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A 1-h rainfall of 10 cm magnitude at a station has a return period of 50 years. The probability that a 1-h rainfall of magnitude 10 cm or more will occur in each of two successive years is:
A
0.04
B
0.2
C
0.02
D
0.0004

Correct : d

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