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What was the purpose of the double v campaign?

Answer

The Double V Campaign was used in World War II. The purpose of the double v campaign is to fight for victory and ending segregation at home.


It was aimed at African-Americans, and it first appeared in an African-American newspaper, the Pittsburgh Courier, in 1942. The Double V Campaign worked to have a victory over racism abroad and racism in the United States.

It stood so it gave a chance for Black Americans to fight in the war so they could achieve Victory at Home and Abroad- (Civil Rights then the war in the Atlantic and Pacific).

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Q:

Which among the following is not correctly matched?

A) Parachute: W H carothers B) Barometer: Torricelli
C) Cells: Robert Hooke D) X- Ray: W Roentgen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Parachute: W H carothers

Explanation:
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Q:

Which microscope is often used to view metal surfaces?

A) Optical microscopes B) Scanning tunneling microscopes
C) Electron microscopes D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scanning tunneling microscopes

Explanation:

Microscopes are of three types. They are :

 

1) Optical microscopes

 

2) Electron microscopes

 

3) Scanning tunneling microscopes

 

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Scanning tunneling microscopes are the microscopes that are used to view metal surfaces.

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Q:

Which of the following cities is the venue of the 4th Asian electoral stakeholders forum (AESF - IV)?

A) Hyderabad B) Colombo
C) Dhaka D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Colombo

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Q:

The International Human Rights Convention adopted by the United Nations in 1990 relates to

A) Children B) Dasabled
C) Stateless Persons D) Migrant workers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Children

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Tropical evergreen rain forest biome provides optimum environmental conditions for the growth of plants and animals. Which one among the following statements regarding this is not correct?

 

A) It has heavy rainfall and high temperature throughout the year. B) This biome is also called mega-thermal biome.
C) The evergreen rain forest biome extended between 10 deg N and 10 deg S latitudes. D) The maximum development of this biome has taken place in central and southern California, and north-western coastal lands of Africa.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) The maximum development of this biome has taken place in central and southern California, and north-western coastal lands of Africa.

Explanation:

Tropical rainforests are such rainforests that occur in the region of tropical rainforest climate where there is no dry season and it remain hot and wet.Tropical evergreen rainforest biome provides optimum environmental conditions for the growth of plants and animals because it experience heavy rainfall and high temperature, and extend between 10° N and 10° S latitudes. The biome Tropical rain forests are of mega thermal type because the organisms are adapted to high temperature and wet and humid condition. The maximum development of this biome has taken place in South America, lowland regions in Africa, and the islands off of Southeast Asia, Central America and parts of Australia.

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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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