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A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the the bucket. The reading of the spring balance

A) will increase B) will decrease
C) does not change D) varies with the increase of depth of the immersion of the iron piece
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will increase

Explanation:

When the piece of iron is lowered into the water, the water level in the bucket increases. And so the pressure at the bottom of bucket also increases. Thus the total thrust at bottom also increases. Therefore the spring balance reading increases. Thus (a) is correct.

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Q:

Sugar Bowl of the World?

A) Cuba B) Brazil
C) India D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brazil

Explanation:

"Cuba" is the name of the country which was commonly known as the "Sugar Bowl of the World".

It is called by this name because formerly it was the largest producer of Sugar, but now Brazil is currently the largest producer of Sugar.

It is an island country in the Caribbean and is officially called as the Republic of Cuba.

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The Number of officially recognised languages in india is

A) 12 B) 15
C) 18 D) 21
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 18

Explanation:

India has 18 officially recognised languages - Konkani, Manipur and Nepali were added to the official list of 15 in 1992. The other 15 languages are Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Sanskrit , Tamil, Telugu , Urdu and sindhi.

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During a Financial Emergency, all Money Bills passed by State Legislatures require the consent of the 

A) Prime Minister B) President
C) Lok Sabha D) Union Finance Minister
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) President

Explanation:

No Financial Emergency has been imposed on the country so far. Article 360 deals with Financial Emergency. (This article, however,shall not apply to the state of Jammu and Kashmir)

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What happens during the process of translation?

A) Transfer RNA is made from messenger RNA B) Copies of DNA molecules are made
C) The cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins D) Messenger RNA is made from DNA
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The cell uses information from messenger RNA to produce proteins

Explanation:

Translation is the process by which a protein is synthesized from the information contained in a molecule of messenger RNA (mRNA). During translation, an mRNA sequence is read using the genetic code, which is a set of rules that defines how an mRNA sequence is to be translated into the 20-letter code of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.

 

In short, during the process of translation source language text is conveyed to destination language.

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What are rings in Windows NT?

Answer

Windows NT uses protection mechanism called rings provides by the process to implement separation between the user mode and kernel mode.

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Differentiate between RAM & ROM?

Answer

RAM: Read / Write memory, High Speed, Volatile Memory.


ROM: Read only memory, low speed, non volite memory.

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Which of the following awards is Sachin Tendulkar NOT awarded with?

 

A) Bharat Ratna B) Dhyan Chand Award
C) Padma Vibhushan D) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Dhyan Chand Award

Explanation:
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