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340. Fact
Sidereal day
Time taken by the earth to rotate once round its axis.

341. Fact
Snow line
Altitudinal line along which the area remains snow clad.

342. Fact
Spring tides
Higher tides in the ocean caused by the sun and the moon together. When the sun, the earth and the moon are positioned in a straight line.

343. Fact
Neap tides
Tides caused by the differences of the forces exerted by the moon and the sun when both are at right angles to each other.

344. Fact
Tornado
A brisk and violent storm generally having rotator motion.

345. Fact
Tundras
Peripheral area of arctic ocean.

346. Fact
Tycoon
Violent hurricane in china sea.

347. Fact
Weather satellite
Artificial satellite designed to forecast weather.

348. Fact
Westerlies
Constant winds blowing from south-west in the northern hemisphere and north-west in south hemisphere.

349. Fact
Arbitration
Referring dispute to disinterested party called arbitrator for decision, which will be binding.

350. Fact
Annuity
Payment of a fixed amount periodically for a limited time. It is an investment on which the owner receives not only interest on his money but also return of his capital.

351. Fact
Balance of trade
The difference between the value of imports and exports. It is favourable when the value of exported goods exceeds the value of imported goods. If it is reverse balance is unfavourable.

352. Fact
Balance sheet
Statements of accounts, generally os a business house prepared at the end of a year, showing debits and credits under broad heads, in order to find out the profit and loss positions in the outgoing year.

353. Fact
Barter
Exchange of commodity with other commodities without the interface of any form of currency.

354. Fact
Bond
Document by which a government, a company or a person agrees to pay a sum of money in a certain time.

355. Fact
Budget
Annual estimate of expenditure and revenue of a country or a subordinate authority like a corporation.

356. Fact
Bill of exchange
Written order by a drawer to pay sum on given date ot named payee.

357. Fact
Buyer's market
An economic phenomenon where there are more goods in market than demanded and so the buyers can dictate the prices of goods.

358. Fact
Clearing house
Place where officials of the banks meet daily to exchange cheques drawn on the respective banks and settle the account by the payment of balances only.

359. Fact
Cooperative farming
Joint farming wherein farmers pool their land, capital and resources and divide the produce at the end of the harvest in proportion to their land put in the pool. The farmers retain their proprietary rights.

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