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When is genetic drift a major factor in evolution?

A) When there is male competition B) When there is artificial selection
C) When there is no selective pressure D) When there is disruptiveselection
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) When there is no selective pressure

Explanation:

Genetic drift or allelic drift is the change in the relative frequency in which a gene variant (allele) occurs in a population due to random sampling and chance.

 

When is genetic drift a major factor in evolution is

* When there is low gene flow.

* When there is no selective pressure.

* When there is a bottleneck.

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Q:

An olfactory stimulus travels from receptor to

A) amygdala B) pons
C) olfactory bulb D) thalamus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) olfactory bulb

Explanation:

The olfactory system is the only system in which the receptors send their signal directly to the higher brain and bypass the thalamus, which normally acts as a filter for the processes of the lower brain.

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Q:

The walled city of Old Delhi was originally named after who of the following Empereors ?

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

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Which is the first news paper in India?

A) Peking Gazette B) Kashmir Times
C) Dainik Jagran D) Bengal Gazette
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bengal Gazette

Explanation:

Hicky's Bengal Gazette was the first English-language newspaper and the first printed newspaper to be published in both the Indian sub-continent and in Asia. James Augustus Hicky, an Irishman started this in 1780.

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Q:

Currency of Peru is

A) Chilean Peso B) Euro
C) Sol D) Dollar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sol

Explanation:

Peru is a country in South America. Lima is the capital city of Peru. Sol is the currency of Peru.

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Rickets is caused due to the deficiency of

A) Carotene B) Cyanocobalamine
C) Thiamine D) Calciferol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Calciferol

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Q:

Indian captain Virat Kohli became the first captain to hit six double centuries in Test cricket. He has surpassed -

A) Steve Smith B) Brian Lara
C) Michael Clarke D) Don Bradman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brian Lara

Explanation:

Virat Kohli surpasses Brian Lara with sixth Test double hundred as captain.

After reaching the milestone, Virat Kohli became the first captain to score six double tons in Test cricket. He has also become the first player to score six double centuries in just a span of 17 months. He also became the second Indian to score back-to-back double centuries, only after Vinod Kambli.

Apart from him, the only other cricketers who have scored back-to-back double Test tons are Wally Hammond, Don Bradman, Kambli, Kumar Sangakkara and Michael Clarke.

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Q:

I am whole but incomplete. I have no eyes, yet I see. You can see, and see right through me. My largest part is one fourth of what I once was.

What am I?

Answer

A Skeleton is what is whole but incomplete, have no eyes, yet can see. We can see, and see right through it. The largest part is one fourth of what it once was i.e body.

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