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Which of these is unique to flowering plants?

A) double fertilization B) an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
C) haploid gametophytes D) pollen production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) double fertilization

Explanation:

In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.

 

Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

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Q:

Forests occupy about _____of India's total surface?

A) 19 per cent B) 26 per cent
C) 28 per cent D) 30 percent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 19 per cent

Explanation:
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Q:

What is the new name of Abyssinia?

A) Namibia B) Zimbabwe
C) Thailand D) Ethiopia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Ethiopia

Explanation:

Ethiopia is the new name of a country which is historically called as Abyssinia.

 

New name     -      Old name

Namibia        -      South West Africa

Zimbabwe     -      Southern Rhodesia

Thailand        -      Siam.

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Q:

Thorndike was known for his work with

A) Modeling B) a skinner box
C) monkeys D) a puzzle box
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a puzzle box

Explanation:

Edward Thorndike (1874 - 1949) is famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism.

Thorndike (1898) studied learning in animals (usually cats). He devised a classic experiment in which he used a puzzle box to empirically test the laws of learning.

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Q:

Which states of India have oil fields?

A) Andhra Pradesh & Telangana B) Telangana & Tripura
C) Bihar & Mizoram D) Tamilnadu & Odisha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Tamilnadu & Odisha

Explanation:

Indian states having oil fields are

  • Andhra Pradesh
  • Arunachal Pradesh
  • Mizoram
  • Odisha
  • Tamilnadu
  • Rajasthan
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Q:

Heat transfer by radiation mainly depends upon

A) Kind and extent of its surface B) Its temperature
C) Nature of the body D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Heat transfer through radiation takes place in form of electromagnetic waves mainly in the infrared region. It depends on nature of the body, its temperature and kind & extent of its surface.

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Q:

Rabindranath Tagore was awarded Noble Prize for his literary work named

A) Geetanjali B) Rajtarangini
C) Chokher Bali D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Geetanjali

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Q:

90 D in RA?

Answer

90 D in RA means 90 Degrees in Right Angle. It is a logic question which is to be eloborated.


 


Some more of its kind are:


1. 52 W in a Y     -    52 Weeks in a Year


2. 7 C in a R        -    7 Colours in a Rainbow


3. 9 P in SS


4. 5 C in an OF


5. 12 S of the Z

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