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Sunspots appear dark because they are

A) hotter than the rest of the Sun's surface. B) more magnetic than the rest of the Sun's surface. 
C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface. D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.

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Sunspots are a magnetic phenomenon on the Sun.

The reason a sunspot appears dark is that they are cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface and also the gas inside the spot where the magnetic field is strongest is only emitting about 1/4 as much light as from the rest of the solar surface. 

 

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During whose Viceroyalty, the capital of India was shifted from Calcutta to Delhi?

A) Lord Canning B) Lord Harding
C) Lord Lytton D) Lord Clive
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lord Harding

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49th Parallel is the boundary line between which two countries?

A) USA and Canada B) North and South Vietnam
C) Germany and France D) Brazil and Chile
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) USA and Canada

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If (secA - tanA)2 = x, then the value of x is

A) (1 + sinA)/(1 - sinA) B) √[(1 - sinA)/(1 + sinA)]
C) (1 - sinA)/(1 + sinA) D) √[(1 + sinA)/(1 - sinA)]
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (1 - sinA)/(1 + sinA)

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Who Invented Lawnmower?

A) Edwin Howard Armstrong B) John Barber
C) Edwin Beard Budding D) Nicholas Callan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Edwin Beard Budding

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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.

 

All this suggests the intimate relations which exist between history, politics, and sociology. The ____________ thing, however, is not the identities but the distinctions.For, however much the _____________ disciplines may, in practice, overlap, it is necessary ________ the sake of clear thinking to have their limits defined. As far _______sociology and history are concerned the differences may be summed up in a word. __________ history and sociology are concerned with the life of man as man.

 

 

it is necessary ________ the sake of clear thinking

 

A) for B) of
C) to D) from
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) for

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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.

 

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

 

But aside __________ the mental trauma

 

A) form B) from
C) of D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) from

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In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

 

Usurp

 

A) Annex   B) Displace  
C) Grab   D) Surrender
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Surrender

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