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Q:

Who began public health and sanitation systems?

A) Mexicans B) Egyptians
C) Romans D) Chinese
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Romans

Explanation:

Romans (753 BC - AD 410) began public health and sanitation systems.

 

Romans established the first public health and sanitation systems by building sewers and aqueducts.

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They also treated diseases with diet, exercise and meditation.

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Q:

Space Application Centre (SAC) is located at which place?

A) Ahmadabad B) Trivandrum
C) Hyderabad D) Mumbai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ahmadabad

Explanation:

Space Applications Centre (SAC) is one of the major centres of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is located in Ahmadabad.

 

SAC focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for ISRO missions and development and operationalisation of applications of space technology for societal benefits. The applications cover communication, broadcasting, navigation, disaster monitoring, meteorology, oceanography, environment monitoring and natural resources survey.

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Q:

Which of these is exhibiting kinetic energy?

A) an archer with a flexed bow B) a person sitting on a couch while watching TV
C) a space station orbiting Earth D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a space station orbiting Earth

Explanation:

Any moving object can exhibit kinetic energy, as kinetic energy is also known as Motional energy.

In the given options, only a space station orbiting Earth is in motion and all the other are in rest position.

 

Hence, option C) a space station orbiting Earth is only exhibiting kinetic energy.

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Q:

Waksman got the noble prize for the discovery of

A) Streptomycin B) Chloromycetin
C) Pencillin D) Neomycin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Streptomycin

Explanation:

In 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

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Q:

Which of the following uses a Non Renewable Energy Source?

A) Wind Mill Power Plant B) Hydro Electric Plant
C) Nuclear Power Plant D) Tidal Power Plant
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nuclear Power Plant

Explanation:

Nuclear Power Plant uses a Non Renewable Energy Source.

 

Non-renewable energy is that source of energy which can not be used again and again. This sort of energy is sustainable to exhaustion.


Non renewable energy is that form of energy which is subject to deletion. This type of energy is of many uses to us. It can be used to produce electricity, heating, cooking, transportation and manufacturing. 85% of the energy used in the industrial processes is form the non-renewable type of energy.

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Q:

The greater is the marginal propensity to consume, the

A) lower is the price level B) smaller is the marginal propensity to save
C) lower is the average propensity to consume D) higher is the interest rate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) smaller is the marginal propensity to save

Explanation:
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Q:

Where does translation occur?

A) Nucleus B) Ribosomes
C) Cytoplasm D) mitochondrion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Cytoplasm

Explanation:

Right after that, the mRNA enters the cytoplasm through nuclear pores. There, it could be translated into proteins by ribosomes. This process is called translation.

 

Translation occurs in the cytoplasm whereas transcription occurs in the nucleus.

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Q:

_____ ranked No.1 in world's Happiest country's list 2017 ?

A) Pakistan B) Spain
C) India D) Norway
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Norway

Explanation:

Norway is the top most country in the world's happiest country's list 2017 and India ranks 122nd in the list below than the Pakistan and Bangladesh. 

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