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Which of the following organisms perform waggle dance for others of their kin to indicate the direction and the distance to a source of their food?

(a) Butterflies
(b) Dragonflies
(c) Honeybees
(d) Wasps
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Answer: (c) Honeybees

Consider the following countries :

  1. Bulgaria
  2. Czech Republic
  3. Hungary
  4. Latvia
  5. Lithuania
  6. Romania

How many of the above-mentioned countries share a land border with Ukraine?

(a) Only two
(b) Only three
(c) Only four
(d) Only five
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Answer: (a) Only two

Consider the following pairs : Regions often mentioned in news

  1. North Kivu and Ituri : War between Armenia and Azerbaijan
  2. Nagorno-Karabakh : Insurgency in Mozambique
  3. Kherson and Zaporizhzhia : Dispute between Israel and Lebanon

Reason for being in news

How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?

(a) Only one
(b) Only two
(c) All three
(d) None
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Answer: (d) None