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The State Hermitage Museum is located in which country?

A) Moldova B) United State
C) France D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Russia

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Q:

I have three eyes but only one leg.

I still close one even if you beg. 

What am I?

Answer

A traffic light.


It has three 'eyes' (the red, orange and green lights) and the leg is the pole holding it up. Many people beg the light to stay green as they’re approaching.

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Who among the following was the first Indian to receive the templeton Award

A) Baba amte B) Mother Teresa
C) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan D) Vinoba Bhave
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Dr.S.Radhakrishnan

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Which sentence contains a misplaced modifier?

A) Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten. B) While playing, Lancaster jumped on the feathers.
C) While eating a croissant, Latha waved to the crowd. D) Having eaten lunch, the girl turned on the laptop.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten.

Explanation:

When modifiers are misplaced or put in the wrong place, things can get quite confusing. A modifier adds detail or limits or changes the meaning of another word or phrase. 

 

Here Option A) "Covered in fluffiness, the couple played with the kitten" is the ony sentence contains a misplaced modifier. In the sentence, it gives the meaning that the couple are fluffy not the kitten.

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Q:

DNA is made of repeating units called

A) Nucleotides B) Ribozomes
C) Peptides D) Aminoacids
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nucleotides

Explanation:

DNA is a very long chain polymer made up of thousands of repeating units called nucleotides.

 

Nucleotide Unit is composed of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar, and a nitrogenous base.

 

The sides of the DNA ladder are made up of alternating deoxyribose sugar -- phosphate group units.

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Q:

Which of the following is an example of system software?

A) Microsoft word B) Calculator
C) Operating system D) RAM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Operating system

Explanation:

In a brief, the system software is the interface between the hardware and user applications. System software is a type of computer program that is designed to run a computer’s hardware and application programs.

 

Examples : OS, System utilities, BIOS like mouse, keyboard, hard disc, Device drivers, Assembler,...

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Heat energy of an object is

A) the average energy of the molecules of the object B) the total energy of the molecules of the object
C) the average velocity of the molecules of the object D) the average potential energy of the molecules of the object
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the total energy of the molecules of the object

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Q:

What is insider trading and why is it illegal?

Answer

Undergraduates may get this question as feelers of their business knowledge. Insider trading describes the illegal activity of buying or selling stock based on information that is not public information. This is to prevent those with privileged information (company execs, I-bankers and lawyers) from using this information to make a tremendous amount of money unfairly.

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