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Q:

The enzyme in whosepresence glucose and fructose are converted into alcohol is 

A) Diastase B) Maltase
C) Invertase D) Zymase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Zymase

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Q:

The blind spot of the eye is where the optic nerve leaves the eyeball.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

Everyone of us have a blind spot which is a small portion within the visual field of every eye where the optic nerve and blood vessels leave the eyeball. Optic nerve is connected to brain ehich carries images of what we see.


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Q:

The book "Two Year Eight Months and Twenty –Eight Night" is authored by

A) Salman Rushdi B) Deepak Nayyar
C) Javier Moro D) Khurshid M Kasuari
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salman Rushdi

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Q:

Light travels fastest in

A) Air B) Water
C) Glass D) Diamond
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Air

Explanation:

Light travels fastest in Vacuum. The fastest thing in the whole universe is the speed of light in a vacuum like outer space. It is about 2.99 x 108 m/s. 

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Q:

What sugar is found in DNA?

A) Ribose B) Deoxyribose
C) Pentose D) Sucrose
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Deoxyribose

Explanation:

DNA - Deoxyribonucleic acid is a type of nucleic acid. The sugar contained in it is called Deoxyribose.

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Q:

Who Built The Suez Canal?

A) Theodore Roosevelt B) Ferdinand de Lesseps
C) Robert Mills D) James Hoban
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ferdinand de Lesseps

Explanation:

The Suez Canal in Egypt, is a 101 mile long canal that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Gulf of Suez, a northern branch of the Red Sea. It was built in 1869 by Ferdinand de Lesseps.

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Q:

Which of the following poems was/were credited to a Greek poet named Homer?

A) Iliad B) Odyssey
C) Periplus D) Both (a) and (b)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:

Two poems, credited to a poet named Homer, provide a great deal of information about the life and institutions of the early Greeks. The Iliad is the story of siege and destruction of the city of Troy, on the western coast of Asia miner. The Odyssey describes the adventures and return home, from troy , of a Greek hero, Odysseus.

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Q:

What literary period is the beat generation aligned with?

A) Postmodernism B) Naturalism
C) Modernism D) Realism
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Postmodernism

Explanation:

Postmodernism is the literary period, the beat generation aligned with. Postmodernism refers to mid to late 20th century.

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