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Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A) Centre for Science and Environment in a recent study found that a number of commonly available brands of prepackaged breads tested positive for potassium bromate and potassium iodate.	B) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India recommended to the Health Ministry to remove potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives.
C) The Union Government banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basisof the above recommendation.	D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Potassium bromate is a neurotoxin.

Explanation:

CSE in its recommendation asked Indian regulator FSSAI to act immediately and ban the two chemicals.

It says that Indian bread manufacturer’ use two chemicals, banned in many countries but not in India, being used by bread industry are potassium bromate (KbrO3) and potassium iodate (KIO3).

The government (FSSAI) banned the use of potassium bromate as a food additive on the basis of the above recommendation.

The regulator had recommended to the health ministry removal of potassium bromate from the list of permissible food additives after a study by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).

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The rank of Captain of the Indian Navy is equivalent to which one of the following?

A) Captain of the Indian Army	B) Group Captain in the Indian Air Force
C) Lieutenant Colonel of the Indian Army	D) Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Group Captain in the Indian Air Force

Explanation:

Rank of captain of Indian Navy is equivalent to Group captain of Indian Air Force.

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Which of the following is not an operating system

A) Android	B) Vista
C) iOS	D) Opera

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Opera

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The following are components of a database except ________ .

A) indexes	B) user data
C) metadata	D) reports

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) reports

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Which among the following is a term representing unit ofdata storage in computer memory?

A) Pixel	B) Decimal
C) Octet	D) Point

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Octet

Explanation:

Octet is another name for a byte=8bits

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Backing storage is so named because it

A) is always kept at the back of the CPU	B) backs up the computer
C) lags behind the main memory	D) is slow and backward

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) backs up the computer

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In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

A person employed to drive a private or hired car.

A) Amateur	B) Chauffeur
C) Connoisseur	D) Provocateur

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chauffeur

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

as the medium ___________ thought may

A) from	B) of
C) for	D) to

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