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Q:

To what kingdom do common bacteria belong

A) Archaea B) Protista
C) Eubacteria D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Eubacteria

Explanation:

There are two kingdoms of bacteria. They are

1. Eubacteria  and 

2. Archaea

 

The members of these two kingdoms appear similar in shape and appearance, even under the extreme magnification of the electron microscope . However, they are very different from each other in a number of molecular and biochemical aspects. It is these differences that have resulted in the microorganisms being grouped into separate kingdoms.

 

For example, eubacteria contain the rigid, stress-bearing network known as the peptidoglycan . The only exceptions are the bacteria from the genera Mycoplasma and Chlamydia. Archaebacteria do not contain peptidoglycan. Instead, they contain a different structure that is called pseudomurein.

 

The common bacteria belongs to Eubacteria kingdom.

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Q:

What is the systematic name of PbO?

A) Plumbic oxide B) Lead oxide
C) Lead(II) oxide D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lead(II) oxide

Explanation:

The systematic name for a chemical is the unique name given to it by the International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). The IUPAC name can differ from a chemical compound's general name.

 

PbO is an ionic compound since it consists of a Lead as metal and Oxygen as nonmetal. The systematic name for PbO is Lead (II) oxide. Here we need to put the (II) since lead has more than one combining capacity.

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Q:

P.V. Sindhu defeated which player in the finals to win her maiden India Open Super Series title on 2 April 2017 ?

A) Wang Yihan B) Greysia Polii
C) Sung Ji-Hyun D) Carolina Marin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Carolina Marin

Explanation:

India’s P.V. Sindhu avenged her Rio Olympic final defeat to Spain’s Carolina Marin in an emphatic style with a straight game 21-19, 21-16 win in the women’s singles final of India Open Super Series at a packed Siri Fort Sports Complex on 2 April 2017.

– It is worth mentioning that Sindhu had lost to Marin the Rio Olympic women’s singles final. But she avenged her Olympic final defeat to Marin in an imperious fashion with a straight game. This was Sindhu’s first India Open Super Series title.

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Q:

If the price of diesel increases by 25% and Karthik intends to spend only an additional 15% on diesel, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of diesel purchased ?

A) 6.67 % B) 8 %
C) 7.41 % D) 9 %
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 8 %

Explanation:

Let the price of 1 litre of diesel be Rs.x and let Karthik initially buy 'y' litres of diesel.
Therefore, he would have spent Rs. xy on diesel.

When the price of diesel increases by 25%, the new price per litre of diesel is 1.25x.

Karthik intends to increase the amount he spends on diesel by 15%.
i.e., he is willing to spend xy + 15% of xy = 1.15xy

Let the new quantity of diesel that he can get be 'q'.
Then, 1.25x x q = 1.15xy
Or q = (1.15/1.25)y = 0.92y.

As the new quantity that he can buy is 0.92y, he gets 0.08y lesser than what he used to get earlier.

Or a reduction of 8%.

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Q:

What is the smallest number of ducks that could swim in this formation - two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck between two ducks ?

A) 3 B) 5
C) 7 D) 9
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

Explanation:
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Q:

There are 1650 students in a college. The difference between the number of boys and girls in the college is 400. What is the percentage of girls in the college ?

A) 49 B) 34
C) 43 D) 38
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 38

Explanation:

Let no. of boys be 'B' and no. of girls be 'G'

Here from given data,

B + G = 1650 .....(1)

B - G = 400 .....(2)

From (1) & (2), we get

2B = 2050

=> B = 1025

=> G = 1650 - 1025 = 625

Hence, the % of girls = 625 x 100/1650

=> 38% (approx).

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Q:

Consider 5 independent Bernoulli’s trials each with probability of success p. If the probability of at least one failure is greater than or equal to 31/32 , then p lies in the interval ?

A) [1, 32] B) (0, 1)
C) [1, 1/2] D) (1, 1/2]
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) [1, 1/2]

Explanation:

Probability of atleast one failure
= 1 - no failure > 31/32
= 1 - P5 > 31/32
=  P5<1/32
= p < 1/2
Also p > 0
Hence p lies in [0,1/2].

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Q:

A Roman walks into a bar. He holds up two fingers and says 'five beers, please'.

How it is possible?

Answer

The shape of two fingers shown up will be in 'V' and it represents in Roman letters, a number 5.


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