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Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of HSBC ?

A) Douglas Flint B) Stuart Gulliver
C) Mark Tucker D) Victor Bernard
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mark Tucker

Explanation:

British businessman Mark Tucker, currently group chief executive and president of insurance group AIA, will take over from Douglas Flint as the new Chairman of HSBC in October.

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Which material provides warmth even when wet?

A) Cotton B) Wool
C) Nylon D) Silk
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Wool

Explanation:
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Land is considered a resource because it

A) is used to produce things B) requires labor to be useful
C) is always available to use D) costs little or nothing to use
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) is used to produce things

Explanation:

Land is considered as an important resource because it is useful in producing many things. For example, in agriculture, land is used for cultivating the crop, in industrial use, it is used for constructing factories and to make products that we use.

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Q:

The mechanism of water reabsorption by the renal tubules is

A) solvent drag B) osmosis
C) active transport D) cotransport with sodium ions
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) osmosis

Explanation:

Water reabsorption by the renal tubules is harmonally controlled and it is a osmosis mechanism.

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Q:

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd has ranked India at which position in the worst catastrophe list ?

A) second B) third
C) fourth D) fifth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) second

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Q:

Which of these is an expressed power of congress?

A) power to punish pirates B) regulate commerce and currency
C) power to declare war D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

The Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of Congress. It include power to declare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce and currency.

 


Congress's other expressed powers are wide-ranging, including:

The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States

The power to make rules for bankruptcies

The power to punish counterfeiters

The power to set up a national post office

The power to provide for copyrights and patents to protect the work of inventors and artists

The power to organize all federal courts below the Supreme Court

The power to punish pirates

The power to hire pirates to attack foreign enemies

The power to make rules to regulate the conduct of the armed forces

The power to call out the militia to defend the country from invasions or insurrections

The power to organize and discipline the militiary

The power to govern the federal capital (Washington, DC)

The power to acquire lands from the states for use by the federal government

The power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.

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Q:

The DASH Diet plan was devised to prevent

A) TB B) Thyroid
C) Hypertension D) Diabetes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hypertension

Explanation:

he DASH Diet plan was devised to prevent high blood pressure i.e, hypertension.

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Q:

$32000 is invested at 10% for 2 years.Find the interest compounded Yearly

A) 4720 B) 5720
C) 6720 D) 7720
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6720

Explanation:

M=P(1+i)^n

 

I=M-P

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