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The endangered Ridley turtles have the world's largest aggregation_____

A) Gahirmatha B) Sagarmatha
C) Lakshadweep islands D) Andaman and Nicobar group of islands
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gahirmatha

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Under which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India, is the ' Annual Financial Statement ' of the economy to be laid by the Government, on the table of the Parliament before 31st March, every year

A) Article 16 B) Article 31
C) Article 112 D) Article 124
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Article 112

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During the recent Venus transit (June 2012), the planet appeared as a tiny black circle moving on the Sun. The black colour on the sun is because the planet :

 

A) Is black in colour B) Obstructed all light from the sun
C) Was invisible due to bright rays from the Sun D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Behaved as a black hole during its transit

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Who has written the book ' War and Peace '

A) Khushwant Singh B) Mikhail Solokhov
C) Count Leo Tolstoy D) Saul Bellow
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Count Leo Tolstoy

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Which is the largest of all the Deserts?

A) Thar B) Sahara
C) Kalahari D) Arabian
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sahara

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Sahar is the largest desert.It is located in Africa

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Who discovered Insulin

A) William Harvey B) Louis Pasteur
C) F.G.Banting D) Alexander Fleming
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Alexander Fleming

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What is the name of the NASA woman astronaut who on 24 April 2017 broke the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut ?

A) Jeff Williams B) Sunitha Williams
C) Sally Ride D) Peggy Whitson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Peggy Whitson

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Peggy Whitson on 24 April 2017 broke the record for most days spent in space (cumulatively) by a US astronaut. She broke the previous record set by Jeff Williams who had spent a total of 534 days in space.

– Whitson has been currently living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS), for which she was launched in November 2016 using a Russian Soyuz capsule. At the time of her launch, she had already accumulated 377 total days in space.

– Her mission was recently extended for an additional three months. Now when she will return from ISS in September 2017, she would have accumulated more than 600 days in space.

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The Opium war id held between which two countries  ?

A) England and France B) China and Russia
C) Russia and England D) China and England
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) China and England

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The Opium Wars were two wars in the mid-19th century involving Anglo-Chinese disputes over British trade in China and China’s sovereignty. The disputes included the First Opium War (1839–1842) and the Second Opium War (1856–1860).

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