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The common name of sodium tetraborate decahydrate is _____.

A) epsom salt B) gypsum
C) Borax D) galena
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Borax

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A passage is given with 5 questions following it. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives.


The quest to find life outside the solar system got a big boost with the discovery of seven Earth-size extra-solar planets, or exoplanets, orbiting a dwarf star about 40 light years away. Unlike earlier discoveries of exoplanets, all seven planets could possibly have liquid water — a key to life as we know it on Earth — with three planets having the greatest chance. This is by far the largest collection of Earth-like planets in the habitable 'Goldilocks' zone of a star — neither too close nor too far from a star, which raises the possibility of liquid water being present on the surface. Only Earth has liquid water in the solar system. Since the dwarf star is much cooler than the Sun, the dimming of light each time a planet passes or transits before the star could be easily recorded from Earth unlike in cases when planets transit a Sun-like bright star. Since the initial discovery of three planets was made using the Chile-based Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope, the exoplanet system is called TRAPPIST-1.

 

How many planets in our solar system have liquid water?

A) Two B) Three
C) One D) Four
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) One

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Which of the following wind is blowing from the Mediterranean sea to the North Western parts of India?

A) Western disturbances B) Norwesters
C) Loo D) Mango showers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Western disturbances

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When iron rusts, its weight .....

A) decreases B) increases
C) remains the same D) first increases and then decreases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) increases

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Which is the largest gland in human body?

A) Liver B) Thyroid
C) Pituitary D) Salivary gland
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Liver

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One of the following is also called as World Bank

A) IMF B) IBRD
C) WTO D) IDA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) IBRD

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Dhamek Stupa was built by?

A) Akbar B) Humayun
C) Ashoka D) Narasimha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ashoka

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.
Rohan was upset and so (picked up) his food while his cousins ate heartily.

A) Picked out B) Picked on
C) Picked at D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Picked at

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