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The Planning Commission of India is

A) A Constitutional body B) An Independent and Autonomous body
C) A Statutory body D) A non Statutory body
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A non Statutory body

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The book “The Other One Percent: Indians in America” has been authored by whom?

A) Lionel Messi B) Balaji Vittal
C) Sanjoy Chakravorty D) Joe Harris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sanjoy Chakravorty

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State-run NTPC has set up first electric vehicle charging business and charging stations in __________.

A) Bangalore B) Chennai
C) Mumbai D) New Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New Delhi

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State-run NTPC said the company has forayed into electric vehicle charging business and has set up first such charging stations at its offices in Delhi and Noida. Adding that the move will push demand for electric vehicles, an official said, "The main objective in setting up the charging points is to be part of promoting clean energy transportation."

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A balloon filled with hydrogen will

A) continue going upwards uninterrupted B) reach a particular height and remain floating
C) burst after reaching some height D) reach a particular height and start coming down
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) reach a particular height and remain floating

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It will stop at a height where the weight of the balloon with contents is equal to the weight of air displaced by it, i.e , when the upthrust is equal to the downthrust. The question of bursting will depend on how much difference of pressure inside and outside , the material of the balloon can withstand. It is assumed the balloon is filled with a lighter than air gas like hydrogen or helium.

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Who among the following Generals or Commanders , carried out a coup d'etat against Jahangir in 1626?

A) Asaf Khan B) Malik Ambar
C) Mahabat Khan D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mahabat Khan

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During the recent Venus transit (June 2012), the planet appeared as a tiny black circle moving on the Sun. The black colour on the sun is because the planet :

 

A) Is black in colour B) Obstructed all light from the sun
C) Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit

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Dhruv Sharma Who Died in July 2017 Belongs To Which Field ?

A) Politics B) Acting
C) Photography D) Music
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Acting

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In addition to nitric acid, another acid which may render iron passive is 

A) acetic acid B) oxalic acid
C) chromic acid D) citric acid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) chromic acid

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Passivity of iron is due to formation of an extremely thin and impervious film of ferrosoferric oxide Fe3O4on the surface of iron. Chromic acid, being a powerful oxidising agent (like nitric acid ) renders iron passive. 

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