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In 1948 , in which former princely state in west India was a referendum held when the people decided to join the Indian Union?

Answer

Junagadh

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The term fourth estate is used in reference to

A) The executive B) Parliament
C) Judiciary D) The Press and newspaper
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The Press and newspaper

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Which day is the World Press freedom day ?

Answer

3 May

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What is the name of a 12-year-old Indian-origin boy who has been crowned as the UK's 'child genius' in a popular television quiz competition ?

A) Rahul Doshi B) Anshul Verma
C) Ravi Sharma D) Ronan Kumar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rahul Doshi

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Q:

City with most Bridges in the world is _________

Answer

Hamburg, Germany, is located on the river Elbe at the point where it meets the Bille and Alster rivers. The canals, rivers and streams within the city are crossed by a total of 2,302 bridges-more than the cities of Vanice and Amsterdam combined.

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Resistivity of a wire depends on 

A) Length B) Area of cross section
C) Material D) All of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Material

Explanation:

The resistivity of wire or the metal conductor is depend on the number density of free electrons in the conductor. so its mainly depends on nature of the material

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Who is the first woman lawyer to be appointed as Supreme court judge?

A) Indu Malhotra B) Fathima Beevi
C) R. Banumathi D) Ruma Pal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Indu Malhotra

Explanation:

Supreme Court collegium has selected senior advocate Indu Malhotra as the first woman lawyer to be directly appointed as a judge of the apex court.

Along with Malhotra, Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice KM Joseph has also been promoted as a Supreme Court justice.

Malhotra holds the distinction of being only the second woman in Supreme Court’s history to be designated as a senior advocate in 2007.

In all, Malhotra is going to be the seventh woman judge since independence to make it to the Supreme Court.

At present, Justice R Banumathi is the lone woman judge in the apex court.

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Q:

Service tax was introduced in India in the year :

A) 1994 B) 1993
C) 1992 D) 1991
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1994

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