GK VIII-E - Chapter 24 and 25

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General knowledgeSecondary EducationAge 13

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How's your mood today?
(Hope that it's not bad)

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World's Best Shopping Streets

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Identify.
A
Fifth Avenue, New York
B
Bond street, London

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Where is Rodeo Drive located?
A
Italy
B
Australia
C
London
D
Los Angeles

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Identify
A
Avenue Montaigne, Paris
B
Bond street, London
C
Bahnhofstrasse, Zurich

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Where is Avenue Montaigne located?
A
Spain
B
Paris
C
Switzerland

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Identify.
A
Ginza, Japan
B
Bond street, London
C
Calle Serrano, Madrid
D
Via Montenapoleone, Milan

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Identify.
A
Rodeo Drive, Los Angeles
B
Khan market, Delhi
C
Bond Street, London
D
Stroget, Denmark

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Strøget, Denmark

Ginza, Japan

PC Hooftstraat, Netherlands

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Khan Market

Khan market in Delhi is rated as the world 21st most expensive shopping street. It is the most expensive shopping street in India.

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Incredible Laboratories on the Earth

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NOAA Aquarius Reef Base, Florida, USA
  • It is an underwater laboratory.
  • It is about 18 m below the water surface.
  • It conducts a variety of experiments to study the ecology of the reef and prepare astronauts for the weightlessness and solitude of the outer space.

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The Pyramid Laboratory, Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
  • It is the world's highest terrestrial laboratory.
  • It is located 5079 m (approx) above sea level at the base of Mount Everest.
  • It is a three-story high, pyramid-shaped laboratory and observatory made up of glass, steel, and aluminum.
  • it conducts a variety of experiments across subjects like geography, climate, human physiology and environment.

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SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
  • It is the world's deepest underground laboratory.
  • It is located inside a nickel mine which is 2 km deep. The laboratory has been built in 5000 sq m of space below the ground.
  • A variety of experiments in the fields of geophysics and seismology are conducted here

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Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, New York, USA
  • It is the world's highest temperature-producing laboratory.
  • In February 2010, this laboratory produced a temperature of 4 trillion degrees celcius (nearly 250,000 times greater than the heat at the Sun's centre).
  • This temperature, the highest ever created by humans, was achieved by colliding gold ions at a very high speed (almost the speed of light).
  • This laboratory conducts a variety of experiments to know how the Earth was formed.

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International Space Station, Outer Space
  • It is the world's highest altitude laboratory.
  • It orbits the Earth at an orbital altitude, ranging from 330 km to 435 km, with an average speed of about 28,000 km/h.
  •  It is 239 feet long and 356 feet wide.
  • A variety of experiments in various fields like human Biology, Meteorology, Physics and Astronomy are conducted here.
  • Astronauts from 15 different countries have visited this giant moving laboratory since November 2000.

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Tongue Twister Time

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Let's spin the wheel

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Biosphere 2
Biosphere 2 is the World's Biggest Earth Science Lab located in Oracle, Arizona, United States. It is built to recreate the Earth's ecosystem artificially in a closed environment to help people to be able to live in space for an extended period of time.

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