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What was one outcome of laissez faire economic policies?

A) Poverty traps that cannot be escaped through free choice B) Monopoly power that emerges naturally in the market and allows businesses to exploit consumers
C) Businesses pay workers low D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Laissez-faire is simply a way to describe a government's hands-off approach to economic policies. This approach was particularly prevalent in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, which led to numerous issues within American manufacturing.

 

There are many outcomes of laissez-faire economic policies. Some of the outcomes of laissez-faire economics were:

* Businesses pay workers low.

* Pollution of air and water.

* Poverty traps that cannot be escaped through free choice. 

* General glut that results from overproduction or underconsumption

* Monopoly power that emerges naturally in the market and allows businesses to exploit consumers. 

* Exploitation of the working class that pushes wages down to subsistence and compels laborers to work in harsh and unsafe conditions. 

* External economies that generate situations where desirable goods are underproduced on the market, and undesirable goods are overproduced on the market. 

* Public goods that are not supplied by the market due to free-rider problems.

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Q:

In the thermite process, the reducing agent is

A) Chlorine B) Aluminium
C) Silicon D) Iron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Aluminium

Explanation:

In the thermite process, the reducing agent is Aluminium.

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Q:

In how many different ways could couples be picked from 6 men and 9 women ?

A) 26 B) 54
C) 52 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 54

Explanation:

Number of mens = 8

Number of womens = 5

 

Different ways could couples be picked = C16×9C1 = 9 x 6 = 54 ways.

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Q:

A car moves at a speed of 72 km/hr after repairing and moves at the speed of 54 km/hr before repairing. It covers X distance in 6 hours after repairing. How much time (inhours) will it take to cover 3X distance before repairing?

A) 20 B) 24
C) 18 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 24

Explanation:
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Q:

Electrostatic precipitator is used to control

A) Water pollution B) Noise pollution
C) Air pollution D) Solid waste
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Air pollution

Explanation:

Electrostatic precipitator is used to control Air pollution. An electrostatic precipitator is a filtration device that removes fine particles, like dust and smoke, from a flowing gas using the force of an induced electrostatic charge minimally impeding the flow of gases through the unit.

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Q:

Backup means

A) Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination B) Accessing data on tape
C) Filtering old data from the new data D) Adding more components to your network
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination

Explanation:

Protecting data by copying it from the original source to a different destination is called as Backup. When an original data is lossed, to restore the information by copying the data from the source to other destination is called as Backup or Data backup.

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Q:

Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean?

Answer

Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis.


Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.

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Q:

What does ADP stand for army?

Answer

ADP stand for Army Doctrine Publication.  An official written document that provides established principles in the U.S. Army that support national objectives.

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