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The first Indian to receive the U Thant award for cultural understanding was

A) Jawaharlal Nehru B) Indira Gandhi
C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Acharya Vinoba Bhave

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Q:

Oval stadium in England is associated with

A) polo B) Cricket
C) Hockey D) Football
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cricket

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Q:

How many electrons are there in Na+

A) 1 B) 10
C) 11 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 10

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The prices at which the government purchases food grains for maintaining the Public Distribution system (PDS) and for building up buffer - stock is known as :

A) minimum support prices B) procurement prices
C) issue prices D) ceiling prices
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) procurement prices

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Q:

Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific ___ on the web.

A) Link B) Web browser
C) PDA D) Web site
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Web site

Explanation:

Website address is a unique name that identifies a specific web site on the web.

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Q:

Gondwana coalfields are found in

A) Assam B) Madhya Pradesh
C) Meghalaya D) Jammu & Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Madhya Pradesh

Explanation:

Nearly 95% of india's coal is from the Gondwana formation (which is in the Satpuras) and is found in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh. Tertiary variety is found in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, and Jammu and Kashmir, Lingite reserves occur in Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu.

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Q:

Mirage is an example of

A) Reflection of light & Refraction of light B) Dispersion of light
C) Total Internal Reflection D) Refraction of light & Total Internal Reflection of light
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Refraction of light & Total Internal Reflection of light

Explanation:

A Mirage is a naturally occurring optical phenomenon in which light rays bend to produce a displaced image of distant objects or the sky.




      • It is caused due to Total internal Reflection.

 

      • It is an optical illusion observed in deserts or hot summer days due to which a person sees a pond of water some distance ahead of him in which the surrounding objects appear inverted.

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How Mirage Forms::

 

1. The temperature of other layers of atmosphere goes on decreasing as we go up.
2. Therefore density and refractive index of air changes as one goes up.
3. Thus a ray of light,gets refracted more and more away from the normal.
4. At a particular angle when a ray of light exceeds critical angle, total internal reflection takes place and ray of light gets reflected in the same medium.
5. when the reflected ray reaches our eye, it appears as coming from tree or sky .
6. Hence the inverted image of tree creates an impression from a pond of water.

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Q:

Who was first president of BCCI

A) R.E. Grant Govan B) Dr. Maharajkumar Sir Vijaya Ananda
C) Sikandar Hyat Khan D) Anthony S.D'Mello
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) R.E. Grant Govan

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