning stars |
| D. | high temperature stars |
| Answer» C. rapidly spinning stars | |
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Explanation: Pulsars are celestial objects, thought to be rapidly spinning stars, that emits regular pulses of radiowaves and other electromagnetic radiation at the rate of upto one thousand pulses per second. |
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| 511. |
Where is Sanchi Stupa located? |
| A. | Uttar Pradesh |
| B. | Haryana |
| C. | Madhya Pradesh |
| D. | Rajasthan |
| Answer» C. Madhya Pradesh | |
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Explanation: The Great Stupa at Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh is one of the oldest stone structure in India and was originally commissioned by the emperor Ashoka (Maurya Dynasty) in the 3rd century BCE. |
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| 512. |
Which river crosses the equator twice? |
| A. | Amazon |
| B. | Congo |
| C. | Nile |
| D. | Orinoco |
| Answer» B. Congo | |
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Explanation: Congo is the second longest river of Africa after Nile. it is also the second largest river in the world by discharge volume of water (after the Amazon). |
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| 513. |
Which place receives highest rainfall in the world? |
| A. | Cherrapunji |
| B. | Gangtok |
| C. | Kohima |
| D. | Imphal |
| Answer» A. Cherrapunji | |
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Explanation: Cherrapunji in Meghalaya is traditionally credited as being the wettest place on Earth. It holds records for receiving the maximum amount of rainfall in a single year. |
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| 514. |
Which of the following seasons in India is not a cropping season? |
| A. | Rabi |
| B. | Hudhud |
| C. | Kharif |
| D. | Zaid |
| Answer» B. Hudhud | |
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Explanation: Hudhud was a strong tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage and loss of life in eastern India and Nepal during October 2014. |
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| 515. |
The outermost layer of the Sun is called |
| A. | chromosphere |
| B. | photosphere |
| C. | corona |
| D. | lithosphere |
| Answer» C. corona | |
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Explanation: Our Sun is surrounded by a blanket of gases called ‘an atmosphere'. The corona is the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere. |
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| 516. |
Earth is also known as – |
| A. | Orange planet |
| B. | Green planet |
| C. | Blue planet |
| D. | Yellow planet |
| Answer» C. Blue planet | |
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Explanation: The Earth is referred to as “the blue planet” because of the abundance of water on the planet. |
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| 517. |
How does La-Nina affect the Pacific Ocean? |
| A. | Decreases salinity of ocean |
| B. | Cools downs the temperature of water |
| C. | Maintains stable temperature of water |
| D. | Increases salinity of ocean |
| Answer» B. Cools downs the temperature of water | |
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Explanation: La-Nina is a climate pattern that describes the cooling of surface waters of the Pacific Ocean along the tropical west coast of South America. |
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| 518. |
Spring tides occur when : |
| A. | the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line |
| B. | the sun is closest to earth |
| C. | the moon is farthest from earth |
| D. | the earth is at right angles with the sun and the moon |
| Answer» A. the moon, the sun and the earth are in the same line | |
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Explanation: The combined tide raising forces of the Moon and the Sun are at their greatest effect when the Sun and the Moon are in line with the Earth. |
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