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The Nobel Prize for chemistry for the year 2011 has been awarded to

A) Saul Perlmutter,Brain P. Schmid & Adam G. Riess B) Bruce A.Beutler,Jules A. Hoffmann
C) Christopher A. Sims & Thomas J. Sargent D) Dan Schechtman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dan Schechtman

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The force that keeps a body in a circular motion called 

A) the centripetal force B) the centrifugual force
C) the frictional force D) all the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the centripetal force

Explanation:

without this centripetal force, circular motion is not possible. It acts radially towards the centre and if this force is removed there will be no circular motion but the revolving body will fly off at a tangent.

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What is the rank of India in World Economic Forum’s Global Human Capital Index (GHCI) 2017 ?

A) 103 B) 104
C) 105 D) 106
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 103

Explanation:

India ranked low 103rd out of 130 countries surveyed on World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Human Capital Index (GHCI) 2017. In the previous edition India ranked 105th.

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Database is a collection of concepts that can be used to describe the structure of a database

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

Database provides necessary means to achieve this abstraction. By structure of a database we mean the data types, relations, and constraints that should hold on the data.

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Which of the following is a microeconomic statement? 

A) The price of personal computers declined last year. B) Unemployment was 6.8 percent of the labor force last year.
C) The real domestic output increased by 2.5 percent last year. D) The general price level increased by 4 percent last year.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The price of personal computers declined last year.

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Which of the following carbohydrates is a polysaccharide?

A) Fructose B) Cellulose
C) Glucose D) Sucrose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cellulose

Explanation:

Carbohydrates are also called as saccharides are molecular compounds made from just three elements:

carbon, hydrogen and oxygen.

 

Carbohydrates are:

* a source of energy for the body e.g. glucose and a store of energy, e.g. starch in plants

* building blocks for polysaccharides (giant carbohydrates), e.g. cellulose in plants and glycogen in the human body

* components of other molecules eg DNA, RNA, glycolipids, glycoproteins, ATP

 

Types:

1. Monosaccharides (e.g. glucose) and

2. Disaccharides (e.g. sucrose) are relatively small molecules. They are often called sugars.

3. Other carbohydrate molecules are very large called Polysaccharides such as starch and cellulose.

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Kuldip Nayarr, a journalist was appointed as a high commissioner in 

A) UK B) Pakistan
C) Sri Lanka D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) UK

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The main theme of a fugue is called the

A) Subject B) Melody
C) Episode D) Exposition
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Subject

Explanation:

In music, a fugue is a contrapuntal compositional technique in two or more voices, built on a subject that is introduced at the beginning in imitation and which recurs frequently in the course of the composition. 

Hence, the main theme of a fugue is called the subject.

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