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Which unit of valuation is known as paper gold?

A) SDR B) Eurodollar
C) GDR D) Petrodollar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) SDR

Explanation:

SDR means Special Drawing Rights.

 

SDRs are a measure of a country's reserve assets with IMF and, whereas not 'money' in the strict sense, have several characteristics of money as interest-bearing assets, store of value, and means of settling indebtedness.

 

International financing instrument created in 1970 by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to coincide with the disfavor of the US dollar as the principal currency of the world trade. Also called paper gold, an SDR is neither paper nor gold but an accounting entry. It is not backed by any currency or precious metal and is used only among governments and IMF for balance Of payments settlements.

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Who was the first posthumous recipient of Bharat Ratna  ?

A) B.R. Ambedkar B) Lal Bahadur Shastri
C) K. Kamraj D) M.G. Ramachandran
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Lal Bahadur Shastri

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Q:

The First modern warship built in India in 1952 was

A) INS Goa B) INS Nilgiri
C) INS Kailash D) Ins Vikram
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) INS Nilgiri

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Q:

Seacoast of which of the following states is the longest ?

A) Andhra Pradesh B) Maharashtra
C) Orissa D) Tamil Nadu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Andhra Pradesh

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Q:

How many legs does a butterfly have?

A) 2 B) 4
C) 6 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 6

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During Kargil War, Who was the Indian Army chief of staff ?

A) Ved Prakash Malik B) Sankar Roy Chowdary
C) Nirmal chandar Vij D) Sundar rajan Padmanabhan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ved Prakash Malik

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Q:

In very cold countries alcohol is used as a thermometric liquid because 

A) alcohol is a poor conductor of heat B) alcohol can be coloured for its level to be seen easily
C) its freezing point is very low D) it will not stick to the glass tube
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) its freezing point is very low

Explanation:

Alcohol has a freezing point as low as -117oC. So it won't freeze even in very cold countries.

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Q:

What comes down but never goes up?

Answer

Rain is what only comes down but never goes up.

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