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Q:

Who synthesized the first wholly artificial gene?

A) Har Gobind Khorana B) Alexander Markham
C) Herbert Boyer D) J.J. Thompson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Har Gobind Khorana

Explanation:

The first wholly artificial gene was synthesized by Har Gobind Khorana.

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Q:

Support staff in the office of the president include

A) Repoters B) Cabinet members
C) Administrators D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Administrators

Explanation:

Support staff in the office of the president include Administrators.

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Q:

Sachin Tendulkar hit his 100th international century against which among the following team?

A) Bangladesh B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka D) England
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bangladesh

Explanation:
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Q:

Which of the following is the tallest building in the world?

A) Shanghai Tower B) Burj Khalifa
C) Kingdom Clock Tower D) Wuhan Greenland Center
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Burj Khalifa

Explanation:

The 828-metre (2,717 ft) tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai has been the tallest building since 2008.

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Q:

Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean?

Answer

Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis.


Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.

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Q:

The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committe of Parliament is appointed by the 

A) Prime Minister B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) President D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Explanation:

Though this is essentially a Committee of the House of the people (Having 15 members from that house), by an agreement between the two houses, 7 members from the other Houses are also associated with this committee, in order to strengthen it.

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Q:

In Germany the Mittle Land Canal runs from the 

A) Elbe to the Wesser B) Rhine to the Wesser
C) Order to the Elbe D) Rhine to the Order
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rhine to the Order

Explanation:

In Germany an important system of canals has been built in the low lying land between the Baltic Heights and the mountains in the southern part of the country. The Channels cut by these Ice-age rivers and later abandoned, have made it comparatively easy to join up the present river by canals which assist considerably in the movement of heavy goods in the north German Plain

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Q:

Exerts a force on anything that has an electric charge

A) Electric field B) Electrostatic force
C) Inductive field D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Electric field

Explanation:
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