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The first steam boat was built by
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Answer: Option D
Solution:
The first steam boat was built by Robert Fulton. Robert Fulton (1765 - 1815) was an American engineer and inventor who is widely known for developing a commercially successful steamboat called Clermont. In 1807, that steamboat took passengers from New York City to Albany and back again, a round trip of 300 miles, in 62 hours.
72
The coast of which of the following country are not touched by Arabian sea?
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Answer: Option A
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Saudi Arabia has Persian Gulf at its Northern margin and Red Sea at its Southern margin.
73
In demographic features, India is sorted out in which of the following stage of population cycle?
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Answer: Option C
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In this stage birth rate falls & death rate declines further but population still grows as birth rate exceeds death rate e.g. India, China.
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The Tagus river flows through
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Answer: Option C
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The Tagus river flows through Lisbon. The longest river of the Iberian Peninsula extends for 650 miles through Spain and Portugal. The Tagus River flowing through Lisbon, Portugal at night, shortly before emptying into the Atlantic Ocean.
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The capital of the Ontario province of Canada situated on the Lake Ontario is the port city of
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Answer: Option B
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The capital of the Ontario province of Canada situated on the Lake Ontario is the port city of Uruguay.
76
The approximate radius of the Earth is
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Answer: Option C
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The approximate radius of the Earth is 6400 km.
77
Everyday the moon rises about ________ minutes later than the previous day
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Answer: Option D
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Everyday the moon rises about 50 minutes later than the previous day. The Moon rises on an average 50 minutes later each day in Earth's skies due to the difference in Earth's rotation and Moon's revolution.
78
The term 'transhumance' means
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Answer: Option B
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The term 'transhumance' means the seasonal movement of people along with their cattle in the mountains. It is the seasonal movement of livestock (such as sheep) between mountain and lowland pastures either under the care of herders or in company with the owners.
79
The shortest air-route from Perth to London is ________
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Answer: Option C
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The shortest air-route from Perth to London is Perth, Aden, Paris and London.
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Pearl Harbour, (the target of Japanese attack on the American fleet) is in
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Answer: Option C
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Pearl Harbour, (the target of Japanese attack on the American fleet) is in Hawaiian Islands. The Japanese, concluding that war with the United States is inevitable, attempt to knock out the U.S. Pacific fleet based in the Hawaiian Islands at Pearl Harbor.