The predominant gases that constitute the sun are:
Answer: A
The sun is made chiefly of hydrogen and helium.
By mass it is about 71 per cent hydrogen and 27 per cent helium, with the remaining 2 per cent everything else. The core fuses hydrogen into helium at about 15 million kelvin, converting some four million tonnes of matter into energy every second.
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Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary is located in:
Answer: D
Vedanthangal is in Tamil Nadu.
It lies in Chengalpattu district, about 75 km from Chennai, and is among the oldest bird sanctuaries in the country - villagers have protected it since the eighteenth century. Migratory birds nest there from October to March.
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The largest port of India is:
Answer: C
Mumbai is India's largest port.
It is a natural deep-water harbour sheltered by the mainland and the island, handling a large share of the country's general cargo. Jawaharlal Nehru Port across the bay was built to relieve it and now handles most container traffic.
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Dul Hasti Project and Salal project are located at:
Answer: A
Both are on the Chenab.
Salal, commissioned in 1987, was India's first hydroelectric project on the river; Dulhasti followed in Kishtwar district. Both are run-of-the-river schemes, which is what the Indus Waters Treaty permits India on the western rivers.
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Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is located in:
Answer: C
The Indira Gandhi Zoological Park is at Visakhapatnam.
Set in the Kambalakonda reserve forest between the Eastern Ghats and the Bay of Bengal, it is the largest zoo in Andhra Pradesh, opened in 1977.
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Mudumalai Sanctuary is located in
Answer: B
Mudumalai is in Tamil Nadu.
It lies in the Nilgiris on the Karnataka border and forms part of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, adjoining Bandipur and Wayanad. It became a tiger reserve in 2007, and its name means 'ancient hill'.
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The headquarters of North Western Railway is located in:
Answer: D
North Western Railway is headquartered at Jaipur.
It was formed in 2002 and covers Rajasthan and parts of Haryana and Gujarat, with divisions at Jaipur, Ajmer, Bikaner and Jodhpur.
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First Metro Railway was inaugurated in Kolkata:
Answer: C
The Kolkata metro opened in 1984.
The first stretch, from Esplanade to Bhowanipore, ran on 24 October 1984, making it India's first underground railway. Work had begun in 1972; the Delhi metro followed only in 2002.
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India’s first stock exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange, was established in
Answer: A
The Bombay Stock Exchange was established in 1875.
It began as The Native Share and Stock Brokers' Association, formed by brokers who had been meeting under a banyan tree near the Town Hall. It is the oldest stock exchange in Asia, and was the first in India to be recognised under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956.
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The index which refers to moisture deficit or surplus in a area is called:
Answer: A
It is the moisture index.
Thornthwaite defined it from the difference between precipitation and potential evapotranspiration: a positive value means surplus and a humid climate, a negative one deficit and an arid climate. It is the basis of his climatic classification.
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