Science Quiz #627
Science and Nature Quiz for 20 January 2021
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Q1.
The Royal Navy introduced limes to the standard diet for crewmen to prevent what?
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2
Q2.
Damask is a variety of which of these?
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3
Q3.
Which description is used for some kinds of rose, mushroom and fern?
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Q4.
Which of these is a measure of the number of random ways in which a system may be arranged, often taken to be a measure of "disorder", everyday examples of which can be seen in mixing salt and pepper in a bag and melting ice?
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Q5.
The Spittal Pond Nature Reserve is a home to what critically endangered animal?
B
Euso muehlenbergi (a spider)
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Q6.
What is a Benioff, or Wadati-Benioff, zone likely to have?
C
Barren high altitude areas
D
Radiation at more than 0.75 gray (75 rad)
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Q7.
What is a lizardfish native to the waters between Mumbai and Kutch in the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the China Sea?
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