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Which one of the following scholars suggests the earth's origin is from gases and dust particles?
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
O Schmidt suggests the earth's origin is from gases and dust particles. O. Schmidt in 1943 gave Inter-Slellar Dust Hypothesis for the origin of the earth and solar system.
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Which of the following is called the "Gateway to the Pacific" ?
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Answer: Option B
Solution:
Panama Canal is called the "Gateway to the Pacific". The Panama Canal is a short cut between the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Using the Panama Canal enables shipping to avoid the longer and stormy passage round Cape Horn (the southern tip of South America).
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Which is the largest island of the world?
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Answer: Option C
Solution:
Greenland is the worlds largest island. Greenland has an area of 2,166,086 square km, but a meager population of 56,452. The populations is over 85% Inuit.
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Which of the following regions are regarded as areas of high density of population?
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Answer: Option D
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East Asia, Southern Asia, North Western Europe are regarded as areas of high density of population.
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Which one of the following can one come across if one travels through the Strait of Malacca?
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Answer: Option D
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One can one come across to Singapore if one travels through the Strait of Malacca. Malacca strait is between the Indonesian island of Sumatra and the Malaya Peninsula. Singapore lies on the tip of the Malay Peninsular.
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The Persian Gulf region is rich in ________.
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Answer: Option A
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The Persian Gulf region is rich in Crude oil reserves. The Persian Gulf countries contain a significant percentage of the world's oil reserves and production capacity: Proven oil reserves of 728 billion barrels, representing 55% of the world's oil reserves at the end of 2006.
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Diego Garcia is in ________
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Answer: Option C
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Diego Garcia is in Indian Ocean. Diego Garcia. Diego Garcia, coral atoll, largest and southernmost member of the Chagos Archipelago, in the central Indian Ocean, part of the British Indian Ocean Territory.
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You are asked to import Ostrich, Platypus and Kaola Bear. To which country will you opt to go, to get all the three?
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Answer: Option A
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Australia will be opted to get all the three Ostrich, Platypus and Kaola Bear.
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The canal that connects the upper Hudson at Albany with the Great Lakes at Buffalo is
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Answer: Option A
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Erie Canal, historic waterway of the United States, connecting the Great Lakes with New York City via the Hudson River at Albany. Taking advantage of the Mohawk River gap in the Appalachian Mountains, the Erie Canal, 363 miles (584 km) long, was the first canal in the United States to connect western waterways with the Atlantic Ocean.
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The population of India has of late been growing very fast because
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Answer: Option B
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The population of India has of late been growing very fast because the death rate has been dropping on account of better medical and health facilities. Better health, hygiene and sanitation facilities in the town are expected to have lowered the death rate.