Which of the following are forms of precipitation?
(A) Flood
(B) Snow
(C) Hail
(D) Sleet Options:
(A) (A), (B), (C)
(B) (A), (B), (D)
(C) (A), (C), (D)
(D) (B), (C), (D)
The Middle Himalayas are known as:
(A) Himachal
(B) Shiwalik
(C) Aravali
(D) Himadri
The mountain range which runs parallel between the Shiwaliks in the south and the Great Himalaya in north is classified as the Middle Himalaya, sometimes also called Himachal or Lower Himalaya.
What lies at 66" North of the equator?
(A) Tropic of Cancer
(B) Tropic of Capricorn
(C) Arctic Circle
(D) Antarctic circle
The Arctic circle is located at 66.5 degrees North latitude and the Antarctic circle is located at 66.5 degrees South latitude.
If you stay in the Southern Hemisphere, which of the following will hold true about 21 June?
(A) Longest day and shortest night Equal day and night
(B) Equal day and night
(C) Shortest day and longest night
(D) Continuous daylight is experienced
The longest day and the shortest night in northern hemisphere occur on 21st June. At this time in the Southern Hemisphere all these conditions are reversed i.e on June 21st southern hemisphere experience longest night and the shortest day.
When the Prime Meridian of Greenwich has the sun at the highest point in the sky, all the places along this meridian will have.
(A) Sunrise
(B) Sunset
(C) Mid-day
(D) Midnight
When the sun is at the highest point in the Prime Meridian of Greenwich, all the places along this meridian will have midday or noon.
Who founded the 'Social Democratic Alliance'?
(A) Karl Marx
(B) Bakunin
(C) Mallincouk
(D) George Faikanoub
In 1869, August Bebel and Liebknecht founded the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Germany (SDAP) as a merger of the petty-bourgeois Saxon People's Party (SVP), a faction of the ADAV and members of the League of German Workers' Associations (VDA).
In which period did Confucius live?
(A) Confucius
(B) Han Dynasty
(C) Sui Dynasty
(D) Tang Dynasty
Confucius (551–479 BCE), a scholar and teacher, lived in a chaotic and violent time in China. He wished to see peace and harmony restored and a return to order.
Diamond mining is related to?
(A) Fatehpur Sikri
(B) Agra
(C) Golconda
(D) Lahore
Alluvial diamond mining occurs in riverbeds and beaches, where thousands of years of erosion and natural forces such as wind, rain, and water currents wash diamonds from their primary deposits in kimberlite pipes to beaches and riverbeds. Some alluvial deposits are from long-ago rivers.
During whose reign did the Mongol invader Qutlugh Khwaja invade India?
(A) Balban
(B) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(C) Alauddin Khilji
(D) Iltutmish
In late 1299, Duwa, the ruler of the Mongol Chagatai Khanate, dispatched his son Qutlugh Khwaja to conquer Delhi.
In the context of the Indian freedom movement, Usha Mehta is famous for-
(A) For participation in the second round table conference
(B) To run secret Congress Radio at the time of Quit India Movement
(C) For leading a unit of Azad Hind Fauj
(D) For playing a supporting role in the formation of Jawaharlal Nehru's interim government
Usha Mehta (25 March 1920 – 11 August 2000) was a Gandhian and freedom fighter of India. She is also remembered for organizing the Congress Radio, also called the Secret Congress Radio, an underground radio station, which functioned for few months during the Quit India Movement of 1942.
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