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Q:

What animal has the highest blood pressure?

A) Elephant B) Giraffe
C) Lion D) Rabbit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Giraffe

Explanation:

Giraffe has the highest blood pressure among animals. 

This is due to the fact that there is a large pressure drop (~100 mmhg) as the blood is transported from the heart, up the neck, to the brain. This is about twice the normal blood pressure of humans (120/80 mmhg).

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The storage form of glucose in animals is

A) Starch B) Glucose
C) Glycogen D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glycogen

Explanation:

Glycogen is the storage form of glucose in animals and humans which is analogous to the starch in plants. Glycogen is synthesized and stored mainly in the liver and the muscles.

 

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Which major event in Indian history is also called as 'White Flowing River'?

A) Partition of India B) Dandi March
C) Operation Bluestar D) Quit India Movement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dandi March

Explanation:

In Indian History, Dandi March or Salt Sathyagraha or The Salt March, also known as the Dandi Satyagraha, was an act of nonviolent civil disobedience in colonial India led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi to produce salt from the seawater. 

 

It is also called as 'White Flowing River'.

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Who was the first cricketer to take all wickets in a test innings?

A) Curtly Ambrose B) Jimmy Mathews
C) Jim Laker D) Anil Kumble
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jim Laker

Explanation:

Jim Laker was the first player to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings. Ten for 53 in the Australians 2nd innings of the 4th Ashes Test at Old Trafford in 1956.

 

The only other bowler to achieve the feat is India's Anil Kumble, who took ten for 74 at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla against Pakistan in 1999.

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What animal has the worst memory?

A) Dog B) Rat
C) Elephant D) Dolphin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Elephant

Explanation:

Elephant has worst shortest memory and dolphin has longest memory in the Animal kingdom.

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Where is glucose stored in the body?

A) bones B) blood
C) organs D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) blood

Explanation:

In human body, glucose is stored in blood stream before it is converted to glycogen. Excess glucose is stored in the form of fats. After conversion, glycogen is stored in Muscles and Liver.

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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

Explanation:

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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The preamble to our constitution provided that India is

A) a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic B) a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society
C) a socialist, secular and democratic republic D) a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic

Explanation:

The Preamble was adopted with the constitution in the constituent assembly.

 

The Preamble proclaims the solemn resolution of the people of India to constitute India into a 'Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic'.

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