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Q:

The gift of Nile river is

A) Africa B) Japan
C) Egypt D) Korea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Egypt

Explanation:

Egypt is called as the gift of the Nile river. It is called so because the nile river served as means for transport, help in irrigation for farming, made soil fertile for growing crops. It made the Egyptian civilization possible. 

 

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Q:

Which payment gateway does Amazon use?

A) CCAvenue B) Payzippy
C) Amazon Pay D) Citrus Pay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Amazon Pay

Explanation:

Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company.

 

Payment gateways process credit card payments and other forms of internet transactions, in a secured format via any website or web-enabled device. They facilitate these transactions by transferring critical information between payment portals and the front-end processor, which is usually a bank.

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Amazon uses its own payment gateway Amazon Pay Payment gateway.

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Q:

Hot water is poured simultaneously in four metallic tumblers painted outside with different points. After some time the water will be found to have cooled most in the tumbler painted.

A) rough white B) rough black
C) shining white D) shining black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) rough black

Explanation:

Black  surfaces are good emitters of heat ( They are also good absorbers of heat). If the black surface is rough too, the emitting will be better. So (b) is the correct answer. Shining surfaces reflect back radiation. So if the black surface is also shining the effectiveness of emitting heat is lessened.

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Q:

Hard Drive capacity is measured in

A) Newton B) GB
C) THz D) Gwallior
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) GB

Explanation:

Hard drive or disc is used to store the users information and its capacity is measured in Giga Bytes (GB) and Tera Bytes (TB).

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Q:

In which layer is the temperature the lowest?

A) Troposphere B) Ionosphere
C) Mesosphere D) Stratosphere
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mesosphere

Explanation:

The mesosphere lies above the stratosphere and extends to an altitude of about 85 km. This is layer is often referred to as the cold layer, as the lowest readings in the atmosphere are found here.

 

Temperature decreases with height, reaching a minimum average value of -90 ºC at the top of the layer.

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Q:

Synapsis occurs during

A) Mitosis B) Meiosis
C) Both A & B D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Meiosis

Explanation:

Synapsis is the pairing of two homologous chromosomes that occurs during meiosis. It allows matching-up of homologous pairs prior to their segregation, and possible chromosomal crossover between them.

Synapsis takes place during prophase I of meiosis.

It is also called as Syndesis.

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Q:

In which State of India,the sex ration is more than 1000

A) Andhra Pradesh B) Karnataka
C) Kerala D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kerala

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Q:

An ideal habitat with unlimited resources is associated with

A) Neither exponential growth nor logistic growth B) Population crashes
C) Logistic growth D) Exponential growth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Exponential growth

Explanation:

An ideal habitat with unlimited resources is associated with Exponential growth.

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