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The Length of the Day is determined in

A) length of the hours B) length of the year
C) astronomical units D) solar terms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) astronomical units

Explanation:

The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units.

The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. 

This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

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Identify the metalloid in the following list?

A) Silicon B) Sulphur
C) Scandium D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Silicon

Explanation:

A metalloid is an element with properties between metals and non metals or the mix of both.

The six metalloids are arsenic, silicon, germanium, boron, antimony and tellurium.

 

Hence, silicon is the only metalloid in the given list.

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Q:

In 1955, Imperial Bank of India, a leadimg commercial bank of that time was nationalised and renamed as:

A) Central Bank of India B) Bank of India
C) Indian Bank D) State Bank of India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) State Bank of India

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Q:

Which colony was farthest north?

A) Massachusetts B) Virginia
C) Georgia D) New Hampshire
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Massachusetts

Explanation:

There are 13 colonies and are ruled by England.

 

The farthest north colony - Massachusetts

The farthest south colony - Georgia

The oldest colony - Virginia

The colony between the 2 parts of Massachusetts - New Hampshire

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Q:

I have four fingers and a thumb, but not alive.

Who am I?

Answer

A glove. It has 5 fingers as we have but not alive.

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Q:

Harsha was defeated  by 

A) Sasanka B) King of Valabhi
C) Bhaskarvarman D) Pulkesin II
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Pulkesin II

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____________has became the second city in the country, and the first in south India, to have a full-fledged Metro rail.

A) Bangalore B) Chennai
C) Kerala D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bangalore

Explanation:

Bengaluru has became the second city in the country, and the first in south India, to have a full-fledged Metro rail in operation following the opening of a final 12-km section of the 42-km first phase of the Metro project. The first phase, comprising an 18-km east-west line and a 24-km north-south line, built at a cost of Rs 13,845 crore, was dedicated to the nation by President Pranab Mukherjee at an event in Bengaluru.

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Who among the following was the advisor to the Drafting Committee of Constiuent Assembly

A) B.Shiva Rao B) B.R.Ambedkar
C) Sachchidananda Sinha D) B.N.Rau
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) B.N.Rau

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