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Q:

Which two functional groups are always found in amino acids?

A) Carbonyl and amine B) Ketone and amine
C) Amine and carboxyl D) Aldehyde and amine
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amine and carboxyl

Explanation:

The two functional groups Amine and carboxyl groups are always found in amino acids.

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Q:

Which works are protected by copyright?

A) Ideas B) Architectural works
C) Procedures D) Names
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Architectural works

Explanation:

 

 Copyright law safeguards the expression of thoughts and facts, not simply the thoughts and actualities. Thoughts are fair diversion for everybody to express in their own words.

 

Works that are protected by copyright are ::

 

Literary works,

 

Musical works, including any accompanying words

 

Dramatic works, including any accompanying music

 

Pantomimes and choreographic works

 

Pictorial, graphic, and sculptural works

 

Motion pictures and other audiovisual works

 

Sound recordings

 

Architectural works.

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Q:

Which country shares the longest border with China?

A) India B) Russia
C) Mongolia D) Kazakhstan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mongolia

Explanation:

China shares land borders with 14 different countries, the longest being with Mongolia followed by Russia and then India.

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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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In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

 

A) Ambarass B) Embarass
C) Embarrs D) Embarrass
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Embarrass

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Q:

When a ball is thrown vertically upwards, which of the following quantities remains constant during its motion?

A) Energy B) Displacement
C) Velocity D) Acceleration
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Energy

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Q:

Which neighbouring country of India is also reffered as 'Druk Yul'?

A) Myanmar B) Maldives
C) Bhutan D) Afghanistan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Bhutan

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Q:

Who is the MD and CEO of Allahabad Bank as of March 2018?

A) Chitra Ramakrishna B) Shikha Sharma
C) Usha Ananthasubramanian D) Arundathi Bhattacharya
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Usha Ananthasubramanian

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