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What is a graticule?
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Answer: Option A
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The network of intersecting parallels and meridians on a map is known as graticule. The graticule of latitude and longitude lines is an angular measurement system. All features on the earth's surface are located using measurements that are relative to the center of the earth. Latitude lines are parallel to each other while longitude lines converge at the poles.
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White coal refers to
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Answer: Option A
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White coal refers to Hydroelectricity. White coal was used in England to smelt lead ore from the mid-16th to the late 17th centuries. It produces more heat than green wood but less than charcoal and thus prevents lead evaporating. White coal was produced in distinctive circular pits with a channel, known as Q-pits.
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Which country is known as the "Emerald Isle"?
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Answer: Option B
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Ireland is known as the "Emerald Isle". Ireland's beautiful, lush countryside is what earned the country the nickname, “The Emerald Isle.” The island is located in the Northern Atlantic Ocean, just west of Great Britain. Ireland's only bordering country is Northern Ireland.
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The depositional feature at the point where the river comes down from hills to plain is
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Answer: Option D
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The depositional feature at the point where the river comes down from hills to plain is Alluvial fan. They are found in the middle course of a river at the foot of slope/ mountains. When the stream moves from the higher level break into foot slope plain of low gradient, it loses its energy needed to transport much of its load.
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In which of the following countries, is the ratio of hydroelectric generation to the total electricity generation the highest?
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In Norway the ratio of hydroelectric generation to the total electricity generation the highest. Norway is one of the world's leading countries for renewable energy, and most of it comes from the water.
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Which one of the following cities is not a former capital of the given country (Country given in the brackets)?
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Melbourne was the initial capital following the 1901 Federation of Australia. In 1913, the seat of national government was moved to the newly created city of Canberra, which continues to serve as the national capital.
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Madagascar is the only home of many species of
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Answer: Option C
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Madagascar is the only home of many species of Lemur. The ring-tailed lemur (Lemur catta) is one of 105 recognized species and subspecies of lemur found only in Madagascar.
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Western Gateway to the United States is
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Answer: Option C
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Western Gateway to the United States is San Francisco. San Francisco, city and port, coextensive with San Francisco county, northern California, U.S., located on a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. It is a cultural and financial centre of the western United States and one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities.
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"Limnology" refers to the study of
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Answer: Option C
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"Limnology" refers to the study of Lakes and ponds. Limnology is the study of inland waters - lakes (both freshwater and saline), reservoirs, rivers, streams, wetlands, and groundwater - as ecological systems interacting with their drainage basins and the atmosphere.
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The New name of Burma is Myanmar and its capital is
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Answer: Option A
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In the north of former capital, Yangon, lies the new capital of Myanmar named as Naypyitaw.