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Q:

What words are similar in meaning to Run?

A) Race B) Amble
C) Lope D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

All of the options given are synonyms of RUN.

 

Hence, Race, Amble, Lope are similar in meaning to the word Run.

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Q:

Which of the following mixtures is not a colloid?

A) Sugar water B) Milk
C) Paint D) Fog
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sugar water

Explanation:

Colloids include gels, sols, and emulsions; the particles do not settle, and cannot be separated out by ordinary filtering or centrifuging like those in a suspension.

These Colloid substances consists of ultramicroscopic particles of one substance dispersed through another substance from which we cannot separate them.

 

Sugar water is not a colloid and it is a solution in which we can separate them.

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Q:

Which of the following is a correctly written compound word?

A) Spur of the moment-decision B) Thirty one
C) Quickly-running D) Self-evident
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Self-evident

Explanation:

Compound word means when two or more words join together to make a single word that gives a new meaning.

 

Here in the options, Self-evident is the compound word.

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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:

ACTH stimulates the adrenal cortex to release corticosteroid hormones.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

ACTH means Adrenal Corticotrophic Hormone.


CRH - Corticotrophin Releasing Hormone produced by hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary gland to release the ACTH which in turn produces corticosteroid hormones by adrenal glands.


 


Hence, the given statement is TRUE.

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Q:

A push or pull on an object is called

A) Force B) Weight
C) Opposition D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Force

Explanation:

The push or pull on an object that causes it to move or stop or change direction is called as Force.

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Q:

Fat is completely digested in the

A) small intestine B) mouth
C) large intestine D) stomach
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) small intestine

Explanation:

Fat is completely digested in the small intestine of the body.

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Q:

One major cause of floods is

A) light rain over a large area B) a decrease in stream discharge
C) rapid spring snowmelt D) increased capacity of stream channels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) rapid spring snowmelt

Explanation:

There are lots of reasons behind the flood in any area but the main reason is a heavy downpour or rapid snowmelt can flood canyons with a mixture of soil, rock, and water is a major cause of floods.

 

When the spring times come, sometimes there's a lot of warmth that suddenly comes, especially nowadays when there are things such as global warming. So the snow melts and large amounts of water can flood the fields that are often found at the foot of a mountain or similar things.

 

But they may also be caused by deforestation, drainage channel modification from a landslide, earthquake or volcanic eruption. Examples include outburst floods and lahars.

 

 

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