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Q:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at

A) Thiruvananthapuram B) Pune
C) Sriharikota D) Ahmedabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Thiruvananthapuram

Explanation:

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

 

  • This is the lead centre of ISRO responsible for the design and development of launch vehicle technology focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme.
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Q:

What is the capital city of Cambodia?

A) Phnom Penh B) Hanoi
C) Lamur D) Bangkok
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Phnom Penh

Explanation:

Cambodia Capital- Phnom Penh, Currency- Cambodian riel.

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Q:

India’s most polluted and least polluted states are

A) Uttarakhand & Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
C) New Delhi & Rajasthan D) Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh is the most polluted state in India, with 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the worst polluted city of UP. Countrywide, it came sixth.

Other towns and cities in UP on the list are Hapur, Bareilly, Firozabad, Kanpur, Agra, NOIDA, Allahabad, and Mathura where PM10 levels were way above permissible limits.

Kerala is the least polluted state in the country, India. In all the 14 districts of the state, NAAQ(National Ambient Air Quality Standards) standards are complied with and had lower concentrations of PM10. However, all the cities surpassed the PM10 standards prescribed by WHO.


The report - Airpocalypse II - is based on air pollution related data collected from Central and State Pollution Control Boards and Committees.

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Q:

Trip planning helps reduce

A) Stress B) Driving distance
C) Both A & B D) Insurance costs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Both A & B

Explanation:

Trip planning helps reduce Driving distance and stress. We can preplan the trip how to go, where to go first, from where the spot is near and what the places to be seen there and the total estimation for the trip.

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Q:

What is the opposite of opposite?

A) Identical B) Not alike
C) Not same D) Contrast
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Identical

Explanation:

Opposite means not identical, not same, not alike, contrast...

 

Here in the question, the opposite of the word opposite is asked and is opposite of not same , not identical or not alike is same, like, identical,...

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Q:

What is the freezing point of water in Celsius?

A) 0 deg C B) 32 deg C
C) -42 deg C D) -32 deg C
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 0 deg C

Explanation:

The freezing point of water and melting point is 0 °C or 32 °F. The temperature may be lower if supercooling occurs.

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Q:

Radioactive decay is likely to occur when

A) an atom has too many neutrons or protons B) protons break into neutrons and electrons
C) an atom has too many electrons D) atoms collide with one another
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) an atom has too many neutrons or protons

Explanation:

Radioactive decay is likely to occur when the nuclei of an atom doesn't have enough binding energy to hold the nucleus together due to excess of rotons or nutrons in it.

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Q:

Dry ice is an example of which process

A) Condensation B) Evaporation
C) Sublimation D) Freezing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sublimation

Explanation:

Sublimation is a process when a solid changes directly into gas instead changing into liquid first. Dry ice is an example of Sublimation process because it doesn't change into liquid CO2 and directly change into gaseous CO2 when heated.

 

Hence, Dry ice is an example of Sublimation process. 

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