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In India, which festival coincide with the festivals of Songkran in Thailand, Thingyan in Myanmar and Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka ?

A) Guru Poornima	B) Makar Sankranti
C) Holi	D) Baisakhi

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baisakhi

Explanation:

The harvest festival of Baisakhi popularly celebrated in North India coincides with the Songkran festival of Thailand, the Thingyan in Myanmar and the Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka. In all the latter three festivals, the coming of a New Year is the central theme and involves various indigenous ways of celebrations.

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What is the maximum velocity with which a body of mass 'm' must enter a vertical loop of radius 'R'so that it can complete the loop?

A) 0 B) gR C) $\sqrt{2} g R$ D) $\sqrt{5 g R}$

A) A	B) B
C) C	D) D

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) D

Explanation:

To complete the vertical loop, the minimum speed required at the lowest point = $\sqrt{5 g R}$ .

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A car parked in the sun with its windows closed gets terribly hot inside. This is due to

A) the heat emitted by the engine	B) the greenhouse effect
C) the good conducting power of the metal body	D) the double layered wind shield

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the greenhouse effect

Explanation:

The green house effect. The waves of smaller wavelength from the sun enter inside the car through the glass windows and are absorbed. The waves of larger wavelength emitted from inside cannot get out through the glass, but remain inside and make it terribly hot.

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy of a book“President Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman” on 2ndJuly 2017 from ________ at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

A) Sumitra Mahajan	B) Arun Jaitley
C) Hamid Ansari	D) Narendra Modi

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Narendra Modi

Explanation:

The President expressed his gratitude to The Statesman for bringing out a photo essay on the 13th Presidency. He appreciated the wonderful photos taken by Shri Varun Joshi from The Statesman that feature in the photo essay. Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi said that the photo essay was important from the historical perspective.

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The process in which energy stored in carbohydrates is released

A) Photosynthesis	B) Respiration
C) Reproduction	D) Excretion

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Respiration

Explanation:

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Oath taken by medical graduates is given by-

A) Theophrastus	B) Aristotle
C) Darwin	D) Hippocrates

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Hippocrates

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Logical puzzle

Two fathers took their sons to a fruit stall. Each man and son bought an apple, But when they returned home, they had only 3 apples. They did not eat, lost, or thrown. How could this be possible?

Answer

There were only three people. Son, his father and his grandfather.

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A convex mirror is used to form an image of a real object. The image

A) is diminished in size	B) is erect
C) always lies between the pole and the focus	D) all of the above

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