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In general, which is the cause of a sea breeze?

A) Pressure B) Specific heat
C) Heat D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Specific heat

Explanation:

The usual cause of sea breeze is the difference in specific heat capacity between land and water Land heats and cools more quickly than water.

 

What is the cause of a sea breeze?

The air over the land is warmed and rises, to a greater temperature than that over the sea. This produces a convection current, with cooler air flowing in from over the sea to replace that rising from the land. At night the land cools more than the sea, so the action reverses to produce a land-breeze, blowing off the land.

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Which naxal affected district police has been selected for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) award this year for its community policing initiative focusing on the rehabilitation of Naxals  ?

A) Bastar Police, Chhattisgarh B) Lucknow Police, UP
C) Patna Police , Bihar D) Jaipur Police, Rajasthan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bastar Police, Chhattisgarh

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What does ELA stand for in education

Answer

ELA - English Language Arts.

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Second and third class levers are differentiated by

A) the location of the load B) the location of the fulcrum
C) the presence of multiple loads D) the type of fulcrum present
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the location of the load

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What is the official language of African Development Bank

A) English B) French
C) (a) and (b) D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (a) and (b)

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What is seismic zone extending at an angle of about 45o from the base of an ocean trench, down through lithosphere to the asthenosphere known as?

A) Appleton layer B) Benioff zone
C) Conard discontinuity D) Convergence zone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benioff zone

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Which of the following events of World History marked the beginning of the Second World War?

A) Invasion of Poland by German armies B) Occupation of Latvia , Estonia and Lithuania by the soviet Union
C) War against Finland declared by the USSR D) The period of 'Phoney war"
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Invasion of Poland by German armies

Explanation:

On 1 september 1939 German armies marched into poland. On 3 September Britain and France declared war on Germany.Thus the invasion of poland marked the beginning of the Second World War. The German armies completed the conquest of poland in less than three weeks as no aid reached poland. In spite of the declaration of war, however, there was little actual fighting for many months. Therefore, the war during the period from  september 1939 to April 1940 when germany invaded Narway and Denmark is known as the "Phoney War"

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In 1948 , in which former princely state in west India was a referendum held when the people decided to join the Indian Union?

Answer

Junagadh

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