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Which of the following ministry has turned down the proposal to rename West Bengal to ‘Bangla’ ?

A) Ministry of Home Affairs B) Ministry of Law and Justice
C) Ministry of Culture D) Ministry of External Affairs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ministry of External Affairs

Explanation:

Foreign Affairs Ministry has turned down the proposal to rename West Bengal to ‘Bangla’, citing diplomatic confusion over similarities with the neighbouring country Bangladesh, according to reports. The West Bengal Assembly had passed a resolution last year stating that the name of the state would be changed to ‘Bangla’ in Bengali, ‘Bengal’ in English and ‘Bangal’ in Hindi.

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One of the following cannot be performed by animals

A) Respiration B) Photosynthesis
C) Reproduction D) Digestion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Photosynthesis

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Man has _____ pairs of salivary glands

A) 3 B) 4
C) 6 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 3

Explanation:

Salivary glands of man are  3 pairs = 6. They are one pair of parotid glands, one pair of sub-maxillary or sub-mandibular glands and one pair of sub-lingual glands.

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The original ASCII code used ___________ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking ?

A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7

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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 number of neutrons in dipositive Zinc ion is

A) 34 B) 36
C) 38 D) 40
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 40

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The oldest Monarchy in the world is that of

A) UK B) Nepal
C) Saudi Arabia D) Japan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Japan

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You can use ______ to copy selected text, and ____to paste it in a document

A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V B) CTRL+C, CTRL+P
C) SHIFT+C, ALT+V D) SHIFT+C, ALT+P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V

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