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Q:

Which of the following defines a genome?

A) Every human cell	B) the complete set of an organism's genes and other DNA sequences
C) the complete set of an organism's polypeptides	D) a karyotype

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the complete set of an organism's genes and other DNA sequences

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Which of these is an example of a haploid cells?

A) Sperms	B) Neurons
C) Red blood cells	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sperms

Explanation:

In the above options, sperms are the haploid cells. In humans, haploid cells are those have only half the number of usual number of chromosomes. Sperm, gamates and egg cells are the haploid cells examples.

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Q:

A yellow element that stinks when burned

A) Bromine	B) Sulphur
C) Chlorine	D) Fluorine

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Sulphur

Explanation:

A yellow element that stinks when burned is Sulphur.

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Which ocean takes up about half of the surface of the earth?

A) Southern	B) Pacific
C) Atlantic	D) Indian

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pacific

Explanation:

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south. We know that, Earth is made up of 70% of water and 30% of land. Pacific Ocean covers 1/3rd of the water on the Planet Earth.

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Q:

Unemployment would cause an economy to

A) produce outside its production possibilities frontier	B) produce inside it's production possibilities frontier
C) produce on it's production possibilites frontier	D) All of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) produce inside it's production possibilities frontier

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Q:

Starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system.

A) TRUE

B) FALSE

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

False. The given statement that starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system is not correct.

We know that the starting or restarting a computer is called Booting the system.

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Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer.

$\frac{A p a r t o f S p e c i a l d e v e l o p m e n t f u n d i s}{(1)} / \frac{e x p e c t e d t o b e r e l e a s e d}{(2)} /$

$\frac{n e x t m o n t h a n d t h e p r o v i s i o n a l}{(3)} / \frac{f o r r e m a i n i n g a m o u n t i n t h e n e w b u d g e t}{(4)}$

A) (1)	B) (2)
C) (3)	D) (4)

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (3)

Explanation:

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

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Q:

When a chemical bond is broken energy is

A) transferred	B) released
C) used	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) used

Explanation:

Bond breaking is an endothermic process.

Hence, bond breakage needs an amount of energy and uses some energy based on the strength of the bond to break the bond.

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