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How many member countries are there in the Executive Board of UNESCO

A) 68 B) 58
C) 28 D) 88
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 58

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One major cause of floods is

A) light rain over a large area B) a decrease in stream discharge
C) rapid spring snowmelt D) increased capacity of stream channels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rapid spring snowmelt

Explanation:

There are lots of reasons behind the flood in any area but the main reason is a heavy downpour or rapid snowmelt can flood canyons with a mixture of soil, rock, and water is a major cause of floods.

 

When the spring times come, sometimes there's a lot of warmth that suddenly comes, especially nowadays when there are things such as global warming. So the snow melts and large amounts of water can flood the fields that are often found at the foot of a mountain or similar things.

 

But they may also be caused by deforestation, drainage channel modification from a landslide, earthquake or volcanic eruption. Examples include outburst floods and lahars.

 

 

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Q:

Nucleic acids are polymers of

A) Nucleotides B) Aminoacids
C) Proteins D) Sugars
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nucleotides

Explanation:

Nucleic acids are polymers of individual nucleotide monomers.

Each nucleotide is composed of three parts:

a 5-carbon sugar,

a phosphate group, and

a nitrogenous base.

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Q:

Which of the following is NOT a social development scheme launched by the Government of India

A) Indira Awas Yojana B) Kutir Jyoti
C) LookEast Policy D) Operation Black Board
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) LookEast Policy

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Q:

Another name for the activated complex is

A) Transmission state B) Energy barrier
C) Collision group D) Transition state
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Transition state

Explanation:

The minimum amount of energy required for a particular reactants to convert into products and is called as Activation Energy.

 

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This activation complex is also termed as Transition State because according to Transition State Theory at transition state the existing bonds tend to increase in length and become weaken while, the new forming bonds tend to decrease in length and start becoming stronger.

Hence, the activated complex is in transition between reactants and products.

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Which one of the following elements cannot be detected by "Lassaigne's test"?

A) I B) Cl
C) S D) F
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) F

Explanation:

The sodium fusion test, or Lassaigne's test, is used in elemental analysis for the qualitative determination of the presence of foreign elements, namely halogens, nitrogen, and sulphur, in an organic compound. It was developed by J. L. Lassaigne.Silver fluoride is soluble in water and does not precipitate and thus this method cannot be used for detection of fluorine.

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What is Autosys?

Answer

AutoSys is an automated job control system for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. These jobs can reside on any AutoSys-configured machine that is attached to a network.


 


However, in real business, you need to fire jobs not just based on scheduled time, but also based on events (like an arrival of a file), and, based on the success or failure of other jobs. Autosys is a total job scheduling solution that allows you to define these events, dependencies, time schedules, alerts, etc, making it a complete data center automation tool.

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Q:

A king of the Roman Empire, in 37 B.C, became the most powerful and ruled for 44 years.Who was that king?

A) Octavian B) Julius Caesar
C) Lapidus D) Mark Antony
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Octavian

Explanation:

In 37 BC, Octavian became the most powerful man in the Roman Empire for 44 years under the titles of Augustus, which meant 'holy' and imperator, meaning 'Victorious general'. He also called himself Princeps, 'first citizen of the state'. The period of Roman history beginning with his rule upto A.D 284 is called the principate. His rule and the period following it were  peaceful and  are known in history as 'Pax Romana' which means 'Roman Peace'

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