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The Survey of India was established in

A) 1851 B) 1767
C) 1857 D) 1771
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1767

Explanation:

The National Survey and Mapping Organization of the country under the Department of Science & Technology is The Survey of India. It was founded by The East India Company in the year 1767, head quartered in Dehradun.

 

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The East India Company appointed James Rennell to survey the Bengal Presidency in 1767.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the core areas identified under the Bharat Nirman Programme

A) Irrigation B) Rural Electrification
C) Rural Housing D) Computer Education in schools
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Computer Education in schools

Explanation:
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Government regulation is intended to

A) discourage producers from taking harmful actions. B) encourage producers to follow the Constitution.
C) discourage producers from making a profit. D) encourage producers to take negative actions.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) discourage producers from taking harmful actions.

Explanation:

Government regulation protects constitutional rights, safety, and fairness.

 

Hence, Government regulation is intended to discourage producers from taking harmful actions.

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Q:

The cover of a solar coker is made of glass because 

A) it absorbs sun's rays B) it reflects sun's rays
C) it retains the heat inside by the green house effect D) it rediates heat better than metals
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it retains the heat inside by the green house effect

Explanation:

As the inside of the cooker is painted black, heat absorption is more producing heat waves of longer wavelength which cannot escape through glass and hence are trapped inside. Thus the food is cooked.

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Q:

The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) The new year, 2018, is here! Nothing seems to have changed, despite the firecrackers.

A) Of course, in many parts of the world the firecrackers might have been confused with, or replaced by, bombs, and millions in those and other regions find firecrackers (let alone bombs) an unimaginable luxury as they struggle to obtain food or shelter.

B) I am aware that a group of increasingly loud fellow nationals might accuse me of celebrating ‘foreign festivals’.

C) That too was widely celebrated, as it should be, though in a world where the homeless, children, refugees and foreignness are often abused.

D) New Year’s Eve came, as it does, close on the heels of Christmas, which commemorates the birth of a homeless child to poor refugees in a foreign place.

A) BDCA B) DCAB
C) ADCB D) CDAB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) ADCB

Explanation:

The correct sequence is ADCB.The paragraph starts with the description of the event and what is the point to focus on, i.e. firecrackers.

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Q:

Who has won Bronze Medal at World Blitz Chess Championship 2017?

A) Baadur Jobava B) Magnus Carlsen
C) Tigran Petrosian D) Viswanathan Anand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Viswanathan Anand

Explanation:

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section.

 

  • The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships.

 

  • The current world blitz champion is Magnus Carlsen.
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Q:

Is blood homogeneous or heterogeneous?

A) Homogeneous B) Heterogeneous
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Heterogeneous

Explanation:

Blood is a heterogeneous mixture because the blood cells are physically separate from the blood plasma. The cells have different properties than the plasma. The cells can be separated from the plasma by centrifuging, which is a physical change.

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Q:

Who among the following is called Bird man of India ?  

A) Salim Malik B) Saqlain Musthaffa
C) Iskandhar Meerja D) Salim Ali
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Salim Ali

Explanation:
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