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Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?

A) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult. B) They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
C) They were located in rural areas. D) They were located close to trade routes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were located in rural areas.

Explanation:

A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.

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The study of trees is called

A) Histology B) Andreology
C) Sistology D) Dendrology
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Dendrology

Explanation:

The study of trees is called Dendrology.

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What's at the end of a rainbow?

Answer

The letter 'W' is at the end of a rainbow.

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What type of bone is a phalanx?

A) Short bones B) Joints
C) Long bones D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Long bones

Explanation:

The phalanges or a phalanx are/is digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges while the other digits have three phalanges. The phalanges are classed as long bones.

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The most abundant gas in the atmosphere is

A) Nitrogen B) Argon
C) Oxygen D) Helium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Nitrogen

Explanation:

The atmosphere is a mixture of several gases. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in the atmoshere and oxygen is next to it. It is 78% in the atmosphere and 21% is oxygen. Remaining 1% is all other gases like argon, hydrogen, neon, etc...

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Which of the following is not true about remote desktop?

A) Windows firewall can block Remote Desktop connections B) you can start the remote desktop client using the mstsc command
C) by default all users can access Remote Desktop D) the client can be running any version of Windows 7
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) by default all users can access Remote Desktop

Explanation:
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In which Organelle does Cellular Respiration Occur?

A) Chloroplast B) ATP and NADPH
C) Cytoplasm D) Mitochondria
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mitochondria

Explanation:

Mitochondria is the Organelle in which Cellular Respiration Occur.

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Nucleotides are attached by bonds between the

A) phosphates and sugars B) nitrates and sugars
C) nitrates and phosphates D) sugars and hydrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) phosphates and sugars

Explanation:

In DNA, adjacent nucleotides are linked by a phosphodiester bond: a covalent bond is formed between the 5' phosphate group of one nucleotide and the 3'-OH group of another.

 

Hence, in this manner, each strand of DNA has a "backbone" of phosphate-sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate.

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