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Scientist who discovered blood groups

A) Krebs B) Pavlov
C) Karl Landsteiner D) Darwin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Karl Landsteiner

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Lightning is produced when 

A) Similar charges of electricity rush towards each other and then get repelled B) clouds strike against impurities in air and the friction burns up these impurities
C) strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air D) water vapour produces electricity in the clouds
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) strong opposite charges in different clouds break down the resistance offered by the intervening air

Explanation:

When the resistance of the air between breaks down the current flows from the positive cloud to the negative cloud in a flash which we call lightning . The difference of potential involves is very high.

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_______________has launched Digital Education Programme for media agency professionals in Asia Pacific Region.

A) Facebook B) Google
C) Yahoo D) Twitter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Twitter

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The atoms of the elements which have same number of neutrons are called

A) Isobars B) Isotopes
C) Isotones D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Isotones

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The disease Goitre is caused in persons who do not have in their diet sufficient

A) calcium B) sodium
C) iodine D) iron
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) iodine

Explanation:

Goitre is characterized by the swelling of the neck region. This is due to the enlargement of the thyroid gland which secretes hormone thyroxine. Thyroxine has iodine as an integral part of it. If there is not sufficient iodine in one's  diet, the thyroid gland swells up.

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The arbor vitae refers to

A) the pleatlike convolutions of the cerebellum B) cerebellar gray matter
C) flocculonodular nodes D) cerebellar white matter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) cerebellar white matter

Explanation:

In the brain cerebellum, the arbor vitae refers to the cerebellar white matter which resembles the structure of arborvitae plant leaves and branches structure.

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Organisms that feed on the excreta of other organisms are called 

A) autotrophs B) heterotrophs
C) coprophagous D) saprotrophs
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) coprophagous

Explanation:

The word coprodaeum refers to the last part of the elimentary canal.The excreta (undigested, matter) comes out of that part. So, the organisms that take in such materials are called coprophagous.

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According to Nomura's Report, India’s GDP growth rate is expected to be around _________ in the financial year 2017-18.

A) 7.6% B) 7.3%
C) 7.8% D) 7.1%
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 7.1%

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