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Genes are made of 

A) Carbohydrates B) Proteins
C) Fats D) Nucleotides
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nucleotides

Explanation:

Genes : The DNA is the genetic material. The DNA is made of several nucleotides. A nucleotide means, one nitrogenous base one sugar molecule and a phosphate molecule. These nucleotides occur in sequences and several nucleotides form one Gene ( a functional mgene is called a cistron)

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Important component that helps in clotting of the blood is called ____.

A) Haemoglobin B) Platelets
C) Serum D) Plasma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Platelets

Explanation:

Blood Platelets are the components of the blood that are helpful in clotting of the blood.

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Q:

___ is the number of shells for elements of the 3rd period.

 

A) 1 B) 0
C) 2 D) 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 3

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Glass is a.........mixture of metallic...........

A) homogenous, sulphates B) homogenous, silicates
C) heterogenous, carbonates D) heterogenous, nitrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) homogenous, silicates

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A king of the Roman Empire, in 37 B.C, became the most powerful and ruled for 44 years.Who was that king?

A) Octavian B) Julius Caesar
C) Lapidus D) Mark Antony
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Octavian

Explanation:

In 37 BC, Octavian became the most powerful man in the Roman Empire for 44 years under the titles of Augustus, which meant 'holy' and imperator, meaning 'Victorious general'. He also called himself Princeps, 'first citizen of the state'. The period of Roman history beginning with his rule upto A.D 284 is called the principate. His rule and the period following it were  peaceful and  are known in history as 'Pax Romana' which means 'Roman Peace'

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What is a shell?

Answer

A shell is an interactive user interface to an operating system services that allows an user to enter commands as character strings or through a graphical user interface. The shell converts them to system calls to the OS or forks off a process to execute the command. System call results and other information from the OS are presented to the user through an interactive interface. Commonly used shells are sh,csh,ks etc.

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The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committe of Parliament is appointed by the 

A) Prime Minister B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
C) President D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Speaker of the Lok Sabha

Explanation:

Though this is essentially a Committee of the House of the people (Having 15 members from that house), by an agreement between the two houses, 7 members from the other Houses are also associated with this committee, in order to strengthen it.

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"The Law of Kepler" is related with which among the following ?

A) Planetary Motion B) Law of Conservation of energy
C) Law of Gravitation D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Planetary Motion

Explanation:

Kepler's laws of planetary motion are three scientific laws describing the motion of planets around the Sun.

  • Kepler’s three laws of planetary motion can be stated as follows:

(1) All planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits, having the Sun as one of the foci.

(2) A radius vector joining any planet to the Sun sweeps out equal areas in equal lengths of time.

(3) The squares of the sidereal periods (of revolution) of the planets are directly proportional to the cubes of their mean distances from the Sun.

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