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Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different paints. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.

A) rough white B) rough black
C) shining white D) shining black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) rough black

Explanation:

Black surfaces are good emitters of heat. If the black surface is rough too, the emitting will be better. Shinning surfaces reflect black radiation . So if the black surface is also shining the effectiveness of emitting heat is lessened.

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A resolution declaring Purna Swaraj (complete independence) as Indian's political goal was passed in the ..........Congress of 1929

A) Simla B) Lahore
C) Madras D) Calcutta
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lahore

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SAARC was founded in

A) New Delhi B) Dhaka
C) Geneva D) Thimpu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dhaka

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Nathu La pass is in

A) Sikkim B) Bhutan
C) Arunachal Pradesh D) Jammu and Kashmir
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sikkim

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Q:

English words with similar meaning

A) Relegate - Downgrade B) Beautiful - Ugly
C) Qualm - Confidence D) Generic - Branded
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Relegate - Downgrade

Explanation:

Relegate means Assigning an inferior rank or position to. That means, downgrading or pulling down, lower a person.

 

All other options have words with opposite in meaning.

 

Hence, Relegate is an English word which is similar in meaning to Downgrade.

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The idea of ‘Farr-i Izadi’, on which the Mughal kingship was based, was first developed by which one of the following Sufi saints?

A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi B) Nizamuddin Auliya
C) Ibn al-Arabi D) Bayazid Bistami
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shihabuddin Suhrawardi

Explanation:

Abul Fazl placed Mughal kingship as the highest station in the hierarchy of objects receiving light emanating from God (farr-i izadi). Abul Fazl was inspired by a famous Iranian Sufi, Shihabuddin Suhrawardi who first developed this idea. According to this idea, there was a hierarchy in which the Divine Light was transmitted to the king who then became the source of spiritual guidance for his subjects.

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The purpose of the UNIA was to

A) Economic self sufficiency B) Racial pride
C) Formation of black nation D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

UNIA - Universal Negro Improvement Association.

 

It is primarily in the United States, organization founded by Marcus Garvey, dedicated to racial pride, economic self-sufficiency, and the formation of an independent black nation in Africa.

 

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Two bulbs are fitted in a room in the domestic electric installation. One of them glows brighter than the other. Then

A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance B) the brighter bulb has larger resistance
C) both the bulbs have the same resistance D) none of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the brighter bulb has smaller resistance

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