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Which of the following writes/orders of the High Court/Supreme Court is brought to get an order of an authority quashed

A) Mandamus B) Certiorari
C) Habeas Corpus D) Quo Warranto
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Quo Warranto

Explanation:
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__________________will confer a doctorate on former sprint queen PT Usha, who missed a medal by a whisker at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

A) IIT, Kanpur B) IIT, Kharagpur
C) IIT, Delhi D) IIT, Bombay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) IIT, Kanpur

Explanation:

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will confer a doctorate on former sprint queen PT Usha, who missed a medal by a whisker at the 1984, Los Angeles Olympics. The degree, Doctor of Science (honoris causa – a degree awarded as a mark of esteem) will be conferred on June 16 to mark the 50th convocation of the prestigious institute of the country. This is her second doctorate – in 2002, Kannur University had conferred D.Lit on her.

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"Light years" is the unit of _____?

A) Acceleration B) Distance
C) Light Intensity D) Weight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Distance

Explanation:

A Light-year is a distance that light travels in the vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days).

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances. It is about 9.5 trillion kilometers or 5.9 trillion miles. 

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What makes an election democratic?

A) Elections should be held at regular intervals. B) The candidate preferred by the people should get elected.
C) Every citizen should have one vote ad every vote should have an equal value. D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

In short, Democracy is a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people."

 

Definition :

Democracy "is government by the people in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system." 


The conditions of a democratic election are:

 

* Every citizen should have one vote ad every vote should have an equal value.

* Voters choose from the political parties and candidates should be free to contest elections giving the voters a real choice.

* Elections should be held at regular intervals.

* The candidate preferred by the people should get elected.

* Elections should be conducted in free and fair manner where people can choose as they really wish.

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Q:

Atomic mass of first 30 elements?

Answer

Here I give you the first 30 Atomic elements names and their Atomic masses.


 


Atomic number      Element        Atomic mass
                             


        1                 Hydrogen           1


        2                  Helium              4


        3                 Lithium              6.94


        4                Beryllium            9.01


        5                  Boron               10.81


        6                Carbon               12.01


        7                Nitrogen             14.01


        8                Oxygen              15.99


        9                Fluorine              19.00


       10                Neon                 20.18


       11               Sodium               22.99


       12             Magnesium           25.31


       13             Aluminium            26.98


       14               Silicon                28.09


       15             Phosphorus           30.97


       16               Sulphur               32.07


       17               Chlorine              35.45


       18                Argon                 39.95


       19             Potassium              39.10


       20              Calcium                40.08


       21             Scandium              44.96


       22             Titanium               47.87


       23            Vanadium              50.94


       24             Chromium            24. 52


       25            Manganese            54.94


       26                Iron                  55.85


       27              Cobalt                 58.93


       28               Nickel                 58.69


       29              Copper                 63.55


       30                Zinc                   65.41

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Q:

Where and when the first session of Indian National Congress was held ?

A) Delhi, 1890 B) Mumbai, 1885
C) Madras, 1887 D) Kolkata, 1889
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mumbai, 1885

Explanation:

The first session of Indian National Congress was held from 28–31 December 1885, in Mumbai and was attended by 72 delegates. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president of the Indian National Congress (INC), a voice of Indian opinion to the British government.

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Q:

Which of the following properties is found only in ferromagnetic materials ?

A) Susceptibility independent of temperature B) Point in a particular direction
C) Hysteresis D) Attracting a magnetic substance
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hysteresis

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Q:

Who is the inventor of railway engine?

A) George Stephenson B) W.H.F Tablot
C) Richard Trevithik D) Eli Whitney
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Richard Trevithik

Explanation:
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