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Telangana region represents one of the following types of vegetation?

A) Tropical deciduous B) Thorn
C) Tropical ever green D) Sub - tropical decidual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Thorn

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During thunderstorm you are travelling in a car. To protect yourself from the lightning you will have to 

A) remain in the car B) get out of the car and lie flat in the ground
C) abandon the car and take shelter under a nearby tree D) touch the nearest electric pole
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) remain in the car

Explanation:

The Whole car  - the body and inside - can be considered to be a hallow conductor. During the thunderstorm the body - i.e, the outside- gets a charge but there will be no charge inside. so the inside is safe.

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Bharat Nirman Programme does not cover which of the following areas

A) Rural housing B) Rural water supply
C) Irrigation facilities D) Rural Employment
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Rural Employment

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Who has been selected for the prestigious 2016 Jnanpith Award ?

A) Ravuri Bharadwaja B) Shankha Ghosh
C) Kedarnath Singh D) Chandrashekara Kambara
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Shankha Ghosh

Explanation:

Shankha Ghosh, the outstanding Bengali writer, commentator and academician, has been chosen for the prestigious 52nd version of the Jnanpith Award (2016) by the Government of India (GoI) for his lovely phrase and tries different things with different beautiful structures check his significance as an imaginative ability.The Jnanpith Award is presented every year to a literary figure for their outstanding contribution in literature. The honor conveys a reference, prize cash of Rs. 12 lakh and a bronze imitation of Goddess Saraswati.He turned into the sixth Bengali creator to win India's most astounding artistic honor after Mahasweta Devi, Tarashankar Bandopadhyay, Ashapurna Devi, Subhash Mukhopadhyay and Bishnu Dey.

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Which country is planning to send mini-ecosystems containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs to the Moon next year  ?

A) India B) Russia
C) USA D) China
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) China

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In a first, China is planning to send mini-ecosystems — containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs — to the Moon next year, in an attempt to study how the organisms develop on the lunar surface. The 3-kilogramme mini-ecosystem, developed by research teams led by Chongqing University in China, will be sent to the Moon by the Chang’e 4 scheduled to be launched in 2018, authorities announced at the Global Space Exploration Conference. An 18-centimetre-tall cylinder will carry potato seeds and silkworm eggs to be incubated.

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About who was it said " Age cannot wither her nor custom stale her infinite variety " ?

A) Cleopatra B) Benazir Butto
C) Mother Teresa D) Madame Tussaud
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Cleopatra

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The Oceanic current named as 'Kuroshio, Kurile and Alaskan' are located in ____

A) North Indian Ocean B) South Indian Ocean
C) North Atlantic Ocean D) South Atlantic Ocean
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) North Atlantic Ocean

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The 'Puttingal Temple' is located in which of the following states ?

A) Tamilnadu B) Bihar
C) Uttar Pradesh D) Kerala
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kerala

Explanation:

Puttingal Temple was a Hindu temple in the coastal town of Paravur, India. The temple was founded after the presence of the goddess was experienced on an ant hill with Puttu being the Malayalam word for ant Hill.

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