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Q:

A voltaic cell converts chemical energy to

A) Heat energy B) Electrical energy
C) Mechanical energy D) Light energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Electrical energy

Explanation:

A galvanic cell is also known as voltaic cell provides electrical energy from the chemical energy.

 

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Introducing a boy, a girl says, "He is the son of the sister of my mother's brother." How is the boy related to the girl?

A) Cousin B) Brother-in-law
C) Father-in-law D) Niece
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cousin

Explanation:
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Q:

As water is cooled from 4 deg C to 0 deg C, its density

A) increases B) decreases
C) remains same D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) decreases

Explanation:

As water is cooled from 4 deg C to 0 deg C, the water reaches its freezing point and starts forming ice crystals. Then the volume of that ice cubes increases and its density decreases. Hence, it is the reason that ice will float on water as ice has less density than the water.

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Q:

Capitalism is characterized by which of the following?

A) Profits B) A market economy
C) Privately owned businesses D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Capitalism is an economic system followed by a country or a society which is characterized by Privately owned businesses, a market economy and profits.


Capitalism is defined as "production for exchange" driven by the desire for personal accumulation of money receipts in such exchanges, mediated by free markets. The markets themselves are driven by the needs and wants of consumers and those of society as a whole in the form of the bourgeois state.

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Q:

Alliteration is an example of what?

A) Assonance B) Consonance
C) Tongue twisters D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Consonance

Explanation:

Alliteration is an example of Consonance. Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in words that are close to one another in a piece of text.

Example is "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."

Whereas

Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds, sometimes creating end rhymes.

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Q:

In a confederal system of government, power is

A) with States B) with Central
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) with States

Explanation:

Government can be classified in three manners:

(1) who participates,

(2) geographic distribution of power, and

(3) legislative/executive relationship.

 

Who can participate is generally broken down into two forms of government,

democracy or dictatorship

 

While the legislative/executive relationship is broken down into

presidential or parliamentary

 

The geographic distribution of power is broken down into unitary, federal, and confederation (confederal).


Confederal System of Government ::

A system of government where power is located with the independent states and there is little power in the central government.

 

Today, no nation follows a confederal system. Organizations, like the European Union and the Commonwealth of Independent States, are based on the ideas of a confederal system. Several nations make up these organizations, but they still retain the majority of their independence.

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Q:

Relationships among people are

A) not influenced by people's ideas and attitudes. B) something that must be maintained to stay healthy and strong.
C) one of two types—social or working. D) usually simple and easy to understand.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) something that must be maintained to stay healthy and strong.

Explanation:

Relationships among people are to be maintained in such a way that the people must stay healthy and to become strong enough.

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Q:

Which startup acquired Google's satellite imaging business in 2017 ?

A) NovaWurks B) PlanetiQ
C) Planet Labs D) UrtheCast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Planet Labs

Explanation:

American startup Planet Labs, that launches small satellites into orbit and sells the imagery, has announced its acquisition of Google's 'Terra Bella' satellite business. As part of the agreement, 60 Google employees will join the startup founded by ex-NASA scientists. Terra Bella, was acquired by Google in 2014 for $500 million and that time it was known as Skybox Imaging.

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