General Knowledge Questions

Q:

Which statement about capillaries is correct?

A) their walls are covered with cilia B) they warm and humidify inhaled air
C) their walls are only one cell thick D) they move mucus through the lungs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) their walls are only one cell thick

Explanation:

Capillaries Tiny blood vessels connecting arteries to veins. These blood vessels carry oxygen

and nutrients to individual cells. Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in the body, and have

walls only one or two cells thick. (Their diameter is 5 to 10 micrometers, or 5 to 10 millionths of

a meter.)

 

Capillaries connect arterioles and venules, which are the smaller extensions of the larger arteries and veins.

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Q:

Oscar Awards are conferred annually by

A) Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA B) Hollywood Foreign Press Association
C) Government of United States D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Academy of Motion Pictures, arts and sciences, USA

Explanation:
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Q:

The philosopphical essence, "The world is but God manifest and God is my own soul" may be traced to the 

A) Vedas B) Upanishads
C) Puranas D) Manusmriti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Upanishads

Explanation:
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Q:

The single-step income statement emphasizes

A) the various components of income from continuing operations B) extraordinary items and accounting changes more than these are emphasized in the multiple-step income statement
C) total revenues and total expenses D) the gross profit figure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) total revenues and total expenses

Explanation:

The single-step income statement emphasizes


1. total revenues and total expenses.

2. Revenues

3. Expenses

4. Net income

The primary advantage of the single step fromat lies in its simple presentation and the absence of any implication that one type of revenue or expense item has priority over another.

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Q:

China's TCL Communication has a joint venture agreement with European company for manufacturing mobile handsets?

A) Alcatel B) Nokia
C) Siemens D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Alcatel

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Q:

The largest proportion of federal revenues comes from

A) borrowing B) excise taxes
C) social insurance taxes D) personal income taxes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) personal income taxes

Explanation:

The largest proportion of federal revenues comes from personal income taxes. Almost half of all federal revenue (47 percent) comes from individual income taxes.

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Q:

Thorndike was known for his work with

A) Modeling B) a skinner box
C) monkeys D) a puzzle box
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) a puzzle box

Explanation:

Edward Thorndike (1874 - 1949) is famous in psychology for his work on learning theory that lead to the development of operant conditioning within behaviorism.

Thorndike (1898) studied learning in animals (usually cats). He devised a classic experiment in which he used a puzzle box to empirically test the laws of learning.

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Q:

Identified with modern Tamluk in Bengal, Which was the main port on the east coast of india for sailing to South East Asia in the first millennium?

Answer

Tamralipti

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