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The brain is covered by

A) meninges B) skin
C) bone D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) all the above

Explanation:

The central nervous system ( brain and spinal card ) are invested with the meninges which nourish and protect the system .This again is enclosed inside a bony box which has the skin above it

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Chloroform used as anaesthetic should be preserved in the dark in tightly stoppered bottles because otherwise

A) it becomes coloured B) it gets evaporated in air
C) it gets oxidised to phosgene D) it gets decomposed to chloropicrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it gets oxidised to phosgene

Explanation:

Chloroform, CHCl3 is easily oxidised to the highly poisonous gas known as phosgene or carbonyl chloride COCl2. Hence if it is used as anaesthetic it should be kept free from sunlight and air.

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Which memory management technique involves dividing the memory into fixed sized blocks ?

A) Paging B) Scaling
C) Whiping D) Tracking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paging

Explanation:

Paging is a memory management technique in which process address space is broken into blocks of the same size called pages.

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Who has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious "Von Hippel Award" ?

A) Charles Lieber B) Marvin Cohen
C) C.N.R Rao D) Stuart Parkin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C.N.R Rao

Explanation:

The Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society's highest honor, recognizes those qualities most prized by materials scientists and engineers—brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines. The Von Hippel Award is named after Arthur von Hippel (1898-2003), who was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, semiconductors, ferromagnetics and ferroelectrics.

Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R. Rao was awarded 2017 Von Hippel Award. He is first Indian and first Asian to win this honour. The award will be presented to Prof Rao for his interdisciplinary contributions to development of novel functional materials, including nanomaterials, graphene, superconductivity, 2D materials and colossal magnetoresistance at Boston in November 2017.

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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

Explanation:

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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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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The kilo calories of energy released from one gram of fats is

A) 5.49 B) 4.59
C) 9.45 D) 9.54
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 9.45

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How many languages are contained in the  VIIIth schedule of the Indian Constitution?

A) 18 B) 22
C) 16 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 22

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