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Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the

A) Jatakas B) Ramayana
C) Upanishads D) Mahabharat
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jatakas

Explanation:

Ajanta paintings depict scenes from the Jataka Tales. The Jataka tales are a voluminous body of literature native to India. The stories in that are associated with previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

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When is the Common Wealth Day observed by its member countries

A) January 25 B) May 24
C) October 24 D) November 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 24

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The hormone that helps in the implantation of embryo

A) Testosterone B) Insulin
C) Prolactin D) Progesterone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Progesterone

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Which of the following cannot add fat to the body?

A) Vitamins B) Carbohydrates
C) Water D) Proteins
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Water

Explanation:

A nutrient is a substance used by an organism to survive, grow, and reproduce. These are compounds in foods essential to life and health, providing us with energy.

There are two types of nutrients:

1. Organic Nutrients
2. Inorganic Nutrients

 

Carbohydrates (CHO), Lipids (fats), Proteins and Vitamins come under organic nutrients as they contain carbon. These can add fat to the body.

 

Minerals and Water come under inorganic nutrients as they lack in carbon. These cannot add fat to the body.

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Who was the recepient of the 1991 Nobel prize for peace

A) Mother Teresa B) Mrs. Aung san suu Kyi
C) Dalai Lama D) Ms. Rigoberta Menchu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mrs. Aung san suu Kyi

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Which of the following countries was associated with Khmer Rouge?

A) Combodia B) Vietnam
C) Thailand D) Burma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Combodia

Explanation:

In 1975, a party called khmer Rouge had taken control of Cambodia under the leader ship of Pol Pot. The Government of Pol pot established a regime of terror in Cambodia and started following a policy of genocide against its own people.

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One important result of the French Revolution was that

A) France lost its spirit of nationalism B) Political power shifted to the bourgeoisie
C) France enjoyed a lengthy period of peace and prosperity D) The church was restored to its former role and power in the French government
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Political power shifted to the bourgeoisie

Explanation:

One of the most important result of the French Revolution was that Political power shifted to the bourgeoisie (Middle class people).

 

The Great French Revolution of 1789 not only overthrew the monarchy in France, but ultimately led to the destruction of the Old Order across Europe.

  

Prior to the French Revolution, the bourgeoisie or middle class, belonged to the Third Estate, which had the largest tax burden and virtually no rights.

 

The bourgeoisie gained an enormous amount of political power when the National Assembly issued the Declaration of the Rights of Man, and drafted a new constitution for France.

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Which is the oldest poem in English language?

A) Ozymandias B) Paradise Lost
C) Beowulf D) The Tyger
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Beowulf

Explanation:

Beowulf is an Old English epic poem consisting of 3,182 alliterative lines. It is one of the most important works of Old English literature.

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