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What is the country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass?
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Answer: Option A
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Brazil is the country through which both Equator and Tropic of Capricorn pass. The Tropic of Capricorn lies at 23.5° south of the equator and runs through Australia, Chile, southern Brazil (Brazil is the only country that passes through both the equator and a tropic), and northern South Africa.
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The land-locked country in South East Asia is
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Answer: Option C
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The land-locked country in south east asia is Laos. Laos is an independent republic, and a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam.
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The only land-locked country in South-East Asia is
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Answer: Option A
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The land-locked country in south east asia is Laos. Laos is an independent republic, and a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam.
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Panama Canal connects ________ and ________.
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Answer: Option C
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Panama Canal connects Panama and Colon. The Panama Canal is a 50-mile long engineering wonder connecting the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean. Completed by the United States in 1914, it runs southeastward from Colon, through the man-made Gatun Lake, to Panama City on the Pacific side of the Isthmus of Panama.
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Sues Canal connects ________ and ________.
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Answer: Option A
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Sues Canal connects Port Said and Suez. The canal also connects the Port Said in northeast Egypt with Port Tewfik at the city of Suez in the south. The construction of the Suez Canal was carried out between 1859 and 1869 by the Suez Canal Company, and the Suez Canal Authority owns and maintains the waterway.
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Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are
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Answer: Option C
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Plains formed by the deposits brought by glacier are Drift plains. The drift plains are forms when a sheet of ice becomes detached from the main body of glacier and melts in place depositing the sediments it carried.
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'Ursa Major' is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is
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Answer: Option D
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'Ursa Major' is the scientific name for one of the constellations of stars. Its common English name is The Great Bear. The constellation Ursa Major contains the group of stars commonly called the Big Dipper. The handle of the Dipper is the Great Bear's tail and the Dipper's cup is the Bear's flank. The Big Dipper is not a constellation itself, but an asterism, which is a distinctive group of stars.
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Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its
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Answer: Option B
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Gulf Stream, the most important current of the Atlantic Ocean, takes Its birth from the Gulf of Mexico. Its importance lies in its warming effect.
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Which of these is not true of the effects of the ocean currents?
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Answer: Option D
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Ocean currents affect rainfall over the coast. Ocean currents act as conveyer belts of warm and cold water, sending heat toward the polar regions and helping tropical areas cool off.
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The famous Matterhorn Peak is found in
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Answer: Option B
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The famous matterhorn peak is found in Switzerland. Matterhorn mountain is situated in the Pennine Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy is one of the most famous and distinctive of all Alpine peaks.