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Q:

Through which light cannot pass?

A) Notebook paper B) Water
C) Book D) Sun glasses
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Book

Explanation:

The objects through which light cannot pass are called as Opaque objects. Some objects allow some light to pass through them and are called as Translucent objects. The objects which allow all the light to pass through them are called as Transparent objects.

 

Here in the given options Book is an example of opaque object as it does not allow light to pass through it. Water is transparent object and notebook paper and sun glasses are examples of translucent objects.

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Q:

When to use colon?

Answer

A colon is used to connect two sentences when the second sentence expands, illustrates, explains, summarizes, or sharpens the first. Both sentences should be complete, and their content should be very closely related.


 


Example:


This girl has two favorite hobbies: watching movies and seeing how long she can hold her breathe.

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Q:

Human gametes are produced by

A) Mitosis B) Meiosis
C) Replication D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Meiosis

Explanation:

In humans all reproduction is sexual. It involves joining together haploid gamete cells from each parent with half the normal number of chromosomes to make a new cell containing both parents' genetic material. This is a diploid zygote. The cells from each parent that combine to form the zygote are called gametes.

 

Meiosis produces haploid gametes from a diploid parental cell.

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Q:

Which statement best describes the cold war in 1989?

A) The coldwar started B) Atom bomb on USSR
C) Glorious revolution occured D) Beginning of the end of cold war
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Beginning of the end of cold war

Explanation:

The Cold War started with building tensions between the US and the USSR during World War II. As Stalin began to annex more countries and spread communism throughout Eastern Europe, the US began to feel threatened and feared that they would start a war amongst the capitalist nations. The US started an attempt to limit the spread of communism and protect capitalism, which led to a series of passive aggressive and indirectly hostile exchanges between the two nations.

 

The beginning of the end of the cold war, the Berlin Wall came down. The USSR began to collapse the following year, in 1990.

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Q:

The World Music Day is celebrated across the world on

A) June 26 B) June 21
C) June 17 D) June 11
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) June 21

Explanation:

The World Music Day is celebrated across the world on 21 June.

 

The day is also known as 'Fete de la Musique' after a music festival that began in France in 1982.

 

This Day was first celebrated on 21st June 1982.

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Q:

Which becomes the first country to Recognise 'Orphanage Trafficking' as Slavery?

A) Mexico B) Australia
C) Afghanistan D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Australia

Explanation:

the first country to Recognise 'Orphanage Trafficking' as Slavery is Australia.

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Q:

Cost price of a pen is 50 Rs. and that of notebook is 140 Rs. If pen is sold at 200% profit, then to purchase 10 such note books how many pens are required to sell if only profit money is used to buy notebooks?

A) 14 B) 18
C) 15 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 14

Explanation:

C.P. of 10 note books ⇒ 140 × 10 = 1400 Rs.
Profit on selling one pen ⇒ 50×200/100 = Rs 100
Number of pen required ⇒ 1400/100 = 14

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Q:

Who invented ECG?

A) Hans Berger B) Einthoven
C) G. Bist D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Einthoven

Explanation:
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