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'QUAD' is a group of four countries: India, United States, Japan and

 

A) Australia  B) South Africa 
C) Canada  D) Russia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Australia 

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Q:

The historical monument Al Khazneh is located in which city ?

A) Giza B) Tehran
C) Baghdad D) Petra
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Petra

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Q:

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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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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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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Q:

The ________  part of india receives maximum insolation

A) northern B) eastern
C) western D) southern
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) southern

Explanation:

southern region is closest to equator and thus receives sunlight for longer duration than any other part of India

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Q:

Facilitate is similar in meaning to

A) help B) halt
C) check D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) help

Explanation:

Facilitate means assist someone in their progress or work. Here Help is the only word which is similar in meaning with facilitate. Halt and check are antonyms i.e opposite in meaning of facilitate. 

 

Hence, facilitate is similar in meaning to help.

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Q:

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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