Bank PO Questions

In 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

To find the largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88,

We should divide the largest possible 4 digit number by 88, and if we get any remainder than subtract it from that largest number.

The largest possible 4 digit number is 9999

Now,

88) 9999 (113
      88
  _______
      119
        88
  _______
        319
        264
  _______
          55
  _______

Therefore, the largest 4 digit number exactly divisible by 88 is given by

9999 - 55 = 9944.

Production costs to an economist reflect opportunity costs.

The preamble to the constitution does not specify providing for economic equity.

Any factor limiting the size of a population whose effect is not dependent on the number of individuals in the population, then such factor is called Density Independent Factor. It is things that the organisms have no control over.

Here in the given options, food shortage and disease are factors that are dependent on the number of population but Floods have no dependency.

Some examples of density independent factors are :: Earth quake, fires, volcanic eruptions, floods, and  all natural calamities.

The error lies in part (1). 

As the phrase 'as much as' needs to be replaced with 'much as I'. This is because we use 'as much as' for comparing two qualities or things. But here in the given sentence a contrast is given in the latter part of the sentence. So we need a conjunction like 'even though' 'although' etc...

'Much as I' also serves the same purpose.

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Phenol with a molecular formula [C₆H₅OH] is also called as Carbolic Acid. It is a white poisonous clear compound with sweet smell. It is used in making plastics, detergents and drugs.