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Q:

Which Indian doctor has been selected for the 2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame?

A) C P Thakur B) Gullapalli N. Rao
C) Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar D) Aroup Chatterjee
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Gullapalli N. Rao

Explanation:

Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao, the founder and chair of the LV Prasad Eye Institute (Hyderabad), has been selected to the 2017 Ophthalmology Hall of Fame instituted by the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He will be honoured at the induction ceremony in Los Angeles on May 6, 2017 at the annual meeting of the ASCRS.

 

Currently, Rao is the President of the prestigious Academia Ophthalmologica International (AOI), a group of 80 eminent academicians in ophthalmology in the world and is a past Chair of the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB).

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Q:

What position did Babe Ruth play

A) Only 1st base B) Both pitcher and out fielder
C) Only out fielder D) Only pitcher
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both pitcher and out fielder

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What element behaves most like magnesium?

A) Silicon B) Strontium
C) Sulphur D) Tin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Strontium

Explanation:

We know that, Elements in the same group of the periodic table have similar characteristics.

Here Magnesium and Strontium shared some similar properties because they both belong to the same group. Sr is the chemical symbol for strontium which is a group two element; it has atomic number of 38. 

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Q:

Which of the following occurred in the presence of tetrodotoxin?

A) The number of action potentials decreased. B) The size of the action potential increased.
C) The number of action potentials increased. D) The size of the action potential decreased.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The number of action potentials decreased.

Explanation:
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In which of the houses chairperson is not member of that house?

A) Rajya Sabha B) Legislative Assembly
C) Legislative Council D) Lok Sabha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rajya Sabha

Explanation:

The vice President is the chairman of Rajya Sabha. The chairman of Rajya Sabha is not the member of the house.

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Q:

An alloy is

A) a compound B) an allotropic form
C) an isomer D) a mixture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a mixture

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Q:

What does the color black on a map illustrate?

A) contours B) water bodies
C) woodland areas D) borders
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) borders

Explanation:

There are different colors that are used for different signs on the maps. The typical color standard for topographic maps depicts contours in brown, bodies of water in blue, boundaries in black, and grids and roads in red. Topographic maps may use different colors to represent area features.

 

Black represents man-made objects or cultural features like roads, bridges, borders, etc...

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Q:

GDP can be calculated by summing

A) Consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports B) Consumption, investment, government spending, and imports
C) Consumption, investment, government purchases, and imports D) Consumption, investment, wages, and rent
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports

Explanation:

Gross domestic product (GDP) is the monetary value of all the finished goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period.

Simply, GDP is a broad measurement of a nation’s overall economic activity. 

It is calculated by summation of Consumption, investment, government purchases, and net exports.

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