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Who are the winners of this year's Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018 from India, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize?

A) Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk	B) Kailash Satyarthi and Arvind Kejriwal
C) Bhuwan Ribhu and Asmita Satyarthi	D) Nadia Murad and Juan Manuel Santos

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk

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Two Indians Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk are among the winners of this year’s Ramon Magsaysay Award 2018, regarded as the Asian version of the Nobel Prize.

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Who was the first ruler of Pala dynasty?

A) Gopala	B) Vivyanathan
C) Dharmapala	D) Bhaskaran

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gopala

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The Ryotwari experiment in land revenue was started by

A) Henry Dundas	B) Alexander Reed
C) David Ricardo	D) Mountstuart Elphinstone

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alexander Reed

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The Ryotwari system was introduced by Sir Thomas Munro and Captain Alexander Read in 1820.This system was in operation for nearly 30 years and had many features of revenue system of the Mughals, Under the Ryotwari System every registered holder of land is recognised as its proprietor and pays direct to Government

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______ is a thyroid hormone which controls the balance of calcium in the body.

A) Calcitonin	B) Thyroxine
C) Calmodulin	D) all of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Calcitonin

Explanation:

Calcitonin is 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells of the thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimopharyngeal body. It acts to reduce blood calcium, opposing the effects of parathyroid hormone.

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Which of the following gases are responsible for the greenhouse gas effect on Earth?

A) Water Vapour and Carbon dioxide	B) Carbon dioxide and Nitrogen
C) Oxygen and Methane	D) Ozone and Methane

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Water Vapour and Carbon dioxide

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In which one of the following places was Asia’s first Export Processing Zone (EPZ) set up?

A) Santa Cruz	B) Kandla
C) Cochin	D) Surat

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kandla

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Organisms that use light to prepare food are known as _____.

A) Autotrophs	B) Heterotrophs
C) Omnivores	D) Decomposers

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Autotrophs

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By which process the cells of the meristematic tissue take up a permanent shape, size, and a function?

A) Demarcation	B) Organisation
C) Simplification	D) Differentiation

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