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Full-service airline Jet Airways has announced a partnership with ride-hailing app ________ to book airport cabs through the Jet Airways app itself in 2017.

A) Bookmycab B) Dot cabs
C) Meru D) Uber
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Uber

Explanation:

Full-service airline Jet Airways has announced a partnership with ride-hailing app Uber to book airport cabs through the Jet Airways app itself. The airline will partner Uber and facilitate travel from the airport once a passenger has booked a ticket on the Jet Airways app.

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Which of the following is a secondary air pollutant?

A) Acid rain B) SO2
C) CO2 D) Dust particles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Acid rain

Explanation:

Secondary pollutants include ozone, which is formed when hydrocarbons (HC) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) combine in the presence of sunlight.

 

Whereas Primary pollutant are those pollutants that are directly emitted from their sources, like CO2, CO, SO2 as these gases are directly emitted form burning of fossil fuels.

 

Acid rain, which is formed when sulfur dioxide or nitrogen oxides react with water, sulfuric acid etc.

 

Hence, Acidrain is a secondary air pollutant.

 

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Amino acids can be distinguished from one another by

A) type of bond between the R group and the rest of the molecule B) the number of R groups found on the amino acid molecules
C) the chemical properties of their R groups D) the chemical properties of the amino and carboxyl groups
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) the chemical properties of their R groups

Explanation:

Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups, along with a side chain (R group) specific to each amino acid.

 

Depending on the nature of the side chain groups, three classes of aminoacids can e distinguished:

1. Amino acids with H ond donor and acceptor groups.

Histidine, lysine, aspartic acid, threonine,...

2. Amino acids with donor grups only.

Arginine, tryptophan and cysteine.

3. Amino acids with acceptor groups only.

Asparagine and glutamine.

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Which one of the following actors was awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award at the 59th National Film Festival

A) Soumitra Chatterjee B) Ketan Mehta
C) Shekhar Kapoor D) Mahesh Bhatt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Soumitra Chatterjee

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Why is February 28th celebrated as National Science Day ?

Answer

It was on February 28th, 1928 that CV Raman announced  his discovery of New radiation-subsequently named the Raman Effect- that won him the Noble prize.

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Why was the 1955 UN General Assembly called "Menon Session" or "Menon Assembly"?

Answer

Because V K Krishna Menon spoke for 13hours continuously while representing india.

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Which one of the following is often called "Twitter of China" ?

A) Youku B) Sina weibo
C) We chat D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sina weibo

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Which is true of loyalty boards?

A) They did not care about individual civil rights B) They carefully reveiwed all evidence in open court
C) They were careful to pertect the civil rights of government workers D) They asked for voluntary statements
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were careful to pertect the civil rights of government workers

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