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Which best describes transformation in bacteria?

A) Bacteria take DNA from their environment. B) Bacteria inject DNA into another cell.
C) Bacteria lie dormant for many weeks. D) Bacteria transfer DNA with a bacteriophage.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bacteria take DNA from their environment.

Explanation:

"Bacteria take DNA from their environment" is what best describes transformation in bacteria.

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We remember Charles Babbage (1792-1871) for what ?

A) Computers B) Radio-Telegraphy
C) Steam Boating D) Telescopes
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Computers

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Old name of Mahabharata?

A) Jai Samhitha B) Vrahat Katha
C) Rajatarangini D) Saritsagar Katha
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jai Samhitha

Explanation:

How the name changed has so many stories. One of them is

In the beginning, Mahabharata has 8800 Slokas and after that it reached to 24000 Slokas. And then it was named as The Great Bharata i.e, Mahabharata.

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Which statement fits the Frontier Ethic?

A) Recycle plastic B) Help those in need
C) He who has more toys wins D) Walk lightly on Earth
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) He who has more toys wins

Explanation:

Frontier Ethic is Spending Earth's assets at the cost of losing resource capital. A frontier ethic assumes that the earth has an unlimited supply of resources. It is the notion of disregarding the Earth for the benefit or gain of man.

If resources run out in one area, more can be found elsewhere or alternatively human ingenuity will find substitutes. This attitude sees humans as masters who manage the planet. It is completely Anthropocentric.

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India's forest sponge iron plant is at

A) Kothagudam B) Kurnool
C) Kadapa D) Kavaratti
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Kothagudam

Explanation:

Kothagudam is in Andhra Pradesh. The sponge iron will act as a substitute for steel scrap and be used as feed stock of electric arc steel making.

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The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on which river in Madhya Pradesh?

A) Tapti B) Chambal
C) Narmada D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Chambal

Explanation:

The Gandhi Sagar Dam is built on Chambal river and is located in the Mandsaur & Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh.

 

The dam’s reservoir area is the second-largest in India (after the Hirakud Reservoir), and attracts a large number of migratory and non-migratory birds throughout the year.

 

It is a masonry gravity dam, standing 62.17 metres (204.0 ft) high.

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Contour bunding is a method of soil conservation used in

A) Scrublands, liable to spread of weed growth B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas
C) Low flat plains, close to stream courses, liable to flooding D) Desert margins, liable to strong wind action
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hilly and Slopy or mountain areas

Explanation:

Contour bunding is a proven sustainable land management practice for mountainous areas, marginal, sloping, and hilly land where the soil productivity is very low.

 

It is widely adopted by the ethnic minorities of Nepal who practice the shifting cultivation system of farming.

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What was part of the agenda of southern democrats?

A) Using fear for political gain B) Cutting taxes for landowners
C) Using violence for political gain D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

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Southern Democrats are members of the U.S. Democratic Party who reside in the South. All the above given were the part of agenda of southern democrats.

 

 

Using fear and violence for political gain is the part of the agenda of southern democrats most directly affected African American.

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