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Q :  

Write the name, which is the longest river in the world?

(A) Amazon

(B) Ganga

(C) Brahmaputra

(D) Neel

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

A Nile River is considered to be the world's longest river with a total of 6650 km, followed by Amazon (6575 km), Yangtze (6300 km) and Mississippi (6275km).


Q :  

What is The Siberian ibex?

(A) Mountain Lions

(B) Large and heavily built goats

(C) Mountain Deer

(D) A type of Horse

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

Siberian ibexes are large and heavily built goats, although individual sizes vary greatly.


Q :  

The following is not a Kharif crop?

(A) Jute

(B) Maize

(C) Mustard

(D) Rice

Correct Answer : C

Q :  

Which one of the following is not an international boundary line?

(A) 38th Parallel

(B) Durand Line

(C) Dresden Line

(D) Maginot Line

Correct Answer : C
Explanation :
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Dresden Line.


Q :  

The eastward continuation of the Brazil current is called–

(A) North Atlantic drift

(B) South Atlantic drift

(C) Counter Equatorial drift

(D) West Atlantic drift

Correct Answer : B
Explanation :

South Atlantic Drift: Also known as the Westerlies Drift, it is the eastward continuation of the Brazil current.


Q :  

Which of the following is not a kharif crop?

(A) Jute

(B) Maize

(C) Mustard

(D) Rice

Correct Answer : C
Explanation :

Kharif crops – The crops sown in June-July in the Indian subcontinent are called Kharif crops. These crops are harvested in October and November. These require high temperature and humidity at the time of sowing and dry environment at the time of ripening.

Main Kharif crops – Cotton, groundnut, paddy, millet, maize, sweet potato, urad, moong, moth cowpea (Chanwala), jowar, arhar, dhaincha, sugarcane, soybean, okra, sesame, guar, jute, flax etc.


Q :  

Name of the city in the world known as ‘Big Apple’?

(A) New York

(B) Sweden

(C) Kanada

(D) Yuganda

Correct Answer : A
Explanation :
New York City is known by many nicknames—such as “the City that Never Sleeps” or “Gotham”—but the most popular one is probably “the Big Apple.” How did this nickname come about? Although uses of the phrase are documented in the early 1900s, the term first became popular in the 1920s when John J.



Q :  

habitat of ‘Yakut’ tribe is

(A) New Zealand

(B) Congo Basin

(C) Amazon Basin

(D) North Siberia

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

1. Habitat of the Yakut tribe in Northern Siberia.

2. The Yakuts, or Sakha, are a Turkic ethnic group that lives primarily in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation. Their habitat also extends to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions and the Taimyr and Evenk districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

3. Yakut language belongs to the Siberian branch of Turkic languages. The Russian word Yakut is derived from Evenk Yoko.

4. In some old histories the Yakuts call themselves Sakha or Urangai Sakha.

5. The Yakuts engage in animal husbandry, traditionally focusing on the raising of horses.


Q :  

The habitat of ‘Yakut’ tribe is

(A) New Zealand

(B) Congo Basin

(C) Amazon Basin

(D) North Siberia

Correct Answer : D
Explanation :

1. Habitat of the Yakut tribe in Northern Siberia.

2. The Yakuts, or Sakha, are a Turkic ethnic group that lives primarily in the Sakha Republic in the Russian Federation. Their habitat also extends to the Amur, Magadan, Sakhalin regions and the Taimyr and Evenk districts of the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

3. Yakut language belongs to the Siberian branch of Turkic languages. The Russian word Yakut is derived from Evenk Yoko.

4. In some old histories the Yakuts call themselves Sakha or Urangai Sakha.

5. The Yakuts engage in animal husbandry, traditionally focusing on the raising of horses.


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