Golden Quadrilateral Comprising National Highways connects:
Answer: B
It connects Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata.
The Golden Quadrilateral is a 5,846 km network of four- and six-lane highways joining the four metropolitan cities, and was the first phase of the National Highways Development Project, begun in 2001.
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The diesel Locomotive works engaged in producing diesel locos is located in:
Answer: A
The Diesel Locomotive Works is at Varanasi.
Set up in 1961 with American collaboration, it built diesel-electric locomotives for the Indian Railways and for export. It has since been renamed Banaras Locomotive Works and now builds electric locomotives as well.
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The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of:
Answer: C
It is a joint venture of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh.
The Chambal valley scheme comprises the Gandhi Sagar, Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar Sagar and Kota barrage, and supplies power and irrigation to both states, which share the cost and benefit equally.
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The largest satellite in the solar system is:
Answer: B
Ganymede is the largest satellite in the solar system.
A moon of Jupiter, it is 5,268 km across - larger than Mercury - and is the only moon known to generate its own magnetic field. Titan, Saturn's largest, is a little smaller but has a dense atmosphere.
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The study of moon is called:
Answer: B
The study of the moon is selenology.
The name comes from Selene, the Greek goddess of the moon. It covers the moon's origin, composition and geological history, and is sometimes called lunar geology.
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The portion of incident radiation (energy) without heating that surface reflected back from a surface of a body is called:
Answer: C
This is the albedo.
It is the fraction of incident radiation reflected without heating the surface, expressed as a percentage or a fraction. Fresh snow reflects about 80 per cent, cloud 50 to 70, forest 10 to 20, and the ocean under 10. The earth's average is about 30 per cent.
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The Mountain system of Alps, Carpathians, Transylvanian, Balkans are located in:
Answer: C
These ranges are in Europe.
The Alps, Carpathians, Transylvanian Alps and Balkans form a connected system of young fold mountains across southern and central Europe, raised by the collision of the African plate with the Eurasian - the same event that closed the Tethys Sea.
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The line at which a day is lost or gained is called:
Answer: D
It is the International Date Line.
It runs roughly along the 180° meridian, deviating to keep island groups and countries on one side. Crossing it westward you add a day; crossing eastward you subtract one - without which a traveller circling the globe would return a day out.
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The Vernal equinox occurs on:
Answer: B
The vernal equinox falls on 21 March.
The sun is then overhead at the Equator, so day and night are of equal length everywhere - the word means 'equal night'. After it the sun moves north, reaching the Tropic of Cancer at the summer solstice on 21 June.
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The autumnal equinox occurs on:
Answer: B
The autumnal equinox falls on 23 September.
The sun is again overhead at the Equator, moving southward, and day and night are equal everywhere. It reaches the Tropic of Capricorn at the winter solstice on 22 December.
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