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Who was the founder of Mahakali Pathshala in Calcutta?

A) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini B) Sister Nivedita
C) Madamee Blavatsky D) Sarojini Naidu
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Her Holiness Mataji Maharani Tapaswini

Explanation:

Mataji Maharani Tapaswini was one of the strongest proponents of female education in India. Her greatest contribution came in the form of the Mahakali Pathshala which she set up in Kolkata in 1893.

The school was a completely indigenous affair which did not rely on either foreign aid or assistance. The education of girls was carried out on a strictly national basis in the hopes that they would be able to revive and regenerate Hindu society.

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Solids have definite shapes.This is because

A) the forces of cohesion of the molecules within are very much less in them B) the forces of cohesion are very large
C) the forces of adhesion are large D) the forces of adhesion are less
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the forces of cohesion are very large

Explanation:

Cohesion refers to attraction between molecules of the same kind while adhesion refers to attraction between different kinds of molecules

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Radio Carbon Dating is use to estimate the age of _____ ?

A) Monuments B) Rocks
C) Soil D) Fossils
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Fossils

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Baburnama was written in which language?

A) Chagatai Turkic B) Bahrani Arabic
C) Para-Mongolic D) Hijazi Arabic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Chagatai Turkic

Explanation:

Baburnama was the autobiography of founder of the Mughal Empire Babur. It is wrtten in Chagatai Turkic language, which is his mother tongue.

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Which of the following countries was associated with Khmer Rouge?

A) Combodia B) Vietnam
C) Thailand D) Burma
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Combodia

Explanation:

In 1975, a party called khmer Rouge had taken control of Cambodia under the leader ship of Pol Pot. The Government of Pol pot established a regime of terror in Cambodia and started following a policy of genocide against its own people.

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The only fil-maker to get Bharat Rartna was

A) Raj Kapoor B) Curies
C) Satyjit ray D) S.S.Vasan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Satyjit ray

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Govind Swami Pillai is associated with which musical instrument?

 

A) Mridangam B) Tabla
C) Veena D) Violin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Violin

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Which of the following is not correct concerning nerves?

A) Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve. B) Nerves are collection of axons of either sensory or motor neurons but not both.
C) Nerves are covered by an outer sheath called the epineurium D) Nerves consist of parallel bundles of myelinated and nonmyelinated axons.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve.

Explanation:

Axons make up a majority of the matter in a nerve is the one statement regarding nerves is incorrect.

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