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Which newspaper claims to carry "all the news that is fit to print"?

Answer

The New York Times

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The Survey of India was established in

A) 1851 B) 1767
C) 1857 D) 1771
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1767

Explanation:

The National Survey and Mapping Organization of the country under the Department of Science & Technology is The Survey of India. It was founded by The East India Company in the year 1767, head quartered in Dehradun.

 

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The East India Company appointed James Rennell to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767.

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Who Invented Piano ?

A) Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco B) Ruth Graves Wakefield
C) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick D) Jacques Cousteau
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco

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'Suez Canal'  was designed by 

A) Ferdinand de Lesseps B) Le Corbusier
C) John Napier D) Verroned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ferdinand de Lesseps

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In general, which is the cause of a sea breeze?

A) Pressure B) Specific heat
C) Heat D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Specific heat

Explanation:

The usual cause of sea breeze is the difference in specific heat capacity between land and water Land heats and cools more quickly than water.

 

What is the cause of a sea breeze?

The air over the land is warmed and rises, to a greater temperature than that over the sea. This produces a convection current, with cooler air flowing in from over the sea to replace that rising from the land. At night the land cools more than the sea, so the action reverses to produce a land-breeze, blowing off the land.

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In March 2017, Cyclone 'Debbie' with winds in excess of 120 mph, strikes which country ?

A) Japan B) Australia
C) China D) Germany
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australia

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Jewar airport is proposed to be developed in which state ? 

A) Madhya Pradesh B) Uttarakhand
C) Punjab D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uttar Pradesh

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A disaccharide is formed by the chemical bonding of

A) two monosaccharides B) two polysaccharides
C) one monosaccharide and one polysaccharide D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) two monosaccharides

Explanation:

Disaccharides are formed when two monosaccharides join together by the dehydration synthesis reaction resulting in a glycosidic bond between the two monosaccharide molecules. The reaction produces water as a side product.

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