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The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0°C  is known as

A) 1 pascal B) 1 atmosphere
C) 1 bar D) 1 poise
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1 atmosphere

Explanation:

1 atm: It was originally defined as the pressure exerted by 760 mm of mercury at 0 °C and standard gravity (g = 9.80665 m/s2).

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Which of the following will be the venue of the World Athletic Championship to be organized in 2017?

A) Tokyo B) Paris
C) New York D) London
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) London

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Wankhede stadium is situated in

A) Chandigarh B) Madras
C) Mumbai D) Bangalore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mumbai

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"The Republic" was written by whom?

A) Plato B) Aristotle
C) Pythagoras D) Socrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Plato

Explanation:

The Republic was written by Plato.

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A man and his son are in a terrible accident and are rushed to the hospital in critical care. The doctor looks at the boy and exclaims "I can't operate on this boy, he's my son!" How could this be?

Answer

This is only possible when that doctor is boy's mother.

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Who among the following was the 1st Speaker of the Lok Sabha?

A) M.A Ayyanga B) N Sanjiva Reddy
C) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar D) Sardar Hukam Sing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar

Explanation:

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar popularly known as Dadasaheb was an independence activist, the President of the Central Legislative Assembly, then Speaker of the Constituent Assembly of India, and later the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India.

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India ranks _____ in 2016 Human Development Index ?

A) 128 B) 131
C) 188 D) 155
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 131

Explanation:

India ranks 131 in the 2016 Human Development Index (HDI) among the 188 countries. It scored 0.624 and was placed in medium human development category.

The index was unveiled recently as part of the Human Development Report (HDR) 2016 titled Human Development for Everyone published by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

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What is the minimum velocity required for a rocket to overcome earth's gravity and travel into space?

A) 18 km/sec B) 11.2 km/sec
C) 21 km/sec D) 35 km/sec
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 11.2 km/sec

Explanation:

This 11.2 km/s is also known as the escape velocity. It works out to roughly 25000miles per hour 

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