Amritsar and Shimla are almost on the same latitude, but their climate difference is due to

Amritsar and Shimla have the same latitude yet Shimla is cooler than Amritsar because it ________

A

Lies north of Amritsar

B

Comes under the influence of cold winds

C

Is at a higher elevation

D

Receives a lot of snow

(i) What is global warming? How global warming affects the rapid change of climate? (ii) What are the bad impacts of climate change? (iii) How climate change affects the environment of Bangladesh (iv) How global warming can be minimized (v) What should be the role of students to protect the environment.

A

(i) Global warming is the main natural reason and using harmful chemicals in everyday life the main reason created by men. The climate is changing rapidly that result in the rise of the earth's average temperature

B

(ii) Climate change impacts include floods, cyclones, storm surges and drought, ice sheets melting which will seriously affect the agriculture and livelihood especially at the poor.

C

(iii) Bangladesh is one of the largest deltas in the world which is highly vulnerable to Natural Disasters because of its Geographical location, Fiat and low-lying landscape, Population density, Poverty, Illiteracy, Lack of Institutional setup, etc.

D

(iv) To reduce the bad impact of climate change people should be aware of. Tree plantation can reduce global warming which is the main natural reason for climate change. Stop using harmful chemicals can reduce environmental pollution which is the main man

E

(v) Students should be careful to protect the environment and raise awareness. Thus the students can play a vital role to reduce bad impact of climate changes.

A double acting reciprocating pump compared to a single acting pump (of almost same size working under same pressure levels) would give almost double

A

Head

B

Discharge

C

Efficiency

D

None of these

Which among the following pairs of places have most marked difference in total rainfall per annum even though located approximately along the same latitude?

A

Bengaluru and Chennai

B

Mumbai and Visakhapatnam

C

Ajmer and Shillong

D

Nagpur and Kolkata

When almost all the elevated portions are worn down by river erosion reducing an area to almost a plain region, it is termed as

A

Fanplain

B

Panplain

C

Pediplain

D

Peneplain

India's latitudinal and longitudinal extent measured in degrees are almost the same, but its north-south extent measured in km is greater than its east-west extent. This is due to the fact that

A

Longitudes are not parallel lines

B

The distance between latitudes remains the same but the distance between longitudes is greatest at the Equator and nil at the poles where all longitudes join

C

All longitudes with their opposites form great circles

D

The earth is not a perfect sphere

The length of a parallel of λ latitude between two meridians is equal to difference in longitudes multiplied by

A

sin λ

B

cos λ

C

tan λ

D

cot λ

Who among the following Sikh Gurus had laid the foundation of Amritsar?

A

Guru Amar Das

B

Guru Ram Das

C

Guru Arjan Dev

D

Guru Har Govind

Akbar granted the present site of Amritsar to the Sikh Guru

A

Amar Das

B

Angad

C

Ram Das

D

Arjan

Jallianwala Bagh Massacre in Amritsar took place on :

A

March 13, 1919

B

April 13, 1919

C

May 13, 1919

D

June 13, 1919

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