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Who was sent to foreign countires by Ashoka to preach Buddhism?

A) Sanghamitra B) Devanampiya
C) Menander D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sanghamitra

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First woman to win olympic medal for India

A) Mary Kom B) Saina Nehwal
C) Karnam Malleshwari D) P.V. Sindhu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karnam Malleshwari

Explanation:

The first Indian woman to ever win an Olympic medal for India was Karnam Malleswari who won a bronze medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000 in the Women's 69 kg category in Weightlifting.

 

Karnam Malleswari is a retired Indian weightlifter. In 1995 she received the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, India's highest sporting honour, and in 1999 the civilian Padma Shri award.

 

After that Indian women who won Olymic medals to India was : 

 

1. Mary Kom at the London 2012 Summer Olympics won bronze medal in women's boxing.

 

2. Saina Nehwal was the first Indian to win a medal in Badminton at the Olympics, by winning the Bronze medal at the London Olympics 2012.

 

3. Sakshi Malik became the first Indian woman to win a medal in Wrestling. She won the Bronze medal in Women's 58 kg freestyle wrestling in 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio.

 

4. P.V. Sindhu became the first ever Indian woman to win the Silver medal at the Olympics, by reaching the Badminton final at Rio Olympics 2016.

 

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The structure of IF7 is

A) Pentagonal bipyramid B) Square pyramid
C) Trigonal bipyramid D) Octahedral
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Pentagonal bipyramid

Explanation:

Hybridisation of iodine is sp3d3

 

So, the structure is pentagonal bipyramid.

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ICF (integral Coach Factory) is at 

A) Alwaye B) Coimbatore
C) Chennai D) Bhadravati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Chennai

Explanation:

Railway Coaches and wagons are manufactured in Perambur, Chennai.

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Q:

Which of the following books was written by Graham Greene

A) Of Human Bondage B) The Power and Glory
C) Crisis in India D) O' Jerusalem
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Power and Glory

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Q:

Which of the following is not an Output device?

A) Scanner B) Moniter
C) Printer D) Speakers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Scanner

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Where does the Real mode on the CPU come from?

Answer

The original 8086, which only had 1 MB of memory. This megabyte is split into low memory for IRQ tables, application memory and high memory.

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Which council is made up of 5 permanent members?

A) Trusteeship Council B) Security Council
C) General Assembly D) Economic and Social Council
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Trusteeship Council

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