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A)
India
B)
Myanmar
C)
Bhutan
D)
Nepal

Correct Answer :   Bhutan

The Jigme Dorji National Park is the second-largest National Park of Bhutan. The park provides sanctuary for 37 known species of mammals including several endangered, threatened or vulnerable species, such as the takin, snow leopard, clouded leopard, Bengal tiger, bharal or Himalayan blue sheep, etc. It is also home to the Indian leopard, serow, sambar, barking deer, goral, marmot, pika and more than 300 species of birds. It is also the only park in Bhutan where the national animal (takin), flower (blue poppy), bird (raven) and tree (cypress) exist together.

A)
cyclonic winds
B)
waterfalls in canada
C)
westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south
D)
the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944

Correct Answer :   westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south

The absence of a landmass within these latitudes in the southern hemisphere eliminate friction and lends force to these winds and hence derives the name

A)
ox-bow-lakes
B)
lagoons
C)
cirque lakes
D)
crater lakes

Correct Answer :   lagoons

Lakes formed due to marine deposits are Lagoons. action of wind & waves may isolate lagoons along the coasts, enclosed by narrow spit of land known as lagoon lakes. Lagoonis a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

A)
Thimphu
B)
Tripoli
C)
Tokyo
D)
Dhaka

Correct Answer :   Thimphu

The ancient capital city of Punakha was replaced as capital by Thimphu in 1955, and in 1961 Thimphu was declared as the capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan by the 3rd Druk Gyalpo Jigme Dorji Wangchuck.

A)
Rigel
B)
Sirius
C)
Deneb
D)
Sun

Correct Answer :   Sun

A)
Thailand
B)
Malaysia
C)
Singapore
D)
Switzerland

Correct Answer :   Malaysia

The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. The currency abbreviation for the currency is RM, and the currency code is MYR.

A)
California
B)
Virginia
C)
Illinois
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Illinois

The Chain of Rocks levee is located in Madison County, Illinois, in the vicinity of Granite City and East St. Louis.

A)
Highland region
B)
Tundra region
C)
Hot-Wet Equatorial region
D)
Mediterranean region

Correct Answer :   Hot-Wet Equatorial region

In high plateaus of the Hot  Wet Equatorial Region the temperature is very much lower and so the "Ecuador type' of climate develops typically on the high plateau of Ecuador at an elevation of about 2430 to 3050 meter. Because of the pleasant average temperature of, 13oC. This is described as the "Land of eternal spring".

A)
Breaks and bends the crustal rocks
B)
Reshapes by bending the crustal
C)
Forms and bends the crystal rocks
D)
None of the above

Correct Answer :   Breaks and bends the crustal rocks

Tectonic activity (earthquakes, volcanoes, and mountain building in general) is common at plate boundaries, where the edges of two (or more) plates are in contact along huge linear zones of faulting. Plate tectonics is the study of these crustal slabs, and how they interact at their edges.

A)
Shikoku
B)
Hokkaido
C)
Kyushu
D)
Honshu

Correct Answer :   Honshu

Honshu is the largest of the four main islands and is approximately equal in area to United Kingdom. Tokyo is one of the five largest cities of the world.