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Genes are made of 

A) Carbohydrates B) Proteins
C) Fats D) Nucleotides
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nucleotides

Explanation:

Genes: The DNA is the genetic material. The DNA is made of several nucleotides. A nucleotide means, one nitrogenous base one sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. These Nucleotides occur in sequences and several nucleotides form one gene ( a functional gene is called a cistron)

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Q:

Acute diabets  patients smell of 

A) acetone B) ether
C) ethyl alcohol D) methyl alcohol
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) acetone

Explanation:

Acute diabetes results in the formation of acetone in the body. Hence such patients smell of acetone.

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Q:

'Sphinx' is associated with which of the following civilizations?

A) Egyptian Civilization B) Arab Civilization
C) Chinese Civilization D) Roman Civilization
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Egyptian Civilization

Explanation:

The 'sphinx' is a mythological animal with the body of a lion and the head of man. Each Sphinx was carved out of a single solid stone.

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Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?

A) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult. B) They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
C) They were located in rural areas. D) They were located close to trade routes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were located in rural areas.

Explanation:

A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.

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Q:

What is the function of an antagonist in a story?

Answer

The antagonist is the negative or opposing force in a story.


It could be a human enemy, or it could be non-human, like an animal or something less tangible, like fear.


 


The antagonist plays an important role in story development.

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Which of the following is not true about remote desktop?

A) Windows firewall can block Remote Desktop connections B) you can start the remote desktop client using the mstsc command
C) by default all users can access Remote Desktop D) the client can be running any version of Windows 7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) by default all users can access Remote Desktop

Explanation:
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What two scientists established the structure of dna?

A) Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins B) James Watson and Francis Crick
C) Rosalind Franklin and Francis Crick D) James Watson and Maurice Wilkins
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) James Watson and Francis Crick

Explanation:

In the early 1950s two scientists, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, studied DNA using x-rays. Franklin produced an x-ray photograph that allowed two other researchers, James Watson and Francis Crick to work out the 3D structure of DNA. The structure of DNA was found to be a double helix.

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Q:

What is the only chain we can eat ?

Answer

A food chain is the only chain we can eat.

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