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The missile Agni-II of India is a:
Agni-II is the second strategic ballistic missile of Agni family. It is an Indian medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile (MRBM) with a range of over 2,000 km.
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Which of the following is nirvana place of the Buddha?
Lord Buddha attained Nirvana at the age of 35 when he was alive at Bodh Gaya (Bihar). When he died, he entered nirvana, never to be born again. He is known to have attained Parinirvana after his death at Kushinagar. The Parinirvana Stupa is a Buddhist temple in Kushinagar, India which is said to be the place of death of Gautama Buddha.
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Biologist of Indian origin who received the Nobel Prize was:
Har Gobind Khorana was an Indian-born American biochemist. He shared the 1968 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley. Har Gobind Khorana made important contributions to this field by building different RNA chains with the help of enzymes.
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Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with:
Sweat glands in mammals are primarily concerned with thermoregulation. Its main function is to control body temperature. As the water in the sweat evaporates, the surface of the skin cools.
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What percentage of the solar energy is trapped and utilised by the plants?
What 1 to 2 percent of the solar energy is trapped and utilised by the plants. Most solar energy occurs at wavelengths unsuitable for photosynthesis. Between 98 and 99 percent of solar energy reaching Earth is reflected from leaves and other surfaces and absorbed by other molecules, which convert it to heat.
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An element which does not react with oxygen is:
An element which does not react with oxygen is Helium. The noble metals or inert gas do not react with oxygen. Helium (He), argon (Ar), neon (Ne), krypton (Kr), xenon (Xe), and radon (Rn), etc. are common inert gases.
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Candle is a mixture of:
Candle is a mixture of Paraffin wax and stearic acid. Paraffin wax (CnH2n+2) is a white or colourless soft, solid wax. It's made from saturated hydrocarbons. Stearic acid, another name for octadecanoic acid CH3(CH2)16COOH, is one of the most common fatty acids.
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Which of the following is said to be the main determinant of real wage?
Purchasing power of money is said to be the main determinant of real wage. A real wage rate is a nominal wage rate divided by the price of a good and is a transparent measure of how much of the good an hour of work buys.
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The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places is:
The scientist who first sent electromagnetic waves to distant places was Heinrich Hertz (German physicist, 1857-1894). He applied Maxwell's theories to the production and reception of radio waves. He used a spark gap attached to an induction coil and a separate spark gap on a receiving antenna. When waves created by the sparks of the coil transmitter were picked up by the receiving antenna, sparks would jump its gap as well. Hertz showed in his experiments that these signals possessed all the properties of electromagnetic waves.
10 / 20
Which British Governor General introduced Postage Stamp in India?
He served as Governor-General of India from 1848 to 1856. He established the foundations of the modern educational system in India by adding mass education in addition to elite higher education. Lord Dalhousie introduced Postage stamp, he also introduced Railway, Telegram and PWD.
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The first Viceroy of India was:
Government of India Act 1858 passed which changed the name of post-Governor General of India by Viceroy of India. The Viceroy was appointed directly by the British government. The first Viceroy of India was Lord Canning.
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The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on:
On 29 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India. The Republic is governed in terms of the Constitution of India which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November 1949 and came into force on 26th January 1950.
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The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was:
The Salt March (Dandi March) was an act of nonviolent Civil Disobedience Movement in colonial India led by Mahatma Gandhi. The twenty-four-day march lasted from 12 March 1930 to 5 April 1930 as a direct action campaign of tax resistance and nonviolent protest against the British salt monopoly.
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A jug is filled to the brim with water at 0°C. A piece of ice floats in it. The moment the ice melts:
When the ice was floating, the volume of water displaced had a mass equal to that of ice. After melting, that mass of ice has been converted into water. Therefore, there is no change in water level.
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A hydrogen balloon floats up because of:
Hydrogen is lighter than air. When a balloon is filled with hydrogen gas the weight of the balloon is less than the weight of air displaced by the balloon.
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The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would:
When the pendulum is taken to the moon, the value of 'g' will decrease and hence time period will increase.
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TRAI stands for:
TRAI stands for Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. It is a statutory body set up by the Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the regulator of the telecommunications sector in India.
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Who was the first English President of the Indian National Congress?
George Yule became the first British president of Indian National Congress (INC) and presided over the Allahabad session in 1888.
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The position of Indian Railways network in the world is:
The Indian nationwide rail network is the fourth-longest in the world after the US (250,000km), China (100,000km) and Russia (85,500km). It is owned and operated by state-owned Indian Railways and includes an operating route length of more than 65,000km.
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In the context of the stock market, IPO stands for:
An initial public offering (IPO) refers to the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance. Public share issuance allows a company to raise capital from public investors.
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