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Breeding and management of bees is called

A) Pisciculture B) Sericulture
C) Silviculture D) Apiculture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Apiculture

Explanation:

Breeding and management of bees is called Apiculture.

 

A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.

A location where bees are kept is called an 'apiary' or 'bee yard.'

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Q:

The archaeological finds from Alamgirpur in Ghaziabad district reflected the

A) Harappa Culture B) Vedic Culture
C) Mauryan Culture D) Gupta Period Culture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Harappa Culture

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Oldest Oil Field in India

A) Mumbai High, Maharashtra B) Anleshwar, Gujarat
C) Digboi, Assam D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Digboi, Assam

Explanation:

Digboi has the distinction of being India's oldest continuously producing oilfield. Digboi refinery, now a division of Indian Oil Corporation, had a capacity of about 0.65 MMTPA as of 2003. Digboi is now Headquarter of Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, though the crude production is not high today.

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Total salt content in blood is about

A) 1.85 to 1.9% B) 11.85 to 11.9%
C) 2.85 to 2.9% D) 0.85 to 0.9%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 0.85 to 0.9%

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Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called ________, which is available on mobile only.

A) Caller B) Hello
C) Hi D) Hay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hello

Explanation:

Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called Hello, which is available on mobile only. The Hello.com app is available on Android and iOS in the following countries: US, Canada, Britain, France, Australia, Brazil, Ireland. Germany, Mexico and India are next on the list and the app should be available this month.

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Twice the difference between two numbers is equal to their sum. If one number is 15,find the other number.

 

A) 15 B) 10
C) 5 D) 20
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 5

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Solve the following puzzle

You are going to visit your grandmother on Mother's day. You want to give her two cakes. However, to get to her house you must cross seven bridges. At each bridge is a troll who demands ½ of all of your cakes as the price to pass. However, this troll, being a nice troll, feels bad and gives you back 1 of the cakes that he took.

         The puzzle to solve: How many cakes must you leave with to be able to give your grandmother 2 cakes

Answer

Do the math and you will see that this puzzle is based on the fact taht (2)=1 and 1+1=2

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India nationalised 14 major commercial banks in 1969 with deposits not less than 

A) Rs. 10 crore each B) Rs. 25 crore each
C) Rs. 50 crore each D) Rs. 100 crore each
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rs. 50 crore each

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