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ACTH stimulates the adrenal cortex to release corticosteroid hormones.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

ACTH means Adrenal Corticotrophic Hormone.


CRH - Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone produced by hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary gland to release the ACTH which in turn produces corticosteroid hormones by adrenal glands.


 


Hence, the given statement is TRUE.

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The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) For first-time Indian travellers, stepping out of the airport in Singapore or Japan is a momentous, potentially mindset-changing experience.

A) But walk in a cramped gully in Delhi or even on the main road and everything that is not desirable inside, finds its way outside.

B) Public littering is a social issue that results in massive aesthetic, financial and health- related costs for India. It’s not as if we don’t value cleanliness. Our homes are the textbook definition of clean.

C) How does that compare with our paan- stained buses filled with peanut shells?

D) How can bustling cities packed with people be so spotless? As far as the eye can go, there is not a single piece of stray paper on the road or in public transport.

A) BCAD B) DCBA
C) DBCA D) ADBC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) DCBA

Explanation:

The correct sequence is DCBA.

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Q:

The rate of respiration per minute in a new born baby

A) 18 times B) 32 times
C) 26 times D) 16 times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 32 times

Explanation:
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Q:

Kala Ghoda festival, India’s largest multi-cultural street festival begins in which place?

A) Mumbai B) Kolkata
C) Thiruvananthapuram D) Panaji
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mumbai

Explanation:

The Kala Ghoda Arts Festival is annual festival, nine days long, commencing always on the first Saturday of February and closing always on the second Sunday in February, in the Kala Ghoda area of South Mumbai, India.

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Q:

Contact force is another name for _________.

A) Friction B) Magnetic force
C) Electrostatic force D) Muscular force
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Muscular force

Explanation:
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Which of the statements about the Supreme Court are true

A) a state law may be overturned by the Supreme Court B) the Supreme Court can determine if the actions of the President are legal
C) the Surpreme Court detemrines the Constiutionality of all laws passed by Congress D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Q:

Red Indians called this local wind  Ice Eater?

A) Mistral B) Chinook
C) Foehn D) Haramattan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chinook

Explanation:
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Q:

A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizotal circle. If the string snaps 

A) the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C) it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

Explanation:

The centripetal force having been removed the body cannot  execute the curved path

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