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Who among the following was elected unanimously as the Secretary General of the UNO  for the second term?

A) Nelson Mandela B) Hillary R Clinton
C) Jacob Mathew D) Bank-Ki moon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bank-Ki moon

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Which Commission made the recommendations which formed the basis for the Punjab Reorganisation Act which created the states Punjab and Haryana?

A) Dhar Commission B) Dass Commission
C) Shah Commission D) Mahajan Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Shah Commission

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

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August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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The substances that are composed of to or more different elements in fixed proportion by mass are called

A) mixture B) compound
C) element D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) compound

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...................is called the "land of a  thousand lakes"

A) Canada B) Finland
C) Switzerland D) Sweden
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Finland

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Which of the following is "Blue Planet" ?

A) Jupiter B) Mars
C) Earth D) Saturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Earth

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Which battle established British supremacy in India?

A) The Battle of Buxar B) The Battle of Plassey
C) The Battle of Mysore D) The Battle of Samergarh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Battle of Plassey

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The Battle of Plassey in the year 1757, victory of British East India company over Nawab of Bengal established British supremacy in India. The victory came under the leadership of Robert Clive.

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Author of Nayaya Sutra was

A) Gautam B) Kanad
C) Kapil D) Badrayan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gautam

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