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Excessive use of which ofthe following fertilizers may be responsible for the presence of a toxic substance in groundwater?

A) Nitrogen B) Phosphate only
C) Potassium only D) Phosphate and potassium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nitrogen

Explanation:

Excessive use of nitrate including manure may be responsible forthe presence of toxic substance in groundwater. Phosphate can also enter the groundwater via excessive use of fertilizers. High application rates of nitrogen containing fertilizers combined with the high-water solubility of nitrate, leads to increased runoff into surface water as well as leaching into groundwater, thereby causing groundwater pollution.

Only a fraction of the nitrogen-based fertilizers, is converted to produce and other plant matter. Nitrate pollution in groundwater comes from pit latrines, it can cause blue baby syndrome.

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The kidneys are stimulated to produce renin

A) when the pH of the urine decreases B) when the specific gravity of urine rises above 1.10
C) when the peritubular capillaries are dilated D) by a decrease in the blood pressure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) by a decrease in the blood pressure

Explanation:

The kidneys are stimulated to produce renin by a decrease in the blood pressure.

 

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The renin-angiotensin system or RAS regulates blood pressure and fluid balance in the body. When blood volume or sodium levels in the body are low, or blood potassium is high, cells in the kidney release the enzyme, renin. Renin's primary function is therefore to eventually cause an increase in blood pressure, leading to restoration of perfusion pressure in the kidneys.

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What is a zombie?

Answer

When a program forks and the child finishes before the parent, the kernel still keeps some of its information about the child in case the parent might need it – for example, the parent may need to check the child’s exit status. To be able to get this information, the parent calls `wait()’; In the interval between the child terminating and the parent calling `wait()’, the child is said to be a `zombie’ (If you do `ps’, the child will have a `Z’ in its status field to indicate this.)

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Q:

I can grow quickly and I can die slowly, I can be a terrible pain or a comfort and joy. You never find me all by myself. What am I?

Answer

A relationship.

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Which State is the "most corrupt state" According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)?

A) Manipur B) Maharashtra
C) Himachal Pradesh D) Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Maharashtra

Explanation:
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Which statement best describes an igneous intrusion?

A) Igneous intrusion for when ice crystals splash into lava B) Magma is injected into surrounding rock forming an igneous intrusive
C) Magma is exported to an open area and forms iron D) Magma explodes to the surface and forms a smooth outer layer of rock
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Magma is injected into surrounding rock forming an igneous intrusive

Explanation:

Magma is injected into surrounding rock forming an igneous intrusive.

 

Actually it is a plutonic formation in which magma present beneath Earth surface deforms the shape of rocks present above it
 

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The term aerotolerant anaerobe refers to an organism that

A) uses oxygen or grows without oxygen. B) requires more oxygen than is present in air.
C) does not use oxygen but tolerates it. D) requires less oxygen than is present in air.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) does not use oxygen but tolerates it.

Explanation:
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A man and his son are in a terrible accident and are rushed to the hospital in critical care. The doctor looks at the boy and exclaims "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son!" How could this be?

Answer

This is only possible when that doctor is boy's mother.

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