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Q:

During a Financial Emergency, all Money Bills passed by State Legislatures require the consent of the 

A) Prime Minister B) President
C) Lok Sabha D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

Explanation:

No Financial Emergency has been imposed on the country so far. Article 360 deals with Financial Emergency. (This article, however,shall not apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir)

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Q:

Nissil granules occur in

A) Eosinophil B) Glial cell
C) Neuron D) Lymphocyte
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neuron

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Q:

When is International Talk Like a Pirate Day is observed?

A) December 11 B) September 16
C) March 8 D) September 19
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) September 19

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Q:

A gland below the bladder and surrounding the urethra is

A) prostate B) seminal vesicle
C) bartholin D) vas deferens
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) prostate

Explanation:

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A gland surrounding the neck of the bladder in male mammals and releasing a fluid component of semen is Prostate gland which is below the bladder and surrounding the urethra.

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Q:

Which of the following elements has the highest electronegativity?

A) Chlorine B) Bromine
C) Fluorine D) Helium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fluorine

Explanation:

Electronegativity refers to the ability of an atom to attract shared electrons in a covalent bond. The higher the value of the electronegativity, the more strongly that element attracts the shared electrons.

Electronegativity increases from bottom to top in groups, and increases from left to right across periods. Thus, fluorine is the most electronegative element and lithium is the least.

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Q:

Which of the following is regarded by historians as a crucial stage in describing the progress of civilization?

A) Writing B) The discovery of fire
C) Agriculture D) The use of internet
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Agriculture

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Q:

Which of these rules are applicable for naming covalent compounds?

A) nonmetal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ide B) nonmetal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ite
C) metal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ide D) metal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ite
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) metal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ide

Explanation:

Simple covalent compounds are generally named by using prefixes metal name + nonmetal name + suffix –ide to indicate how many atoms of each element are shown in the formula. Also, the ending of the last (most negative) element is changed to -ide. The prefixes used are mono-, di-, tri-, tetra-, penta-, hexa-, and so forth.

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Q:

An animal zygote divides to form

A) an egg B) sperm
C) flagella D) blastula
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) blastula

Explanation:

Fertilization is the process in which a single haploid sperm fuses with a single haploid egg fuse to form a zygote.  

An animal zygote under go mitosis and divides to form a hallow ball of cells called blastula.

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