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A vessel, full of water, weighs 24 kg. When the vessel is 1/4 full, it weighs 9 kg. Find the weight of empty vessel.

A) 4 kg B) 5 kg
C) 8 kg D) 3 kg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 4 kg

Explanation:

Let the weight of vessel be x
Weight of water = 24 – x
⇒ (24 – x)/4 + x = 9
⇒ 24 – x + 4x = 36
⇒ 3x = 12
⇒ x = 4 kg

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The average age of 8 men is increased by 4 years when one of them whose age is 30 years is replaced by a new man. What is the age of new man?

A) 55 Years B) 62 Years
C) 42 Years D) 69 Years
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 62 Years

Explanation:

Let the average of 8 men be x. Age of new man be N.
Total age of 8 men = 8x
⇒ x + 4 = ((8x – 30) + N)/8
⇒ 8x + 32 = 8x – 30 + N
⇒ N = 32 + 30
⇒ N = 62

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The number whose square is equal to the difference of the squares of 37 and 23 is:-

A) 45.09 B) 28.98
C) 47.09 D) 28
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 28.98

Explanation:

372  232 =840 Required number =840 = 28.98

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Which of the following compounds from nitrites with nitrous acid?

A) Primary amines B) Secondary amines
C) Tertiary amines D) All of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of these

Explanation:

The acid and the nitrite form nitrous acid which then reacts with the amine.

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The transport phenomenon occurs only in _____ state of a gas and is ______

A) Non-equilibrium, irreversible B) Non-equilibrium, reversible
C) equilibrium, irreversible D) equilibrium, reversible
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) equilibrium, irreversible

Explanation:

The transport phenomenon occurs only in equilibrium state of a gas and is irreversible.

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Who is cricketer bestowed with an honorary commission in the Territorial Army?

A) Sachin Tendulkar B) Kapil Dev
C) Virendra Sehwag D) Harbhajan Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kapil Dev

Explanation:

Kapil Dev is the first Indian cricketer to get this honorary rank from Territorial Army.

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The cell wall in plants is interrupted by narrow pores carrying fine stands of cytoplasm which interlink the contents of the cells. These strands are called:-

A) Plasmahole B) Microvilli
C) Plasmodesmata D) Plasmalemma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Plasmodesmata

Explanation:

Plasmodesmata are interrupted by narrow pores carrying fine strands of cytoplasm, which interlink the contents of the cells.

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______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.

A) Calcitonin B) Thyroxine
C) Calmodulin D) all of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Calcitonin

Explanation:

Calcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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