1. Which of the following rivers carries maximum quantity of water into the sea?
[A] Nile
[B] Amazon
[C] Mississippi Missouri
[D] Thames
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Correct Answer: B [ Amazon ]
Notes:
Amazon River carries maximum quantity of water into the sea and is largest river by discharge of water in the world,
2. Which of the following was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky during the second millennium BC?
[A] Mars
[B] Venus
[C] Jupiter
[D] Saturn
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Correct Answer: B [Venus]
Notes:
Venus was the first planet to have its motions plotted across the sky, as early as the second millennium BC.
3. Which of the following statements is incorrect about the Planet Mars?
[A] It has two permanent polar ice caps
[B] After the Moon, it is the brightest object in our night sky
[C] Liquid water cannot exist on the surface of Mars due to low atmospheric pressure
[D] Mars is less dense than Earth
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Correct Answer: B [After the Moon, it is the brightest object in our night sky]
Notes:
Second statement is incorrect because Venus is the second brightest object in our night sky after Moon.
4. Myanmar does not share its international boundary with__?
[A] Laos
[B] Thailand
[C] Vietnam
[D] India
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Correct Answer: C [ Vietnam ]
Notes:
Myanmar is bound by China to the north and northeast, Laos to the east, Thailand to the east and southeast, India to the northwest, Bangladesh to the west and the Andaman Sea to the south.
5. Which of the following disciplines attempts spatial synthesis?
[A] History
[B] Geography
[C] Polity
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Geography]
Notes:
Geography as a discipline attempts spatial synthesis. Spatial synthesis includes any of the formal techniques which study entities using their topological, geometric, or geographic properties
Temporal Synthesis can be described as ”automated construction” of a system whereby we develop a temporary specification and then try to prove it. For example history attempts temporal synthesis.
6. Who is the author of the book Principa?
[A] Newton
[B] Galileo
[C] Copernicus
[D] Ptolemy
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Correct Answer: A [Newton]
Notes:
Principa was published by Isaac Newton.
Newton also formulated the Laws of Motion and the Law of Gravity.
7. Expanding Universe hypothesis is also known as:
[A] Nebular theory
[B] Big Bang theory
[C] Steady state theory
[D] None of the above
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Correct Answer: B [Big Bang theory]
8. Next to sun, which is the nearest star of the earth?
[A] Apha centuari
[B] Orion
[C] Usra Major
[D] Sirius
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Correct Answer: A [Apha centuari]
Notes:
Sun is nearly 150,000,000 kilometers (150 million km) away from the Earth. The next nearest star to earth is Alpha Centauri which is at a distance of about 4.367 light years from the Earth.
Orion or Usra Major are the names of Constellations.
Sirius is the Brightest star in the sky.
9. Approximately what is the age of the earth?
[A] 3.5 billion years
[B] 4.5 billion years
[C] 4 billion years
[D] 2.5 billion years
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Correct Answer: B [4.5 billion years]
Notes:
Earth is the third planet of the solar system as counted from the sun. The Earth also came into existence almost the same time as the other members of the solar system, i.e. around 4.5 billion years ago.
10. Which of the following is an example of direct source to study interior of the earth?
[A] Gravitation
[B] Sesimic activity
[C] Magnetic field
[D] Volcanic Eruption
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Correct Answer: D [Volcanic Eruption]
Notes:
Temperature increases when we go deep into the earth. Therefore scientist depends on some sources to study interior of the earth. Based on the nature of source they are divided into two types:
Direct sources- Surface rocks, volcanic eruption forms etc.
Indirect sources- Magnetic field, gravitation, seismic activity, meteors etc.
