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Q:

A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be 

A) a parabola B) a horizontal straight line
C) a vertical straight line D) a circle
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a parabola

Explanation:

Parabola, because when the coin is dropped at a particular point, it has the same velocity as the running train. So, by Newton's first law, it continues its motion horizontally with that velocity. But then, it is also pulled down by earth's gravity continuously. In this situation its horizontal motion gives way to the parabolic motion until it reaches the ground.

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Q:

Sales commissions are classified as

A) Period costs B) Product costs
C) Indirect labour D) Overhead costs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Period costs

Explanation:

A sales commission is money your small business pays an employee when she sells your products or services to customers. Sales commissions are classified as selling expenses which come under Period costs. A period cost is any cost that cannot be capitalized into prepaid expenses, inventory, or fixed assets.

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What is the slogan of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana?

A) Kal ki Fikr Nahin B) Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata
C) Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata

Explanation:

The slogan of the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJY) introduced by PM Narendra Modi is Mera Khata Bhagya Vidhata.

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Q:

Which is the liquid that shows Capillary fall?

Answer

Mercury

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Q:

What is a direct result of aerobic respiration?

A) The enzymes for anaerobic respiration are produced and stored in lysosomes B) Alcohol is produced by yeast and bacteria
C) The potential energy of glucose is transferred to ATP molecules D) Lactic acid is produced in muscle tissue
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The potential energy of glucose is transferred to ATP molecules

Explanation:

Aerobic respiration is the reaction takes place in presence of oxygen which quite opposite to anerobic. The direct result of aerobic repiration is ATP molecules from breakdown of glucose molecules.

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Q:

How many languages are contained in the  VIIIth schedule of the Indian Constitution?

A) 18 B) 22
C) 16 D) 12
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 22

Explanation:
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Q:

Earlist thermometerr was developed by

A) Celsius B) Fahrenheit
C) Kelvin D) Galileo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Galileo

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Q:

How many languages have been listed in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India?

A) 14 B) 15
C) 18 D) 25
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18

Explanation:

The 1950 Constitution had includeed 14 languages in the 8th Schedule. Sindhi was added seventeen years later, by the Constitution Act of 1967. Three more viz, Konkani, Nepali and Manipuri were added in 1992 by the 71st Amendment Act.

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