21. “Fernando Po Speirops” is endemic to which country?
[A] Cuba
[B] Chile
[C] Equatorial Guinea
[D] Vietnam
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Correct Answer: C [Equatorial Guinea]
Notes:
Fernando Po Speirops, also known as Bioko Speirops, is a bird species endemic to the Bioko Island of Equatorial Guinea. It is a vulnerable species according to the IUCN’s Red List of Threatened Species due to habitat loss. The habitat of this bird species forms the subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland regions of Pico Basile.
22. Weyib River is located in which country?
[A] Chile
[B] Venezuela
[C] Ethiopia
[D] Burkina Faso
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Correct Answer: C [Ethiopia]
Notes:
Weyib River is a river located in Ethiopia which rises from the Bale Mountains, then flows through Sof Omar Caves before finally joins at the Ganale Dorya River in the Somali region.
23. Nemean Games were held in which country?
[A] Belgium
[B] Czech Republic
[C] Slovakia
[D] Greece
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Correct Answer: D [Greece]
Notes:
The Nemean Games were one of the four Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece and were held at Nemea every two years (or every third). With the Isthmian Games, the Nemean Games were held both the year before and the year after the Ancient Olympic Games and the Pythian Games in the third year of the Olympiad cycle. Like the Olympic Games, they were held in honour of Zeus.
24. Which country had the former monetary unit “Drachma”?
[A] Germany
[B] Ghana
[C] Guinea
[D] Greece
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Correct Answer: D [Greece]
Notes:
The drachma was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history. An ancient Greek currency unit issued by many Greek city-states during a period of ten centuries, from the Archaic period throughout the Classical period, the Hellenistic period up to the Roman period under Greek Imperial Coinage. Three modern Greek currencies, the first introduced in 1832 by the Greek King Otto and the last replaced by the euro in 2001.
25. “La Blanca” is located in which country?
[A] Mexico
[B] Guatemala
[C] Honduras
[D] Nicaragua
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Correct Answer: B [Guatemala]
Notes:
La Blanca is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican archaeological site in present-day La Blanca, San Marcos Department, western Guatemala. It has an occupation dating predominantly from the Middle Preclassic (900–600 BC) period of Mesoamerican chronology. This site belongs to the later period of the Mokaya culture.
26. If a consumer has only a few substitutes for a good then which of the following tend to happen?
[A] Supply would be price elastic
[B] demand would be price inelastic
[C] demand would be price elastic
[D] supply would be price inelastic
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Correct Answer: B [demand would be price inelastic]
Notes:
If a consumer has only a few substitutes for a good then demand would be price inelastic as the demand fluctuations would be less.
27. Jamaica lies in which continent?
[A] South America
[B] North America
[C] Europe
[D] Antarctica
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Correct Answer: B [North America]
Notes:
The Jamaican Republic lies in the Caribbean Sea and is considered a part of the North American continent.
28. Kernave Archaeological site, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is located in which district of Lithuania?
[A] Trakai
[B] Vilnius
[C] Ukmerge
[D] Sirvintos
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Correct Answer: D [Sirvintos]
Notes:
The world heritage site of Kernave Archaeological site is situated in the Sirvintos district of Lithuania. It was designated as the world heritage site in the year of 2004.
29. When one buys shares with the money borrowed from stockbroker, what does it called?
[A] Sell on Margin
[B] Pay per Margin
[C] Buy on Margin
[D] Join in Margin
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Correct Answer: C [Buy on Margin]
Notes:
Buy on margin:
To buy shares with money borrowed from the stockbroker, who maintains a margin account for the customer.
30. Point out the incorrect pair:
[A] Green Revolution – Agricultural Development
[B] White Revolution – Dairy Development
[C] Blue Revolution – Development of Fisheries
[D] Operation Flood – Irrigation Development
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Correct Answer: D [Operation Flood – Irrigation Development]
Notes:
Operation Flood, launched in 1970 is a project of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), which was the world’s biggest dairy development program. It made India, a milk-sufficient nation, the largest milk producer in the world, surpassing the USA in 1998. Operation flood is also called White Revolution of India.