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• The Bosphorus Strait is a narrow natural waterway in Turkey.
• It connects the Black Sea with the Sea of Marmara.
• It is the forming part of the boundary between Europe and Asia.
• Strategically important for international shipping and naval routes.

Additional information:

• Length: ~30 km
• Width: 700 m – 3.7 km
• Maximum depth: ~110 m
• Number of bridges across: 3
• Number of tunnels (undersea): 2

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• Cotton grows best in black soil which is rich in nutrients and retains moisture.
• Requires a frost-free climate for proper growth and fiber development.
• Black soil is also called Regur soil in India and Pakistan.

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• Feldspar is the most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust.
• It is found in almost all types of rocks (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic).
• It makes up about 60% of the Earth’s crust.

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• In human comfort terms, temperature above 37°C is generally considered hot weather.
• 37°C is also close to normal human body temperature, so higher values feel uncomfortable.
• In many regions, temperatures above this level indicate heat stress conditions.

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• The passage links mental health → self-respect → earning respect → treating others morally.
• Therefore, mentally healthy people must treat those they esteem morally to maintain self-respect.

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Passage: Six flowers Jasmine, Lilly, Pansy, Rose, Sunflower and Tulip must each be scheduled for examination by a research team. The flowers are to be examined one at a time in six consecutive time slots on the same day according to the following conditions:

Pansy cannot be examined Immediately before or Immediately after Rose.

Lilly must be examined Immediately before Tulip.

Jasmine must be examined fourth.

1. Which of the following is an acceptable examination schedule for the flowers in order from first examined to last examined? Rose, Sunflower, Pansy, Jasmine, Lilly, Tulip

2. If Lilly is examined second, which of the following must be true? Sunflower is examined at some time after Jasmine.

3. Rose can be examined in any of the following time slots EXCEPT? Second

4. If Lilly is examined first, Sunflower must be examined? Immediately before Jasmine

5. If Rose is examined sixth, which of the following is a complete and accurate list of the time slots any one of which could be the time slot in which Pansy is examined? First, third

6. If Tulip is examined at some time before Pansy is examined, Lilly can be examined? At some time after Pansy

7. If both Pansy and Sunflower are examined at some time after Jasmine is examined, Rose must be examined? First or else third

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Passage: A poem book is going to be printed for kids of nursery class; exactly six different poems will appear in the book. Three of the poems F, H and L are by the poetess Sara, and the other three poems R, S and T are by the poet Saad. Each poem will appear exactly once in the issue and a poem must appear on each of the pages 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 and 35. The order in which the poems appear in the book will be governed by the following conditions:

The poems on pages 10, 20 and 30 must all be by the same poet.

H must precede T.

R must precede L.

1. Which of the following is an acceptable order, first to last, in which the poems can appear in the book? R, H

2. L could appear on any of the following pages EXCEPT? 25

3. If S appears on page 15, which of the following poems must appear on page 25? R

4. If a poem by Sara appears on page 10, which of the following is a pair of poems either of which could appear on page 35? F and L

5. If F and S appear on pages 30 and 35, respectively, which of the following is a pair of poems that must appear on pages 10 and 15, respectively? L and R

6. If T appears on page 15, F must appear on which of the following pages? 20

7. If H appears on page 25, which of the following is a complete and accurate list of all the poems any one of which could appear on page 20? T

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• A taxonomist’s work is to classify organisms.
• Similarly, a doctor’s work is related to medicine, showing a profession-to-field relationship.

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• Bridge is a game played with cards, showing the relationship of an activity to its primary tool.
• Similarly, an image is seen in a mirror, showing the object-to-medium relationship.

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