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Planets do not twinkle because

A) Far distance B) Total internal reflection
C) Refraction D) Near distance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Near distance

Explanation:

Stars twinkle because they’re so far away from Earth that when light from the stars passes through the atmosphere, it is bent countless times due to refraction, making it look like as if they were blinking. The sun and other planets doesn’t twinkle because it’s too close to Earth compared to other stars.

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Q:

What is meant by Take Over ?

Answer

In business, a takeover is the purchase of one company by another.

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What does the Olympic Flame symbolize?

A) Challenge B) Zeal to play sports
C) Integrity D) Continuity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Continuity

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Union Home Minister is to launch the 'Single Window Clearance System' in which sector?

 

A) DISCOMs B) Steel Plants
C) Coal Mines D) Copper Mines
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Coal Mines

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Name the person popularly Known as Gurudv

A) Narayana guru B) Tagore
C) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan D) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Tagore

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Q:

Desertification refers to

A) forest degrading to dense taiga B) forest improving to tundras
C) forest improving to deserts D) forest degrading to sparse vegetation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) forest improving to deserts

Explanation:

Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.

 

Conversion of a grassland or an already arid land into a desert through indiscriminate human actions magnified by droughts.

 

Hence, forest improving to deserts is refers to desertification.

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A sample of matter must be copper if

A) atoms in the sample react with oxygen B) the sample can conduct electricity
C) each atom in the sample has 29 protons D) the sample melts at 1768k
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) each atom in the sample has 29 protons

Explanation:

A sample of matter must be copper if each atom in the sample has 29 protons.

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Who is the author of book "Superstar India: Incredible to unstoppable "?

Answer

Shobha Rajadhyaksha, also known as Shobhaa De (born 7 January 1948), is the author of the book "Superstar India: From Incredible to unstoppable ". She is an Indian columnist and novelist. De is best known for her depiction of socialites and sex in her works of fiction, for which she has come to be known as the "Jackie Collins of India".

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