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Which one of the following pairs of water bodies are connected by the Suez Canal?

A) Indian Ocean-Pacific Ocean B) Mediterranean sea-Black Sea
C) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea D) Atlantic Ocean-Pacific Ocean
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mediterranean Sea-Red Sea

Explanation:
The Suez Canal connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.
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The first BRICS Summit, after the inclusion of South Africa, was held at 

A) Brasilia B) Sanya
C) Yekaterinburg D) Durban
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sanya

Explanation:

The Summit at Sanya will mark the admission of South Africa to the group, which will extend the geographic representation of the mechanism in a moment when the financial system reform is sought worldwide, as well as agreater democratization of global governance in general.On 14 April 2011, 3rd BRICS (Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa) Summit is to be held in the Chinese city of Sanya, alongside the President of China, Hu Jintao, the President of Russia, Dmitri Medvedev, the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma. The previous Summits were held in Yekaterinburg (June 2009) and Brasília (April 2010)

 

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2 1924
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The first official International Women’s Day took place in?

A) 1901 B) 1911
C) 1975 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1911

Explanation:

The first official International Women’s Day took place in 1911.

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3 1924
Q:

World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on?

A) 1st January B) 2nd February
C) 1st March D) 2nd April
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2nd February

Explanation:

World Wetlands Day is celebrated every year on 2nd February. This year’s World Wetlands Day under the theme of "Wetlands and Climate Change".

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2 1923
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Which of the following statements with regard to the speech of Mahatma Gandhi at the opening of the Banaras Hindu University are correct?

1.he charged the Indian elite with a lack of concern for the laboring poor.

2.He asserted that our salvation can come only through the farmers.

3.He highlighted the plight of the untouchables.

4.He promised to take up the cause of the mill owners of Ahmedabad.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

A) 1, 2, 3 and 4 B) 1 and 2 only
C) 1, 2 and 3 only D) 3 and 4 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

Only   1   and   2   are   correct,   as Mahatma  Gandhi’s  speech  in  BHU on 4 February,1916 did not include plight  of  untouchables  and  there was no issue of the mill owners on Ahmedabad in 1916.

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1 1923
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The monomer/monomers used for the synthesis of Nylon 6 is/are

A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid B) caprolactam
C) urea and formaldehydeD. D) phenol and formaldehyde
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) hexamethylenediamine and adipic acid

Explanation:

Nylon is made when the appropriate monomers (the chemical building blocks which make up polymers) are combined to form a long chain via a condensation polymerisation reaction. The monomers for nylon 6-6 are adipic acid and hexamethylene diamine

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0 1923
Q:

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Beggar description

A) Cannot be described B) Something described by a beggar
C) A poor account of something D) A description of a beggar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cannot be described

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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A state of emotional or intellectual separation

A) Euphoria B) Ecstasy
C) Alienation D) Communion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alienation

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