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Which is the closest star to Earth

A) Sirius B) Sun
C) Rigel D) Deneb
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sun

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Tribes belonging to which one of the following groups earn their livelihood through food - gathering and hunting?

A) Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo B) Masai, Kirghiz, and Boro
C) Pigmy, Eskimo and Kirghiz D) Boro, Bushman, and Masai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bushman, Pigmy and Eskimo

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Q:

The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0°C  is known as

A) 1 pascal B) 1 atmosphere
C) 1 bar D) 1 poise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 atmosphere

Explanation:

1 atm: It was originally defined as the pressure exerted by 760 mm of mercury at 0 °C and standard gravity (g = 9.80665 m/s2).

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Which of the following is biodegradable?

A) Iron nails B) DDT
C) Silver foil D) Leather bags
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Leather bags

Explanation:

Biodegradable substances can be broken down into simpler, harmless substances in nature with due course of time by the biological process such as action of microbes. They can be recycled as a part of food chain.

 

Here, Leather bags are biodegradable.

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Q:

Where is the 'Pearl Harbour' located ?

A) Atlantic ocean B) Pacific ocean
C) Indian ocean D) Southern ocean
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pacific ocean

Explanation:

Pearl Harbour is an American Naval base in Hawaii

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Q:

Which year did India hosted and participated in Asian games for the first time ?

A) 1930 B) 1933
C) 1948 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1951

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Q:

Updated List of Cabinet Ministers of India in September 2017 ?

Answer

Sr. No             Minister                         Portfolio


 1.           Shri Narendra Modi         Prime Minister and also in-charge of:


                                                           – Ministry of Personnel
                                                            – Public Grievances and Pensions
                                                            – Department of Atomic Energy
                                                            – Department of Space


  All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.


  2.           Shri Raj Nath Singh         Minister of Home Affairs


  3.           Smt. Sushma Swaraj       Minister of External Affairs


  4.           Shri Arun Jaitley            -  Minister of Finance


                                                    – Minister of Corporate Affair


 5.           Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari   – Minister of Road Transport & Highway


                                                      – Minister of shipping 


                                                      – Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation


 6.           Suresh Prabhu                     Minister of Commerce & Industry


 7.           D.V Sadananda Gowda        Minister of Statistics & Programme Implementation


 8.           Sushri Uma Bharati             Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


 9.           Nirmala Sitharaman            Minister of Defence


 10.         Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi          Minister of Minority Affairs


 11.         Shri Ramvilas Paswan         Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution


 12.         Maneka Sanjay Gandhi       Minister of Women & Child Development


 13.         Shri Ananth Kumar          – Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers
                                                    – Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs


 14.         Shri. Ravi Shankar Prasad    – Minister of Law & Justice                                                                                                    – Minister of Electronics & Information Technology         


 15.         Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda      Minister of Health & Family Welfare


16.         Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati     Minister of Civil Aviation


17.         Shri. Anant Geete                      Minister of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises     


18.         Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal         Minister of Food Processing Industries


19.         Shri Narendra Singh Tomar         – Minister of Rural Development
                                                             – Minister of Panchayati Raj
                                                            – Minister of Drinking Water & Sanitation


20.         Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh      Minister of Steel


21.         Shri Jual Oram                              Minister of Tribal Affairs


22.         Shri Radha Mohan Singh                Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare          


23.         Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot              Minister of Social Justice & Empowerment


24.         Smt. Smriti Irani                           – Minister of Textiles
                                                                – Minister of Information & Broadcasting            


25.         Dr Harsh Vardhan                         – Minister of Science & Technology
                                                                – Minister of Earth Sciences
                                                               – Minister of Environment, Forest & Climate Change


26.          Prakash Javadekar                        Human Resource Development


27.          Piyush Goyal                                 – Minister of Railways


                                                                – Minster of Coal


28.         Dharmendra Pradhan                     – Minister of Petroleum & Natural Gas


                                                               – Minister of Skill Development & Enterprise

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Q:

Magnetic Tape can serve as

A) Input device B) Secondary storage device
C) Output device D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Secondary storage device

Explanation:

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Magnetic tape can serve as a Secondary storage unit. It is a medium for magnetic recording, made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film.

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