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Name the cricketer who has become the first Indian to face 500-plus balls in an Test match innings ? 

A) Virat Kohli B) Cheteshwar Pujara
C) Karun Nair D) Murli Vijay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cheteshwar Pujara

Explanation:

India's most consistent middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara stormed his way into record books after playing a marathon innings against Australia on fourth day of the third Test match
surpassing Rahul Dravid previous best of 495 balls. 

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Which country recently signed an order to allow Transgender persons to serve in Military roles?

 

A) India B) United States
C) New Zealand D) Singapore
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) United States

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

 

It was hard to believe that she (were) dead for three months.

 

A) was B) has been
C) is D) no improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) has been

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Lamarck's theory of inheritance of acquired characters was challenged by 

A) August Weismann B) Hugo de Vries
C) Herbert Spencer D) Carl Linnaeus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Herbert Spencer

Explanation:

August Weismann cut off the tails of mice for 21 successive generations and still they produced generation after generation of only tailed young ones. So he concluded that acquired characters are not inherited.

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Which one of the following has recently conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters (D.Lit) on UN Secretary General Bank-ki- Moon?

A) Jamia Millia Islamia University B) Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit University
C) G.G.S Indraprastha University D) I.I.T Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Jamia Millia Islamia University

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Q:

Consent of the People means

A) All the People B) Majority of People
C) Leader of the People D) A few People
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Majority of People

Explanation:

Consent of the People means the Majority of People, as expressed by votes in elections.

Consent of the governed refers to the idea that a government's legitimacy and moral right to use state power is only justified and lawful when consented to by the people or society over which that political power is exercised.

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Q:

When is the commonwealth day observed by its member countries

A) Jan 25 B) may 24
C) octo 24 D) Nov 14
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) may 24

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What is the rank of Bihar in view of population in India

A) 4th B) 3rd
C) 5th D) 11th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3rd

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