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Q:

The Most Important Ore of Aluminium is

A) Calamine B) Monazite
C) Magnetite D) Bauxite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bauxite

Explanation:
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Q:

Which country has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat  ?

A) Russia B) India
C) China D) Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) India

Explanation:

India has been unanimously elected as the President of the UN-Habitat. UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations’ Organisation (UNO) reports to the United Nations General Assembly. UN-Habitat  promotes socially and environmentally sustainable human settlements across the world. India has been elected as the President of UN-Habitat after a gap of 10 years. This is only the third time that India has been elected as the President of UN-Habitat after 2007 and 1988. The UN-Habitat was established in 1978.

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Q:

Is water a Pure substance?

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

True, Water is a Pure substance and not a mixture.


 


We know that, A mixture is when two or more substances combine physically together. You can find that the mixture retains the properties of the original components.


In water, two hydrogen atoms combine with one oxygen atom chemically, forming a new substance that has properties different from hydrogen alone or oxygen alone.


 


Therefore, water is not a mixture; it is a compound and it is pure.

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Q:

What does the Aufbau Principle state

A) Electrons will be added to an atom starting from the lowest possible level or sublevel. B) Electrons will be added to an atom only if the orbitals are different colors.
C) Electrons will be added to an atom in a random order. D) Electrons will be added to an atom in a symmetrical manner.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Electrons will be added to an atom starting from the lowest possible level or sublevel.

Explanation:

The Aufbau Principle states that in the ground state of an atom, an electron enters the orbital with lowest energy first and subsequent electrons are fed in the order of increasing energies.

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Q:

A is sister of B who is mother of C who is mother of D. E is the grand mother of D. Then how C is related to E ?

A) Sister B) Daughter
C) Mother D) Daughter-in-law
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Daughter-in-law

Explanation:

        GM    GM
A ---- B ---- E
         |
         |
         C
         |
         |
         D (Grand son or daughter)

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Q:

What has a mouth but never smiles?

Answer

A bottle has a mouth from which we used to drink water or any juice. But it cannot smile.

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Q:

The Length of the Day is determined in

A) length of the hours B) length of the year
C) astronomical units D) solar terms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) astronomical units

Explanation:

The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units.

The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. 

This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

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Q:

Write 0.125 as a percent %?

A) 12% B) 12.5%
C) 13% D) 13.5%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 12.5%

Explanation:

Here to convert 0.125 into %

First convert to fractio

Multiply and divide by 1000

=> 0.125 x 10001000 = 1251000 = 18

=> Now, in percentage18 x 100 = 12.5%

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