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By definition a clade is

A) monophyletic B) polyphyletic
C) parsimonious D) paraphyletic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) monophyletic

Explanation:

A clade is a group of ancestral species and all its descendants. Hence it is a branch of one same species and so monophyletic.

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Look at the underlined part of each sentence. Below each sentence are given three possible substitutions for the underlined part. If one of them (a), (b) or (c) is better than the underlined part, indicate your response on the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter. If none of the substitutions imporves the sentence, indicate (d) as your response on the Answer Sheet.

I shall be obliged if you could grant me an interview.

A) give B) allow
C) permit D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) No improvement

Explanation:

No improvement required. Grant means to permit as a favor. As the interview will be a favor the use of Grant is correct.

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What is Stack?

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stack is portion of RAM used for saving the content of Program Counter and general purpose registers.


LIFO stacks, also known as "push down" stacks, are the conceptually simplest way of saving information in a temporary storage location for such common computer operations as mathematical expression evaluation and recursive subroutine calling.

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What has roots that nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, Yet it never grows?

Answer

A mountain is what has roots that nobody sees, Is taller than trees, Up, up it goes, Yet it never grows.


 


 

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.


Modern civilisation is completely dependent on energy, which has therefore to be abundant and also economical. About 85% of the world's energy is supplied by oil, coal and natural gas while nuclear, hydro, wind and solar power and biomass supply the rest. Coal, nuclear and hydro are used primarily to generate electricity while natural gas is widely used for heating. Biomass is used both for heating and cooking. The wind and solar power is the future's hope as they are sustainable energy sources. Oil powers almost all machines that move and that makes oil uniquely versatile. Oil powered airplanes carry 500 people across the widest oceans at nearly the speed of sound. Oil powered machines produce and transport food. Oil powered machines are ubiquitous. Clearly, we live in the age of oil but it is drawing to a close. According to data available if oil production remains constant until it's gone, there is enough to last 42 years. Oil wells will produce less as they become depleted, which will make it impossible to keep production constant. Similarly natural gas and coal will last another 61 years and 133 years respectively. Naturally, as they become scarce, they become expensive, leading to a worldwide energy crisis. If we are to survive on this planet, we have to make a transition to sustainable energy sources. The transition may be willy-nilly or planned - the choice is ours.

The dawning era of limited and expensive energy will be very difficult for everyone on earth but will be even more difficult if it is not anticipated. It is of utmost importance that the public and policymakers understand the global energy crisis and act in tandem to ensure that the species 'homo sapiens' does not become extinct.

The energy sources of the future are

A) nuclear and hydro power B) coal and natural gas
C) wind and solar power D) oil and biomass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) wind and solar power

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

What is essential to have the possibility of life on a planet?

A) Presence of atmosphere B) Presence of gravity
C) Presence of sunlight D) Presence of liquid water
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Presence of liquid water

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Radiocarbon dating technique is used to estimate the age of

A) fossils B) rocks
C) monuments D) soil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) fossils

Explanation:

Radiocarbon dating also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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The substances which reduce friction are called _________.

A) irregularities B) lubricants
C) adhesives D) viscous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) lubricants

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