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Q:

Which country is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world?

A) Brazil B) Russia
C) China D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Brazil

Explanation:

The country Brazil is the largest producer of sugarcane in the world.

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Q:

India's 1st district cooling system will come up in which city?

A) Amaravathi B) Hyderabad
C) Bangaluru D) Noida
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Amaravathi

Explanation:

District cooling system is a well known and energy efficient technology adopted across the world. India's 1st district cooling system will come up in the green city Amaravathi, the capital city of Andhra Pradesh state.

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District cooling system (DCS) distributes thermal energy in the form of chilled water from a central source to multiple buildings through a network of underground pipes for use in space cooling. The cooling or heat rejection is usually provided from a central cooling plant, thus eliminating the need for separate systems in individual buildings.

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Q:

To resolve an object in an electron microscope,

A) the wavelength of the electrons must be close to the diameter of the object B) the wavelength of the electrons must be greater than the diameter of the object.
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the wavelength of the electrons must be close to the diameter of the object

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Q:

The C shape of the tracheal cartilages is important because

A) divide the nasal cavity B) Allows for expansion or contraction of the trachea
C) provide a surface for the sense of smell D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Allows for expansion or contraction of the trachea

Explanation:

Allows for expansion or contraction of the trachea. Hence, so large masses of food can pass through the esophagus during swallowing.

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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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Which is the best definition of Federalism?

A) Federalism encourages the practice of direct democracy at the state level rather than the national level. B) The quality of federal supremacy in government.
C) A happy combination of mixed government. D) Federalism enables the state and the national government to share power.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Federalism enables the state and the national government to share power.

Explanation:

Federalism ::

Federalism is a system based upon democratic rules and institutions in which the power to govern is shared between national and provincial/state governments, creating what is often called a federation.

 

Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together with a governing representative head. 

Federalism enables the state and the national government to share power.

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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 given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) For first-time Indian travellers, stepping out of the airport in Singapore or Japan is a momentous, potentially mindset-changing experience.

A) But walk in a cramped gully in Delhi or even on the main road and everything that is not desirable inside, finds its way outside.

B) Public littering is a social issue that results in massive aesthetic, financial and health- related costs for India. It’s not as if we don’t value cleanliness. Our homes are the textbook definition of clean.

C) How does that compare with our paan- stained buses filled with peanut shells?

D) How can bustling cities packed with people be so spotless? As far as the eye can go, there is not a single piece of stray paper on the road or in public transport.

A) BCAD B) DCBA
C) DBCA D) ADBC
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) DCBA

Explanation:

The correct sequence is DCBA.

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