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Father of geography?

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hecateus

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Father of history

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Herodotus

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Father of climatology

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Alexander von Humboldt

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Study of moon

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selenology

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What is a blue moon

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In a calendar month if there are two full moons the second full moon is known as the blue Moon

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Which is known as the winter planet?

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Jupiter

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Which is known as the planet on its side

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Uranus

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Dead sea is between which two countries?

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Jordan and Israel

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Which is the lowest land point?

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Dead Sea

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Which country has the largest coastline?

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Canada

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Which is the smallest ocean?

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Arctic

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Which is the most abundant composition of the atmosphere

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Nitrogen, 78%

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In which layer of the atmosphere do planes fly?

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Stratosphere, it’s free from clouds and associated weather conditions

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Which device measures the wind velocity

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animometer

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Which instrument records the magnitude of an earthquake?

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Richter scale

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Which scale is the instrument to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

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Murcalli scale

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What is the name of the pasture in Africa?

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Savannah

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What is the name of the pasture in South Africa

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veld

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What is the name of the pasture in USA and Canada

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Prairies

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What is the name of the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell real question

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cordia ilint

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Which became the first non-member of the NPT to sign a civilian nuclear deal with Japan

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India

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What measures air pressure?

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Barometer

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What are grasslands of Australia

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Down

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Which instrument measures depth of the ocean

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fathometer

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Which instrument measure humidity in the atmosphere
hygrometer
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What are the grasslands of South America
Pampas
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Signs of study of soils?
pedology
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What are grasslands of Eurasia
steppe
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Durant line separates?
Afghanistan Pakistan
30
49th parallel separates?
Canada USA
31
Mac Mohan line separates?
India China
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Maginot line separates?
France Germany
33
38th parallel separates?
North and South Korea
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oder neisse line seperates?
Germany and Poland
35
Radcliffe line separates?
India Pakistan
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24th parallel separates?
India Pakistan, is recognised by Pakistan
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Blue Mountains is an soubriquet of?
Nilgiri hills
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City of seven Hills is soubriquet of?
Rome
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City of Golden Gate is a sobriquet of
San Francisco
40
Cockpit of Europe is a sobriquet of
Belgium
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Gate of tears is a sobriquet of
bab el mandeb Jerusalem
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Hermit kingdom is a sobriquet of
Korea
43
Island of cloves is a sobriquet of
Zanzibar
44
Land of the midnight sun?
Norway
45
Land of white elephant
Thailand
46
Land of rising sun?
Japan
47
Pillars of Hercules?
Strait of Gibraltar
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Sugar bowl of the world
Cuba
49
Windy city is a sobriquet of?
Chicago
50
What is the old name of Kozhikode
Calicut
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What is the new name of Cape Canaveral
Cape Kennedy
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What did Petrograd change to?
Lenin grad
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What did Stalingrad change to?
Volgograd
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What is the old name of Thailand
siam
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What is the old name of Istanbul?
Constantinople
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What is the old name of Ghanna
Gold Coast
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What is the old name of Netherlands
Holland
58
What is the new name of Madagascar
Malagasy
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What is the old name of Iraq
Mesopotamia
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What is the old name of Beijing
peking
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What is the old name of Burkina Faso
upper Volta 
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Black revolution?
Petroleum
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Blue revolution
Fish
64
Brown Revolution
Leather
65
Golden revolution
Honey
66
Grey revolution
Fertiliser
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Pink revolution
Onion
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Red revolution
Tomato
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Silver revolution
Egg,
70
Yellow Revolution
Oilseeds
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Saffron revolution
Solar energy
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Which is the worlds oldest deepest and largest freshwater lake?
Lake Baikal
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Where is Bandipur national Park
Karnataka
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Where is the Chingam national park?
Jammu and Kashmir
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Where is Dudhwa national Park
UP
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Where is Gir national park
Gujarat
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Where is Kanha national Park
Madhya Pradesh
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Where is Manas national Park
Assam
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Where is Mudumalai sanctuary
Tamil Nadu
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Where is Palamau Tiger reserve
Jharkhand
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Where is Pakhal wildlife century?
Telangana
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Where is Pench national Park
Madhya Pradesh
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Where is Periyar national Park
Kerala
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Where is Mahatma Gandhi national Marine Park?
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Where is Paradip Port
Odisha
86
wild ass sanctuary
Gujarat
87
Where is Tuticorin
Kerala
88
Where is Deendayal Port, Kandla
Gujarat
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Which is India’s largest port?
Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai
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Which is the largest natural port
Visakhapatnam
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Deendayal Port Is which type of port?
Tidal port
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Which is India’s first green port
Haldia
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Which is India’s first engine less train?
Train 18
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Which is the longest national Highway?
NH 44
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From where does Narmada originate
Amarkantak plateau
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Which is the only approved GM crop for commercial cultivation in India?
Cotton and soybean
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Who gave the theory of continental drift?
Alfred Wagner
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Suez Canal is between which two seas?
Mediterranean and red Sea
99
Panama Canal connects?
Atlantic and Pacific ocean
100
keil canal is bw?
London and Baltic port
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What is the name of the Russian global navigation system?
GLONASS
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What is the name of the european navigation system
Gallileo
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What is the name of the Chinese global navigation system?
COMPASS
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What is the name of the Indian global navigation system?
IRNSS, Indian regional navigation satellite system
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Which is the diary of northern Europe
Denmark
106
Emerald island
Ireland
107
Forbidden city?
Lhasa Tibet
108
Granite city
Aberdeen
109
Holy land
 Palestine Palestine
110
Island of flying fish
barbados
111
Land of the Golden pagoda
Myanmar
112
Land of lilies
Canada
113
Land of thousand lakes
Finland
114
Lady of snow
Canada
115
Playground of Europe
Switzerland
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Queen of the Arabian Sea?
Kochi
117
Roof of the world
Pamir Tibet

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