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Q:

Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Madison D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal lenses and he was the first to wear bifocal lenses. He did not produce them himself but instead had some optician in London or France make them for him to overcome Presbyopia, a condition that Franklin suffered. He was tired switching between lenses for far and near sightedness. And that resulted in inventing Bifocal Lenses.

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Q:

Antibiotics are mostly obtained from

A) Viruses B) Fungi
C) Bacteria D) Angiosperms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Fungi

Explanation:
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Q:

The first passenger train in India ran between

A) Kalyan and Pune B) Bombay and Thane
C) Howrah and Delhi D) New Delhi and Madras
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bombay and Thane

Explanation:

India's first passenger train run took place from Mumbai to Thane for around 34 kms on 16th April in the year 1853. 

That train was hauled by three steam locomotives : Sahib, Sindh and Sultan.

That train had 14 carriages, carrying around 400 passengers.

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The Human Resource Development Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry launched an online verification portal ___________ to make the document verification process easier.

A) e-bharat B) e-sanad
C) e-foriegn D) e-verify
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) e-sanad

Explanation:

The Human Resource Development Ministry and the External Affairs Ministry launched an online verification portal to make the document verification process easier for students who planning to study abroad. The Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE) academic repository of degrees and certificates “Parinam Manjusha” was also involved in the project of creating “eSanad”.

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Q:

When is International Day of Families observed  ?

A) May 13 B) May 15
C) May 16 D) May 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 15

Explanation:

15 May. Theme of International Day of Family 2017 is “Families, education and well-being”.

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Q:

The first step in solving an Ethical Dilemma is to

A) identify the alternatives B) identify an etical situation and ethical issues involved
C) weigh the impact of each alternative on various stakeholders. D) recognize and analyze the principal elements in the situation.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) identify an etical situation and ethical issues involved

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Which of the following is true of VoIP?

A) It uses the public switched telephone network. B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.
C) It uses a slow speed dial-up connection. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.

Explanation:

VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.

 

Voice over Internet Protocol is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.

 

Here in the given options, Skype is the only voice service that enables us to talk over internet.

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Q:

A person purchase 50 mangoes he sells 10 at 20% profit, 20 at 30% profit and rest got rotten. Find its total loss or profit%?

A) 28% B) 26%
C) 24% D) 22%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 24%

Explanation:

Let the cost price of each mango be Rs. 1

So 50 mangoes costs = Rs. 50

20% Profit on Selling Price of 10 mangoes = Rs. 12 

30% Profit on Selling Price of 20 mangoes = Rs. 26

Total = Rs. 38

Loss = 50 - 38 = 12

 

Loss% = (12/50) x 100 = 24%.

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