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Q:

Which one of the following statements is not correct with respect to protection of individuals being tried for offences?

A) A confession can never be used as evidence against the accused. B) The accused must have violated an existing law.
C) An accused cannot be tried and punished for the same offence again. D) The quantum of punishment must be provided in law as it existed on the date of commission of an offence.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) A confession can never be used as evidence against the accused.

Explanation:

Article-20 of the Constitutiongrants protection against arbitrary and excessive punishment to an accused person. It contains three provisions in that direction No Ex-post-facto Law No person shall be convicted of any offence except for violation of a law in force at the time of the commission of the Act nor subjected to a penalty greater than that prescribed by the law in force at the time ofthe commission of the Act.No Double Jeopardy No person shall be prosecuted and punished for the same offence more than once.No Self-incrimination No person accused of any offence shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.As per the Constitution, a person/entity can be tried retrospectively in certain instances as provided by the law

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Q:

Maryland was established as a refuge for which group?

A) Orthodox B) Catholics
C) Anabapists D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Catholics

Explanation:

Maryland was established by Calvert brothers as a refuge for Roman Catholics prosecuted in England.

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Q:

Which state government has recently decided to rename Child Care Institutes as Jagannath Ashrams?

A) Haryana B) Uttar Pradesh
C) Telangana D) Rajasthan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Haryana

Explanation:

Haryana state government has recently decided to rename Child Care Institutes as Jagannath Ashrams.

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Q:

Which NASA's spacecraft is sent for Jupiter mission?

A) JUNO B) LUNO
C) MONO D) TANO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) JUNO

Explanation:

NASA's spacecraft "JUNO"is sent for Jupiter mission.

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Q:

When an unbalanced force acts on an object

A) causes change in motion of the object B) the speed & direction of the object will change
C) causes the object to move D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

Unbalanced forces are the forces which causes change in motion of the object. It sets the object in motion and may cause the object to move. If the object is already in motion, it changes the speed and direction of the object.

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Q:

Protists and bacteria are grouped into different domains because

A) protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack. B) protists eat bacteria
C) bacteria decompose protists D) protists are photosynthetic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) protists have a membrane-bounded nucleus, which bacterial cells lack.

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Q:

Magic Marker was invented by _______.

A) Adolphe Sax B) Albert Bruce Sabin
C) Sidney Rosenthal D) Hyman George Rickover
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sidney Rosenthal

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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
The equipment is (adapted to) cotton industries.

A) Adapted from B) Adapted for
C) Adapted of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Adapted for

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