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Who is the author of the book "The way of Knife: The CIA, A secret army and a war at the ends of the earth" ?

A) Mark Twain B) Irika John
C) Mario Pujo D) Mark Mazzetti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mark Mazzetti

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The Indian Football team made its first appearance at Olympicsin

A) 1936 B) 1948
C) 1952 D) 1956
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1948

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Which of the following companies has received the Most Efficient Navratna Award for the year 2013?

A) GAIL B) SAIL
C) HAL D) BEL
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) HAL

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The Length of the Day is determined in

A) length of the hours B) length of the year
C) astronomical units D) solar terms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) astronomical units

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The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units.

The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. 

This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

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Which metal, discovered in 1751, takes its name from the abbreviation of the German term for Devil's Copper?

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Nickel

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Name the dry, gusty wind that originates in the Eastern Rocky mountains of North America.

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Chinook

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers. Who was on second position in the list ?

A) Xi Jinping B) Vladimir Putin
C) Donald Trump D) Kim Jong-un
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Donald Trump

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers, surpassing US President Donald Trump.

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Sleeping sickness in man is caused by the organism

A) plasmodium B) entamoeba
C) giardia D) trypanosoma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) trypanosoma

Explanation:

Trypanosoma is a protozoan animal. It lives as a parasite in the blood and later invades the cerebrospinal fluid to cause the sleeping sickness. This parasite is transmitted by the Tsetse fly.

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