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Most water is lost daily via the

A) skin B) kidneys
C) mouth D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) kidneys

Explanation:

Most of the water in the body will be lost by kidneys in the form of urine.

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Q:

The biogenetic law was proposed by

A) Alfred Russel Wallace B) Charles Darwin
C) Ernst von Haeckel D) Lamarck
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ernst von Haeckel

Explanation:

The biogenetic law states that ontogeny (study of development) repeats phylogeny (origin from previous group of racial history), The young one of the frog namely the tadpole is like a fish cosidered to be ancestral to frog.

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' Samjhauta Express ' runs between which of the following two stations

A) New Delhi - Wagah B) New Delhi - Lahore
C) Amritsar - Wagah D) Amritsar - Lahore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) New Delhi - Lahore

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Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 Jnanpith Award ?

A) Ravuri Bharadwaja B) Shankha Ghosh
C) Kedarnath Singh D) Chandrashekara Kambara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shankha Ghosh

Explanation:

Shankha Ghosh, the outstanding Bengali writer, commentator and academician, has been chosen for the prestigious 52nd version of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by the Government of India (GoI) for his lovely phrase and tries different things with different beautiful structures check his significance as an imaginative ability.The Jnanpith Award is presented every year to a literary figure for their outstanding contribution in literature. The honor conveys a reference, prize cash of Rs. 12 lakh and a bronze imitation of Goddess Saraswati.He turned into the sixth Bengali creator to win India's most astounding artistic honor after Mahasweta Devi, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Bishnu Dey.

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Which among the following is a system call used for process management

A) fork() B) exec()
C) getppid() D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

All the above listed are the System calls for process management

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Q:

A narrow strip of land connecting two large land masses is known as 

A) Strait B) Isthmus
C) Headland D) Bay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Isthmus

Explanation:

Isthmus of panama and Isthmus of Suez are well known examples

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Q:

The 'Neticket' scheme, which allows a passenger to fly without ever visiting a reservation counter has been introduced by :

A) Jet Airwaya B) Sahara Air
C) Indian Airlines D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Indian Airlines

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Q:

The first session of the Constitutional Assembly was held on

A) Nov 26, 1946 B) Dec 9, 1946
C) Aug 16, 1947 D) Jan 26, 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dec 9, 1946

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