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The largest flag of India measuring _______ feet was inaugurated on March 5, 2017 on the tallest flag post at the Indo-Pak Attari Border in Amritsar.

A) 360 ft B) 280 ft
C) 300 ft D) 310 ft
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 360 ft

Explanation:
  • A 360-foot-high (110 metres) flag post, said to be the country's tallest, was inaugurated at the Indo-Pak Attari Border, just a stone's throw from Pakistan.
  • Punjab Minister Anil Joshi inaugurated the country's largest tricolour on the tallest flag post - measuring 110 metres in length, 24 metres in width and 55 tons in weight. Built at an approximate cost of Rs 3.50 crore, the post was a project of the Amritsar Improvement Trust Authority of the Punjab Government.
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Q:

When was World Bank set up?

A) 1944 B) 1945
C) 1947 D) 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1944

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The earth revolves around the Sun in an elliptical path and the sun is located at one focus of the ellipse. Imagine a situation in which the earth goes around the Sun on a circular path. Which one among the following would result in under that situation ?

A) It would not make any difference B) Difference between seasons will be reduced
C) The earth would become very hot D) The earth would become very cold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Difference between seasons will be reduced

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A linear-shaped lowland between highlands or mountain ranges created by the action of a geologic rift or fault is called?

Answer

rift valley

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Q:

“Functional Finance” is associated with: __________

 

 

 

A) Adams B) Adam Smith
C) Adolph Wogner D) Abba P Lerne
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Abba P Lerne

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The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the harmone

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress harmone. In emotional upset (like fear, anger etc.) this harmone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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With reference to the first battle of freedom in 1857, who was related to Jhansi ?

A) Chandra Shekhar Azad B) Rani Lakshmi Bai
C) Mangal Pandey D) Bhagat Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rani Lakshmi Bai

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Q:

Who invented Electric Generator?

A) Michael Faraday B) Thomas Alva Edison
C) Graham Bell D) Alfred Nobel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Michael Faraday

Explanation:

Michael Faraday invented Electric Generator in 1831.

 

        • The operating principle of electromagnetic generators was discovered in the years of 1831–1832 by Michael Faraday.

 

        • The principle later called Faraday's law, is that an electromotive force is generated in an electrical conductor which encircles a varying magnetic flux.


 

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