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AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The transmission of HIV infection generally occurs through

A) eating contaminated food and water   B) transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products
C) inhaling polluted air D) shaking hand with infected person
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products

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AIDS is caused by the Human Immuno deficiency Virus (HIV), a member of a group of viruses called retrovirus, which have an envelope enclosing the RNA genome. Transmission of HIV-infection generally occurs by (a) sexual contact with infected person, (b) by transfusion of contaminated blood and blood products, (c) by sharing infected needles as in the case of intravenous drug abusers and (d) from infected mother to her child through placenta.

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Which of the following gases is known as "Laughing Gas"?

A) Nitrous oxide B) Nitrogen peroxide
C) Nitrogen D) Nitric oxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nitrous oxide

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The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

 

P: Young boys and girls seem to have become inordinately addicted to these sites.
Q: The parents, teachers and the government must look into the problems being caused by these networking sites and must formulate a strategy either to curb or completely stop its fast growing negative influence on the minds of our youth.
R: Smart-phones, computers, social media, internet and networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become source of major distractions for students.
S: They are thoughtlessly and uselessly wasting their precious time on these sites.

A) PRQS B) RPSQ
C) PSQR D) QRPS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) RPSQ

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In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.


Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.

A) of B) in
C) with D) about
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) in

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In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

 


The conditions ______ which democracy can _______ are _______ to ________ ; but one thing is _______ that democracy is always a slow growth, whereas dictators may _____ to ______ and _______ a new _______ with dramatic success, under _______ conditions.

 


which democracy can _______

 

A) grow B) end
C) rise D) flourish
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) flourish

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Who invented Aerosol can?

A) Erik Rotheim B) Erik Mathew
C) Erik Tim D) Eric Flayer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Erik Rotheim

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Who Invented Universal Standard Time?

A) Enrico Fermi B) Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick
C) Sandford Fleming D) Benoit Fourneyron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sandford Fleming

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Which is the highest award for gallantry during peacetime?

A) Vir Chakra B) Param Vir Chakra
C) Ashok Chakra D) Mahavir Chakra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ashok Chakra

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