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The Pitt's India Act empowered the Governor - General with

A) Power of vote B) A casting vote
C) The power to dismiss the council D) The power to add more members to the council
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) A casting vote

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Q:

English words with similar meaning

A) Relegate - Downgrade B) Beautiful - Ugly
C) Qualm - Confidence D) Generic - Branded
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Relegate - Downgrade

Explanation:

Relegate means Assigning an inferior rank or position to. That means, downgrading or pulling down, lower a person.

 

All other options have words with opposite in meaning.

 

Hence, Relegate is an English word which is similar in meaning to Downgrade.

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Which sample is a pure substance?

A) Table salt B) Pure water
C) a test tube of zinc oxide D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

A pure substance can be defined as any single type of material that has not been contaminated by another substance. In chemistry, a pure substance has a definite composition. It can be a compound or an element. A pure substance is considered to be a material that consists of one type of "building block" of matter.

Examples of pure substances include tin, sulfur, diamond, water, pure sugar (sucrose), table salt (sodium chloride) and baking soda (sodium bicarbonate).

Tin, sulfur, and diamond are examples of pure substances which are chemical elements. All elements are pure substances.

Water, sugar, salt and baking soda are pure substances which are chemical compounds. Chemical compounds also are pure substances

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Q:

________ oilfield of India has the largest quantity of recoverable reserves

A) Moron Oilfield B) Mumbai High oil field
C) Ankaleshwar Oil field D) Naharkatiya Oil field
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai High oil field

Explanation:

The Mumbai High Offshore Oil field is considered as  a giant Oil field. An Oilfield to be categorised as a giant should have a minimum of 500 million barrels of recoverable crude oil.

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Q:

Author of Nayaya Sutra was

A) Gautam B) Kanad
C) Kapil D) Badrayan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gautam

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Q:

The shadow zone exists because

Answer

The shadow zone is the area of the earth from angular distances of 104 to 140 degrees from a given earthquake that does not receive any direct P waves. The shadow zone results from S waves being stopped entirely by the liquid core and P waves being bent (refracted) by the liquid core.


There are two types of Shadow zones:


one for P waves and


one for S waves.


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P wave shadows between 104-140 degree, both sides; S wave shadow from 105 of one side to 105 of the other.

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Q:

Who present the theory of radioactive disintegration

A) Rutherford and Soddy B) Soddy and Fajan
C) Thomson and Rutherford D) Hahn and strassman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rutherford and Soddy

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Australian state government has approved the world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant a _______ structure to be built in South Australia by 2020.

A) 150-megawatt B) 200-megawatt
C) 250-megawatt D) 300-megawatt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 150-megawatt

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