GATE Questions

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India's rank in the latest ICC One Day International Rankings is Second. England tops the list followed by India, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia in the list.

Whereas India's rank in the latest ICC Test International Rankings is First followed by South Africa and England in 2nd and 3rd places.

The great Sahara Desert created an opportunity for wealth by trading to peoples who live in and around the region. The city of Timbuktu was built as a result of this trade.

Hundreds of years ago, salt was a very valuable commodity. It was valued for its taste as well as its ability to preserve food. One of the most productive areas for producing salt was the Sahara Desert, and the city of Timbuktu was built to capitalize upon this trade.

In DNA, adenine pairs with Thymine. Similarly, in RNA, due to absence of thymine in RNA and the same structure with uracil helps to pair with adenine.

Most financial investments are examples of Human risk type of risks. Since, we humans invest in any kind of financial investments on our own risk expecting profits.

Yes, we know that water is a universal solvent.

Water can moderate temperature because of the two properties: high-specific heat and the high heat of vaporization.

Water is a polar molecule that has a high level of polarity and attraction to ions and other polar molecules.

Hence, all the above given options are the properties of water.

An ionic bond is formed between two molecules when transfer of valency electrons take place between them. 

Atoms are composed of three main particles called electrons, protons and neutrons. We know that, the electrons are negatively charged particles whereas protons are positively charged and neutrons have no charge.

Hence, as the number of electrons and protons are equal and they are oppositely charged, the atom will have no charge as their charges cancel each other.