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Indian-American girl won 2017 Young Scientist Challenge for water contamination detection device. What is her name ?

A) Kavita Kumari	B) Gitanjali Rao
C) Hetal Rao	D) Savita Sharma

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gitanjali Rao

Explanation:

Gitanjali Rao, an 11-year-old Indian-American schoolgirl, was named as "America’s top young scientist" for inventing a cost-effective, quick lead-contamination detector in water. The seventh-grade student was inspired by the large-scale lead contamination in water in Flint, Michigan, that came to light recently.

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What ‘game’ was first produced by the Southern Novelty Company in Baltimore, Maryland in 1892?

A) Frisbee	B) Monopoly
C) Ouija board	D) Ping Pong

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ouija board

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Lift was invented by

A) Otis	B) Domagk
C) Lee De Forest	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Otis

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Which of the following books would you consult to get acquainted with Gandhian thourht

A) India wins freedom	B) India Divided
C) Hind Swaraj	D) Discovery of India

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hind Swaraj

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Indra nooyi is the Chief Executive Officer of which company

A) Pepsi	B) Coca Cola
C) LG	D) Samsung

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pepsi

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Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) has celebrated 'World Honey Bee Day' on ?

A) 19th Augusrt	B) 21st August
C) 18th August	D) 16th August

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 19th Augusrt

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Which action is the best example of a direct observation?

A) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute	B) determining the seal population of an island by counting seals in 10 square meters of the island
C) identifying which bird was present by the tracks that it leaves in the sand at a beach	D) reading numbers on a heat sensor to conclude that there is a deer in the night woods

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) listening to a cricket chirp at night and counting the number of chirps per minute

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The Deccan Agriculturalists 'Relief Act of 1879 was enacted with which one of the following objectives?

A) Restore lands to the dispossessed peasants	B) Ensure financial assistance to peasants during social and religious occasions
C) Restrict the sale of land for indebtedness to outsiders	D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Give legal aid to insolvent peasants

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The Deccan Riots Commission was set up which presented a report to the British Parliament in 1878.In 1879, the Agriculturists Relief Act was passed which ensured that the farmers could not be arrested and imprisoned if they were unable to pay their debts.It was an Act for the relief of Indebted Agriculturists in certain parts of the Deccan.

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