CAT Questions

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Robert Brown, Scottish botanist, Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell in 1831, London. When Brown was studying orchids under microscope when he observed an opaque area, which he called the "Areola" or "Nucleus", in the cells of the flower's outer layer.

The nucleus was also described by Franz Bauer in 1804 but in detail Robert Brown made it in 1831.

Light travels Faster than Sound.

Light :

1. Light doesn't require a medium to travel.

2. It travels in the vaccum with the speed of 1,86,000 miles per second.

Sound:

1. Sound rquire a medium.

2. It travels in the Air with the speed of 340 meters per second.

3. It travels Faster in Water than in Air.

4. It travels Faster in Steel than in Water. 

PFD's : Personal Flotation Devices (life jackets).

It is a legal requirement for a PFD to

1. Must be in good, serviceable condition 

2. PFDs must be properly sized for the intended wearer.

3. Sizing for PFDs is based on body weight and chest size.

Thiruvananthapuram also known as Trivandrum, is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Kerala is named after the snake Anantha of Lord Vishnu.

We know that, the nucleotide in DNA is of the form deoxyribose + phosphate group + polymerase.

Hence, Deoxyribose + Phosphate Group + Thymine is the only option in that form of nucleotide in DNA.

Kolkata Metro Rail is the first metro rail operating since 1984 in India.

Siphon is a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length by which a liquid can be transferred from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of it.

Siphon will fail to work if, the level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height.

Let C.P.= Rs. 100.
Then, Profit = Rs. 320,
S.P. = Rs. 420.

New C.P. = 125% of Rs. 100 = Rs. 125
New S.P. = Rs. 420.

Profit = Rs. (420 - 125) = Rs. 295

Required percentage = (295/420) * 100
= 70%(approx)