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Q:

Drowsiness affects your senses especially your

A) vision B) hear
C) smell D) taste
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) vision

Explanation:

Drowsiness is the state of feeling sleepyness and tired in the day time. It affects our senses especially the sense of vision.

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Q:

Who invented Dynamite?

A) Graham Bell B) Nikola Tesla
C) Alfred Nobel D) Louis Pateur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alfred Nobel

Explanation:

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. Known for inventing Dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.

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Q:

The firm which leads the list of 54 indian firms in the recently released Forbes 'Global 2000' list

Answer

Reliance Industries 

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Who is the auther of the book Atal Ji Ne Kaha?

A) Brijendra Rehi B) Sushwanth
C) Raj singh D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brijendra Rehi

Explanation:
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Q:

When was the Internet available to the Public?

A) 1970 B) 1980
C) 1990 D) 2000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1990

Explanation:

Internet service providers (ISP's) emerged in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.

By 1995, the Internet was fully commercialized in the U.S., when the NSFNet was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.

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Q:

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Madison D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal lenses and he was the first to wear bifocal lenses. He did not produce them himself but instead had some optician in London or France make them for him to overcome Presbyopia, a condition that Franklin suffered. He was tired switching between lenses for far and near sightedness. And that resulted in inventing Bifocal Lenses.

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Q:

Whom the Greeks refered to as Amitraghata?

A) Chandragupta Maurya B) Bimbisara
C) Bindusara D) Vasudeva
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bindusara

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Q:

Moti Masjid in Red fort was constructed by

A) Humayun B) Aurangzeb
C) Akbar D) Jahangir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aurangzeb

Explanation:

Moti Masjid was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb from 1659-1660. The Moti Masjid is a white marble mosque inside the Red Fort complex in Delhi, India.

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