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International Workers' Day or Labour Day is celebrated on ?

A) April 1st B) May 1st
C) June 1st D) July 1st
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 1st

Explanation:
  • International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries, is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement, socialists, communists or anarchists. 
  • It occurs every year on May Day which is May 1st. It is the day to pay tribute to the Labourers. Without them nothing will complete. 
  • In India, the first Labour Day, or May Day, was celebrated in 1923 in Chennai.
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Q:

Currency of Peru is

A) Chilean Peso B) Euro
C) Sol D) Dollar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sol

Explanation:

Peru is a country in South America. Lima is the capital city of Peru. Sol is the currency of Peru.

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Plantain is

A) a tree B) an annual herb
C) a perennial herb D) a shrub
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a perennial herb

Explanation:

Plantain plant is a herb, because it does not have an aerial stem - what appears as a stem is really the leaves with sheathing bases. As the piant lives for several years it is called perennial herb

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Q:

A pulse can be detected most easily in

A) a vein B) a lacteal
C) an artery D) a capillary
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an artery

Explanation:

A pulse can be detected most easily in Arteries as they are under much greater pressure than veins because they are carrying blood away from the heart which is the pumping machine to force blood to move to all of the body.

 

Every time the hear contracts, it can be felt in an artery where a surge of blood has just been forced.

 

A capillary is too small to feel a pulse and a lacteal is part of the lymphatic system found in the small intestine.

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Q:

What is the capital of Jamica?

A) Jerusalem B) Kingston
C) Nairobi D) Dublin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kingston

Explanation:

Capital of jamica is Kingston

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SEBI decided to give an exemption to some companies from the requirement of the minimum 25 per cent public shareholding. Companies exempted from such requirement should fulfil which of the following norms?

A. They should have market capitalisation of Rs.1,000 crore

B. They should have 20 million shares listed

C. They should have a turnover of Rs.400 crore per annum

A) Only A B) Only B
C) Only C D) Both A & B
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both A & B

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Q:

Power, authority and responsibilities of municpalities are listed in which one of the following schedules of the Constitution of India

A) Ninth B) Tenth
C) Eleventh D) Twelfth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Twelfth

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Is blood homogeneous or heterogeneous?

A) Homogeneous B) Heterogeneous
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Heterogeneous

Explanation:

Blood is a heterogeneous mixture because the blood cells are physically separate from the blood plasma. The cells have different properties than the plasma. The cells can be separated from the plasma by centrifuging, which is a physical change.

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