General Knowledge Questions

Q:

In commonwealth Games, 2010, india won 101 medals. Out of them, how many medals have been received by team events, women and men respectively?

A) 0, 37, 64 B) 2, 35, 64
C) 1, 37, 63 D) 1, 36, 64
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2, 35, 64

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Q:

Frictional force acts in 

A) the same direction as the motion B) the opposite direction of the motion
C) all the directions D) upward direction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the opposite direction of the motion

Explanation:

It is to overcome this opposite frictional force , that  we have to apply the needed force to make the body move

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Q:

What are the Monomers that make up Proteins?

A) Amino acids B) Nucleotides
C) Disaccharides D) Chaperones
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amino acids

Explanation:

Proteins are long chains of Amino acids. That is in brief, Amino acids are the monomers of Proteins. Amino acids are compounds which contain both an amino group and a carboxylic group. Proteins are made up of 20 essential amino acids.

Monomer means a small molecule of an organic substance i.e, building block in general.

 

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Which one of the following foreign agencies will assist the municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its School Excellence Programmes(SEP) ?

A) IMF B) UNDP
C) ADB D) UNICEF
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ADB

Explanation:

Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it will assist the municipal agencies to improve quality of municipal schools through its School Excellence Programme (SEP).

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Q:

Which of these princely states integrated with the Indian union in 1947 without initially refusing to do so ?

 

A) Hyderabad B) Junaghad
C) Jaipur D) Travancore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jaipur

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Q:

1993 Nobel prize for literature has gone to the first black american lady, for her work ' Beloved'. The name of the lady is

A) Carla Hill B) Robin raphel
C) Winnie D) Toni morrison
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Toni morrison

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Q:

Kargil Fight held in

A) 1979 B) 1989
C) 1999 D) 1969
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1999

Explanation:

The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, was an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and July 1999 in the Kargil district of Kashmir and elsewhere along the Line of Control (LOC). In India, the conflict is also referred to as Operation Vijay.

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Q:

The dwarf camels, known as Alpacas , Vicunas and llamas are found in 

A) Tibet B) Afghanistan
C) Burma D) Cyprus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tibet

Explanation:

The llama, its wild cousin , the Vicuna and hump-less Alpaca are also found in the high pasture lands of the Andes region of Bolivia and peru, where they are useful as beasts of burden and for the production of fleece and meat.

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