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Which of the following is used to preserve specimens in the biology laboratory?

A) Phenol	B) Benzaldehyde
C) Formaldehyde	D) Acetic acid

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Formaldehyde

Explanation:

A 40% solution of Formaldehyde known as Formalin is used in the preservation of biological specimens because of its hardening action on proteins.

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Who was the first Indian woman who owns the gold medal in Asian Games?

A) P.T.Usha	B) Sunita Rani
C) Shiny Abraham	D) Kamaljit Sandhu

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Kamaljit Sandhu

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What contributed most to Clive's victory over Siraj-ud-daulah at the Battle of Plassey?

A) Death of Mir Madan	B) Bravery of Clive
C) Treachery of Mir Jafar	D) Military skill of Kil-trick

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Treachery of Mir Jafar

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Tap water is placed in an open pad and allowed to evaporate. After some time the temperature of water

A) increases to a great extent	B) increases slightly
C) decreases slightly	D) decreases rapidly

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) decreases slightly

Explanation:

Evaporation causing cooling.Here the evaporation is less. Therefore cooling is less.

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What Australina player was known as 'Fruitfly' amongst the rest of the team

A) Geoff lawson	B) Merv Hughes
C) Mike Veletta	D) Mike Whitney

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Merv Hughes

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Who is the author of the book A Journey ?

A) Tony Blair	B) Bikram seth
C) Janardhan takur	D) harisen

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Tony Blair

Explanation:

Author of the book A journey is Tony Blair

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The ‘four great needs’ of the people as identified by the Guomindang were

A) clothing food, housing and transportation	B) education food, housing and health care
C) food, housing, education and employment	D) employment housing, education and health care

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) clothing food, housing and transportation

Explanation:

Founded in 1912, the Kuomintangis the oldest still active political party in the Chinese-speaking world.Its main leader was Sun Yat-Sen. He divided the livelihood into four parts: clothing, food, housing and transportation.

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A boy is swinging a ball attached to a string in a horizontal circle.If the string snaps

A) the ball will travel towards the center of the circle and fall down	B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down
C) it will fall down at the same place where the string breaks	D) none of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) it will continue to travel along a tangent to the circle at the point the ball was at the time of snapping and finally fall down

Explanation:

The centripetal force having been removed the body cannot execute the curved path. (B) is Correct.

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