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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

Explanation:

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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Most bacteria reproduce by

A) budding B) binary fission
C) fragmentation D) mitosis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) binary fission

Explanation:

Most bacteria is reproduce by binary fission.

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Which of the following is true of a scientific theory?

A) It is only accepted after the person who came up with it has died. B) It is a method or device that applies scientific knowledge for some specific purpose.
C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope. D) It must demonstrate the effect of one variable by testing control groups and experimental groups.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) It generates testable hypotheses, is supported by a large body of evidence, and is broad in scope.

Explanation:

A scientific theory is a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world, based on a body of facts that have been repeatedly confirmed through observation and experiment. Such fact-supported theories are not "guesses" but reliable accounts of the real world. Scientific theories are not ever proved in the sense of being proved to be 100% correct.

 

Examples of some scientific theories are ::

Evolution, gravity, atomic theory, the germ theory of disease, relativity, quantum theory, electromagnetic theory, layered Earth theory, etc...

 

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Minjar Fair is the important fair celebrated in Chamba district. What does 'Minjar' represent for  ?

A) Lotus flowers B) Wheat flowers
C) Local Custom D) Maize flowers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Maize flowers

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The element that has the highest first ionization potential is.......

A) Oxygen B) Carbon
C) Boron D) Nitrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Nitrogen

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A DVD is an example of

A) Optical Disc B) Hard Disc
C) Output Device D) Solid state storage device
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Optical Disc

Explanation:

A DVD is an example of Optical Disc.

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Indian Water falls "Kunchikal falls" is in which state ?

A) Odisha B) Maharastra
C) Rajasthan D) Karnataka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Karnataka

Explanation:

Kunchikal falls of India is of height 1493 ft is in Karnataka state of the river Varahi.

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Which best describes genetic mutations?

A) Genetic mutations that cause diseases are always passed on to offspring. B) Some inherited genetic mutations can be good for the offspring.
C) Different genetic mutations cause few forms of cancer. D) Somatic mutations can be inherited from parents or acquired during life.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Some inherited genetic mutations can be good for the offspring.

Explanation:

Mutations are accidents in the copying of DNA. A genetic mutation is a random change in the DNA that is passed on further generations of cells and or organisms. 

 

Genetic mutations are accidental changes in the DNA in the germ cells or early in the formation of the embryo. These changes if they are in the germ cell will be passed on to other organisms formed by sexual reproduction or asexual reproduction. An example would be the golden delicious apple. A lost of genetic information due to a mutation resulted in a different color of fruit.

 

Genetic mutations that cause diseases are not always passed on to offspring. 

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