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Find the correctly spelt word?

A) Addulation B) Ominous
C) Adlation D) Omineous
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ominous

Explanation:

Ominous is the correctly spelt word in the given options. It means that giving the worrying impression that something bad is going to happen.

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Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?

A) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult. B) They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
C) They were located in rural areas. D) They were located close to trade routes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were located in rural areas.

Explanation:

A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.

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SEBI is evaluating whether ICO (Initial Coin Offerings) can be brought under its purview. ICO is related to ______.

 

A) Dollars B) Pounds
C) Rupees D) Cyptocurrency
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Cyptocurrency

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Which of the following is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy?

A) Wind Power B) Hydrogen Fuel
C) Natural Gas D) Solar Energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Natural Gas

Explanation:

Natural Gas is a Non Renewable Resource of Energy because that does not renew itself once used, unlike the other choices. 

It is a resource that will not be naturally replenished.

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Which Arab scientist could be given the credit of christening the mathematical discipline of algorithm?

A) Al-Khwarizmi B) Ibn al -Haytham
C) Ibn Rushd D) Ibn Sina
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Al-Khwarizmi

Explanation:

Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, formerly Latinized as Algorithmi,was a Persianscholar who produced works in mathematics, astronomy, and geography under the patronage of the Caliph Al-Ma'mun of the Abbasid Caliphate.

He also developed the concept of the algorithm in mathematics, which is why some have called him the "grandfather of computer science".

His name gave rise to the terms algorism and algorithm.

 

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Q:

The headquarters of the International Court of Justice is at

A) Geneva B) The Hague
C) Rome D) Vienna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Hague

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Steel tycoo Laksmi Mittal has acquired minority stakes in which Indian financial service company?

A) Anand Rathi Financial Services B) Indiabulls Credit Services
C) Farallon Capital D) Kothari Pioneer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indiabulls Credit Services

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The preamble to our constitution provided that India is

A) a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic B) a sovereign republic with a socialist pattern of society
C) a socialist, secular and democratic republic D) a sovereign, socialist and democratic republic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a sovereign, socialist, secular and democratic republic

Explanation:

The Preamble was adopted with the constitution in the constituent assembly.

 

The Preamble proclaims the solemn resolution of the people of India to constitute India into a 'Sovereign socialist secular democratic republic'.

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