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Q:

Who did not have an important role in the Swadeshi Movement ?

A) Muslims	B) Students
C) Women	D) Peasants

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Peasants

Explanation:

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Q:

The sides of a right-angled triangle are 12 cm, 16 cm, 20 cm respectively. A new right angle Δ is made by joining the midpoints of all the sides. This process continues for infinite then calculate the sum of the areas of all the triangles so made.

A) 312 sq.cm	B) 128 sq.cm
C) 412 sq.cm	D) 246 sq.cm

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 128 sq.cm

Explanation:

Area = = 96

Sum of Area =

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Q:

A bag contains 3 red balls, 5 yellow balls and 7 pink balls. If one ball is drawn at random from the bag, what is the probability that it is either pink or red?

A) 2/3	B) 1/8
C) 3/8	D) 3/4

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2/3

Explanation:

Given number of balls = 3 + 5 + 7 = 15

One ball is drawn randomly = 15C1

probability that it is either pink or red = $\frac{7 C_{1} + 3 C_{1}}{15 C_{1}} = \frac{7 + 3}{15} = \frac{10}{15} = \frac{2}{3}$

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Q:

If 4 circles of equal radius are drawn with vertices of a square as the centre , the side of the square being 7 cm, find the area of the circles outside the square ?

A) 119.21 sq cm	B) 115.395 sq cm
C) 104.214 sq cm	D) 111.241 sq cm

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 115.395 sq cm

Explanation:

Because each vertice of the square is the center of a circle
(1/4) part of the total area of each circle inside of the square.
(3/4) part of the total area of each circle outside of the square.
Thus total area outside the square is $4 (\frac{3}{4} \times \frac{22}{7} \times 3.5 \times 3.5)$ = 115.3955 sq cm.

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Q:

Which device is called silico sapiens?

A) Computer	B) Robot
C) Moniter	D) Hardware

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Robot

Explanation:

Silico Sapiens generally refers to robots.

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Q:

Iteration is most similar in meaning to

A) Looping	B) Starting
C) Ending	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Looping

Explanation:

Iteration means doing something again and again, repeatedly,...

Hence, looping is a process of repeating a method and so it is similar in meaning to Iteration.

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Q:

What structure separates the thoracic cavity from the abdominal cavity?

A) Diaphragm	B) Liver
C) Lungs	D) Heart

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Diaphragm

Explanation:

A Dome-shaped, muscular and membranous structure that separates as a partition of the thoracic and abdominal cavities is Diaphragm.

Thoracic or chest cavity :: It is the cavity where the heart and lungs are present. It is the second largest hallow space in the body.It also has vertebral column, ribs, breast bone,...

Abdominal cavity :: It is the cavity where the digestive tract, liver, kidneys, the spleen, pancreas,... are located. It is the largest hallow space of the body.

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Q:

Who of the following threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly along with Bhagat Singh ?

A) B.K. Dutt	B) Sukhdev
C) Jatin Das	D) Rajguru

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) B.K. Dutt

Explanation:

Bhagat Singh and B.K. Dutt threw bombs in the Legislative Assembly as a protest against "Passage of public Safety bill".

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