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Hitendra Desai was known outstanding in which field ?

A) Literature B) Politics
C) Journalism D) Social Service
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Politics

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Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different paints. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.

A) rough white B) rough black
C) shining white D) shining black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) rough black

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Black surfaces are good emitters of heat. If the black surface is rough too, the emitting will be better. Shinning surfaces reflect black radiation . So if the black surface is also shining the effectiveness of emitting heat is lessened.

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The element that has the highest first ionization potential is.......

A) Oxygen B) Carbon
C) Boron D) Nitrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nitrogen

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Who present the theory of radioactive disintegration

A) Rutherford and Soddy B) Soddy and Fajan
C) Thomson and Rutherford D) Hahn and strassman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rutherford and Soddy

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

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August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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Distance of stars are measured in

A) Galactic unit B) seller mile
C) Cosmic Kilometre D) Light year
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Light year

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Minjar Fair is the important fair celebrated in Chamba district. What does 'Minjar' represent for  ?

A) Lotus flowers B) Wheat flowers
C) Local Custom D) Maize flowers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Maize flowers

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Who among the following was elected unanimously as the Secretary General of the UNO  for the second term?

A) Nelson Mandela B) Hillary R Clinton
C) Jacob Mathew D) Bank-Ki moon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bank-Ki moon

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