General Knowledge Questions

Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States and one of the most feared diseases in the world during the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Formerly known as Consumption diseases because many types of lung diseases were lumped under the term 'consumption'. Lung cancer and bronchitis were examples.

Carbohydrates are also called as saccharides are molecular compounds made from just three elements:

carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

Carbohydrates are:

* a source of energy for the body e.g. glucose and a store of energy, e.g. starch in plants

* building blocks for polysaccharides (giant carbohydrates), e.g. cellulose in plants and glycogen in the human body

* components of other molecules eg DNA, RNA, glycolipids, glycoproteins, ATP

Types:

1. Monosaccharides (e.g. glucose) and

2. Disaccharides (e.g. sucrose) are relatively small molecules. They are often called sugars.

3. Other carbohydrate molecules are very large called Polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose.

According to a Report by analyst firm Canalys, India has become the second largest smartphone market in the world.

Each model of a computer has a unique machine language.

Proteins are long chains of Amino acids. That is in brief, Amino acids are the monomers of Proteins. Amino acids are compounds which contain both an amino group and a carboxylic group. Proteins are made up of 20 essential amino acids.

Monomer means a small molecule of an organic substance i.e, building block in general.