Bagram Air Base is located in
- A.Turkey
- B.Pakistan
- C.Afghanistan
- D.Israel
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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Afghanistan. Bagram Air Base lies in Parwan province of Afghanistan, about 60 km north of the capital Kabul. The airfield was first built in the 1950s and was used by Soviet forces during their war in Afghanistan in the 1980s. After 2001 it became the largest base of the United States and NATO forces in the country, with a long runway able to take heavy transport aircraft. American forces left Bagram in July 2021, shortly before the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, which is why the base was in the news when this question was set. Option A is wrong because Turkey's best-known air base used by NATO is Incirlik, near Adana. Option B is wrong because Pakistan's air bases include Sargodha and Peshawar, not Bagram. Option D is wrong because Israel's air bases include Nevatim and Ramat David. Exam tip: Bagram, Parwan province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan; US forces left in July 2021.
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- B.Syzygy conjunction causes solar eclipse.
- C.Syzygy opposition causes lunar eclipse.
- D.Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.
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- B.Higher sucrose content
- C.Long crushing season
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Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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- B.Endogenetic process
- C.Diastrophism
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