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Sunda Trench lies in ________
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Answer: Option C
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Sunda Trench lies in Indian Ocean. The Sunda Trench, earlier known as and sometimes still indicated as the Java Trench, is an oceanic trench located in the Indian Ocean near Sumatra, formed where the Australian-Capricorn plates subduct under a part of the Eurasian Plate. It is 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) long.
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Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as
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Answer: Option A
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Collective Farm of Ukraine is also known as Kolkhoz. Kolkhoz, also spelled kolkoz, or kolkhos, plural kolkhozy, or kolkhozes, abbreviation for Russian kollektivnoye khozyaynstvo, English collective farm, in the former Soviet Union, a cooperative agricultural enterprise operated on state-owned land by peasants from a number of households who belonged to the collective and who were paid as salaried employees on the basis of quality and quantity of labour contributed.
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Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in
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Answer: Option B
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Nautical mile is a unit of distance used in Navigation. A nautical mile is a unit of measurement used on water by sailors and/or navigators in shipping and aviation. It is the average length of one minute of one degree along a great circle of the Earth. One nautical mile corresponds to one minute of latitude.
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Which of the following reflects radio waves back to the Earth?
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Answer: Option A
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Ionosphere reflects radio waves back to the Earth. The low-frequency end of the window is limited by signals being reflected by the ionosphere back into space, while the upper limit is caused by absorption of the radio waves by water vapor and carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. The ionized part of the Earth's atmosphere is known as the ionosphere.
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The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is ________.
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Answer: Option D
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The internationally recognised scale for describing wind speeds is The Beaufort Scale. Beaufort scale, in full Beaufort wind force scale, scale devised in 1805 by Commander (later Admiral and Knight Commander of the Bath) Francis Beaufort of the British navy for observing and classifying wind force at sea.
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The world's largest river is
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Answer: Option A
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The world's largest river is Amazon. The Amazon is considered the world's largest river by volume, but scientists have believed it is slightly shorter than Africa's Nile.
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"Dark Continent" is
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Answer: Option A
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"Dark Continent" is Africa. It was said so, as little was known about Africa hence the resources were not explored & utilised properly.
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"Europe point" is
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Answer: Option A
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Europa Point with Ibrahim-al-Ibrahim Mosque and the profile of Gibraltar Rock. Europa Point is the southernmost point of Gibraltar, a territory of South West Europe which is part of the United Kingdom.
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Which, among the following countries, lies at the junction of three continents (Asia, Africa ad Europe)?
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Answer: Option B
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Cyprus lies at the junction of three continents (Asia, Africa ad Europe). Cyprus is the third largest Mediterranean island with an area of 3,572 square miles. Cyprus is sometimes placed in Europe, Asia or even the Middle East. Geographically, Cyprus is closer to Asia but is historically and culturally a European country.
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Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are
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Answer: Option C
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Cod, haddock, halibut, sole, garoupa and snapper are Fish varieties.