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Q:

Breeding and management of bees is called

A) Pisciculture B) Sericulture
C) Silviculture D) Apiculture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Apiculture

Explanation:

Breeding and management of bees is called Apiculture.

 

A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.

A location where bees are kept is called an 'apiary' or 'bee yard.'

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Q:

Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called ________, which is available on mobile only.

A) Caller B) Hello
C) Hi D) Hay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hello

Explanation:

Orkut’s creator Buyukkokten has launched a new social network called Hello, which is available on mobile only. The Hello.com app is available on Android and iOS in the following countries: US, Canada, Britain, France, Australia, Brazil, Ireland. Germany, Mexico and India are next on the list and the app should be available this month.

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Q:

Oldest Oil Field in India

A) Mumbai High, Maharashtra B) Anleshwar, Gujarat
C) Digboi, Assam D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Digboi, Assam

Explanation:

Digboi has the distinction of being India's oldest continuously producing oilfield. Digboi refinery, now a division of Indian Oil Corporation, had a capacity of about 0.65 MMTPA as of 2003. Digboi is now Headquarter of Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, though the crude production is not high today.

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Q:

The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at 20% compound interest will be more than doubled is:

A) 3 B) 4
C) 5 D) 6
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4

Explanation:

 

 P1+20100n>2P65n>2

 65×65×65×65>2

 

so, answer is 4 years

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Q:

Twenty times a positive integer is less than its square by 96. What is the integer ?

A) 42 B) 36
C) 48 D) 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 24

Explanation:

Let the integer be x. Then,

x2 - 20x = 96

(x + 4)(x - 24) = 0

x = 24

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Q:

The term stagflation refers to a situation where ?

A) Growth has no relation with the change in prices B) Rate of growth is faster than the rate of price increase
C) Rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase D) Rate of growth and prices both are decreasing
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Rate of growth is slower than the rate of price increase

Explanation:

Stagflation is a blend of stagnation (in economic growth) and inflation (rise in prices).

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Q:

Which Noble Gas has the highest First Ionization Energy?

A) Neon B) Helium
C) Argon D) Xenon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Helium

Explanation:

Helium has the highest First Ionization Energy in the Noble Gases group.

Ionization Energy ::

Ionisation energy is the energy required to remove one mole of electrons from one mole of gaseous atoms. Atoms are more stable when they have full valence shells.

Noble Gases have a very stable electron configuration, therefore, they have the highest amount of ionization energy within their periods. It decreases down a family because electrons farther from the nucleus are easier to remove.

Ionization Energy levels of Noble Gases group in Descending Order :: He, Ne, Ar, Kr, Xe, Rn

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Q:

Light from the sun reaches us in nearly

A) 5 min B) 4.30 hrs
C) 8 min D) 5.30 hrs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 8 min

Explanation:

The light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach the Earth after it has been emitted from the sun's surface.

 

The time it takes for light to reach planets in our Solar System varies from about 3 minutes for Mercury to about 5.3 hours for Pluto.

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