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  • How many Species go Extinct Every Day?


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  • About 150 - 200 species of plant, insect, bird and mammal become extinct every day or 24 hrs This is not an accurate but an estimation by UN Convention on Biological Diversity and Global Extinction Rates It is also said that current extinctions were 'up to 100 times higher than the background rate' 

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    • 1. What 'game' was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

    • Options
    • A. Frisbee
    • B. Monopoly
    • C. Ouija board
    • D. Ping Pong
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    • 2. The moon orbits the earth at a mean distance approximately

    • Options
    • A. 0.384 million km
    • B. 149.6 million km
    • C. 579 million km
    • D. 227.9 million km
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    • 3. The monomer of polythene is

    • Options
    • A. vinyl chloride
    • B. ethylene
    • C. ethyl alcohol
    • D. None of the above
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    • 4. The most densely populated country of Africa is

    • Options
    • A. Mauritius
    • B. Rwanda
    • C. Burundi
    • D. Sierra Leone
      • Discuss
    • 5. RAM stands for...

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    • A. Random Access Memory
    • B. Really Annoying Machine
    • C. Read A Manual
    • D. Real Absolute Memory
      • Discuss
    • 6. The International Court of Justice is located at

    • Options
    • A. Geneva
    • B. Hague
    • C. Amsterdam
    • D. Vienna
      • Discuss
    • 7. Galvanised iron sheets have a coating of

    • Options
    • A. lead
    • B. chromium
    • C. zinc
    • D. tin
      • Discuss
    • 8. Mach number is used in connection with the speed of

    • Options
    • A. sound
    • B. aircraft
    • C. spacecraft
    • D. ships
      • Discuss
    • 9. The river Jordan drains into the

    • Options
    • A. Dead Sea
    • B. Adriatic Garden
    • C. Gulf of Suez
    • D. Resaca Garden
      • Discuss
    • 10. How many banks were nationalized in 1969?


    • Options
    • A. 16
    • B. 14
    • C. 15
    • D. 20
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