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Who invented ECG?

A) Hans Berger B) Einthoven
C) G. Bist D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Einthoven

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Who was the first cricketer to take all wickets in a test innings?

A) Curtly Ambrose B) Jimmy Mathews
C) Jim Laker D) Anil Kumble
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jim Laker

Explanation:

Jim Laker was the first player to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings. Ten for 53 in the Australians 2nd innings of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 1956.

 

The only other bowler to achieve the feat is India's Anil Kumble, who took ten for 74 at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla against Pakistan in 1999.

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Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

 

A) To drain water away from the tracks, railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in which there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage from the tracks. B) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed in which there is usually a bed of rock and gravel that results in the fast drainage from the tracks.
C) A bed of rock and gravel, called the railroad bed, is designed similar to a road bed to drain water away from the tracks. D) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed to drain water apart from the tracks, so there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage away from the tracks.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Railroad beds, like road beds, are designed to drain water apart from the tracks, so there is usually a bed of rock and gravel resulting in fast drainage away from the tracks.

Explanation:

‘apart’ is incorrect after ‘to drain water’

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

backseat driver

A) A person who keeps giving advice to others for things that they are not responsible B) The one who is sitting in the back seat behaves like a boss
C) The real power lies in the hands of those who control the strings D) The puppet dances to the actions of the puppeteer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A person who keeps giving advice to others for things that they are not responsible

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Which year was declared as the National Mathematical Year as a tribute to Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?

A) 2012 B) 2013
C) 2011 D) 2010
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2012

Explanation:

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

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Q:

Hormone that helps regulate calcium balance

A) endocrine B) parathyroid
C) pancreas D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) parathyroid

Explanation:

PTH - Parathyroid hormone which balances calcium levels if they are low.

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Q:

The solubility of a gas in a liquid is

A) increased with increasing pressure B) decreased with increasing temperature
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

The solubility of a gas in a liquid is directly and inversely proportional to pressure and temperature respectively.

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Q:

The energy associated with motion is called

A) Potential energy B) Kinetic energy
C) Both A & B D) Stored energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kinetic energy

Explanation:

Energy can be either potential or kinetic. The energy associated with motion is called Kinetic energy and similarly, the energy associated with position is called Potential energy.

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