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India’s most polluted and least polluted states are

A) Uttarakhand & Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
C) New Delhi & Rajasthan D) Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh is the most polluted state in India, with 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the worst polluted city of UP. Countrywide, it came sixth.

Other towns and cities in UP on the list are Hapur, Bareilly, Firozabad, Kanpur, Agra, NOIDA, Allahabad, and Mathura where PM10 levels were way above permissible limits.

Kerala is the least polluted state in the country, India. In all the 14 districts of the state, NAAQ(National Ambient Air Quality Standards) standards are complied with and had lower concentrations of PM10. However, all the cities surpassed the PM10 standards prescribed by WHO.


The report - Airpocalypse II - is based on air pollution related data collected from Central and State Pollution Control Boards and Committees.

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What is NETBIOS and NETBEUI

Answer

NETBIOS is a programming interface that allows I/O requests to be sent to and received from a remote computer and it hides the networking hardware from applications.


NETBEUI is NetBIOS extended user interface. A transport protocol designed by microsoft and IBM for the use on small subnets.

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Q:

National Statistics day observed every year on

A) 20 October B) 20 July
C) 29 June D) 21 September
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 29 June

Explanation:

National Statistics day is celebrated annually 29th June, on the occasion of Birth anniversary of India’s eminent statistician Late Prof Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis.

It also commemorates the contributions made by PC Mahalanobis in the fields of statistics and economic planning.

 

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Of the three ways to create an Oracle database, which one is the easiest and most recommended?

A) Using the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant. B) Using the Oracle-supplied database creation procedures.
C) Using the SQL CREATE DATABASE command. D) None of the above is correct.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Using the Oracle Database Configuration Assistant.

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Q:

Desertification refers to

A) forest degrading to dense taiga B) forest improving to tundras
C) forest improving to deserts D) forest degrading to sparse vegetation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) forest improving to deserts

Explanation:

Desertification is a type of land degradation in which a relatively dry area of land becomes increasingly arid, typically losing its bodies of water as well as vegetation and wildlife.

 

Conversion of a grassland or an already arid land into a desert through indiscriminate human actions magnified by droughts.

 

Hence, forest improving to deserts is refers to desertification.

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Q:

Conversion of Glycogen to Glucose is stimulated by

A) Insulin B) Cortisol
C) Glucagon D) Progesterone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glucagon

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What name was given to the villege of Rai Bhoi Di Talvandi, where Guru Nanak Devji was born in 1469?

Answer

Nankana Saheb

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Q:

From April 1, 2017 Interest rates on small savings deposits including PPF cut by

A) 0.5% B) 0.4%
C) 0.2% D) 0.1%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.1%

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