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Latex is a name for
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Answer: Option C
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Latex is a name for Crude rubber. Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds, plus water. Currently, rubber is harvested mainly in the form of the latex from the rubber tree or others.
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Simla is cooler than Amritsar although they are on the same latitude. This is because
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Answer: Option B
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Simla is cooler than Amritsar although they are on the same latitude. This is because Shimla is at greater height above sea level than Amritsar.
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The continents of the world are mainly composed of
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Answer: Option C
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The continents of the world are mainly composed of Sial. The main mineral constituents of the continental mass are silica and alumina.It is thus called sial (si-silica and al-alumina).
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First railway line in the world, was laid in ________
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Answer: Option B
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First railway line in the world, was laid in North-East England. The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was the first railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. Its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington, and was officially opened on 27 September 1825.
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The country which is commonly known as 'The Land of Golden Fleece' is ________
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Answer: Option A
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The country which is commonly known as 'The Land of Golden Fleece' is Australia. Australia has been called "The Land of the Golden Fleece," because of the quantity of wool produced there. Georgia, one of the Caucasian nations is also called "The Land of the Golden Fleece."
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The most valuable cash crop of Brazil is
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Answer: Option B
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The most valuable cash crop of Brazil is Coffee. Brazil eventually became the world's largest exporter of coffee, soybeans, beef, and crop-based ethanol. Brazil exported 37 thousand tons of processed cashew nuts valued at 187.7 thousand USD in 2012.
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The North Pole is always in the light
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Answer: Option B
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The North Pole is always in the light from March 21 to September 23.
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Lesotho is ________
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Lesotho is a country completely surrounded by South Africa. Lesotho is a small land-locked country, completely surrounded by its neighbor South Africa.
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In which country will you find the river Po?
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Answer: Option B
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In Italy river Po is found. Po River. Po River, Latin Padus, longest river in Italy, rising in the Monte Viso group of the Cottian Alps on Italy's western frontier and emptying into the Adriatic Sea in the east after a course of 405 miles (652 km).
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Which or the following is a rift valley?
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Answer: Option C
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The Rhine is a rift valley. The Rhine Rift valley shape is the result of the rifting which begins some 60 million years ago. It is known as a hot spot due to the eruption of the hot mantle into the crust, which caused the crust uplift and the mantle overflow with the development of the Black Forest, the Vosges and the Rhine Rift valley.