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Which country or city has a 6-month night and a 6-month day?

Only areas that fall on the North and South Poles or are in very close proximity to either, experience a 6-month-long night and day.  It`s a common misconception that all the places in the extreme north experience this phenomenon of a 6-month-long day and an equally long night. Although there are parts in the north of Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, Russia, Canada, Alaska (US) and Finland that experience such long days and nights but it`s just that in the summers, days get very long and in winters they get very short. It`s not like there is an extremely long period of only daylight and then a long period of darkness.  A pole, the end of a planetary axis, is either tilted toward the sun, and stays in the Sun as the Earth spins, or tilted away from the Sun, and cannot move into daylight. Therefore it`s only the POLES (North and South), that experience 6-months of daylight and then 6 months of darkness.  Only areas within the Arctic Circle or Antarctic Circle (a latitude ...

. In which country is located world’s largest temple?

A]Indonesia  [B]Cambodia  [C]India  [D]United States  ANSWER:- Cambodia World’s largest temple is Angkor Wat, located in Angkor, Cambodia. This temple was built by Khmer King Suryavarman II in 12th century as his state temple and capital city.

. Which among the following is not among the ancient list of seven wonders of world?

[A]Statue of Zeus at Olympia  [B]Great Wall of China  [C]Colossus of Rhodes  [D]Lighthouse at Alexandria  ANSWER:- Great Wall of China The seven wonders of ancient India include Great Pyramid at Giza, Egypt; Hanging Gardens of Babylon; Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Greece; Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; Colossus of Rhodes and Lighthouse at Alexandria, Egypt.

. Mushroom rocks or Rock pedestals or Zeugen are one of the most striking manifestations of __?

[A]Water Erosion  [B]Wind Erosion  [C]Gravity Erosion  [ D]River Deposition   answer:- Wind Erosion

Pebble transport by rivers, sand drift over desert surfaces, soil blowing over fields are examples of which of the following phenomena?

[A]Deposition  [B]Saltation  [C]Attrition  [D]Siltation   answer:- [B]Saltation  

Which of the following countries are examples of highly scientific development and management of pastoral farming?

answer:- Denmark & Holland

Which of the following is a correct sequence?

answer:- Vishnuprayag, Nandprayag, Karnaprayag, Rudraprayag, Devprayag Alaknanda river meets the Dhauliganga river at Vishnuprayag, the Nandakini river at Nandprayag ,the Pindar river at Karnaprayag , the Mandakini river at Rudraprayag and finally the Bhagirathi river at Devprayag to form the mainstream, the Ganges.