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Baking soda is used ______.

 

I. for making baking powder

II. in soda-acid fire extinguishers

III. to neutralize excess acid in the stomach

 

A) Only I and II B) Only I and III
C) Only II and III D) All I, II and III
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All I, II and III

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In India, which festival coincide with the festivals of Songkran in Thailand, Thingyan in Myanmar and Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka ?

A) Guru Poornima B) Makar Sankranti
C) Holi D) Baisakhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baisakhi

Explanation:

The harvest festival of Baisakhi popularly celebrated in North India coincides with the Songkran festival of Thailand, the Thingyan in Myanmar and the Aluth Avurudda in Sri Lanka. In all the latter three festivals, the coming of a New Year is the central theme and involves various indigenous ways of celebrations.

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The novelist, poet and critic of which language has been conferred with Jnanpith Award for 2015?

 

A) Bengali B) Telugu
C) Odia D) Gujarati
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Gujarati

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The alpha-particles are

A) high energy electrons B) positively charged hydrogen irons
C) high energy x ray radiations D) double positively charged helium nuclei
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) double positively charged helium nuclei

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Which ionization process requires the most energy?

A) C3+ (g) → C4+ (g) + e- B) C (g) → C+ (g) + e-
C) C2+ (g) → C3+ (g) + e- D) C+ (g) → C2+ (g) + e-
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) C3+ (g) → C4+ (g) + e-

Explanation:

We know that each successive IE is greater than the previous one, because each ionization process removes one electron and hence increases the total attractive force on the remaining electrons from the nucleus. Hence, C3+ (g) → C4+ (g) + e- needs more energy.

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Which Indian city has been ranked the world's second most densely populated city with 31,700 people per sq km, by the World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat Data  ?

A) Mumbai B) New Delhi
C) Kolkata D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mumbai

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Mumbai has been ranked the world's second most densely populated city with 31,700 people per sq km, by the World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat Data. Bangladesh's capital Dhaka topped the list with 44,500 people per sq km. Rajasthan's Kota has been ranked the world's seventh most densely populated city with 12,100 people per sq km.

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Correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.


The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options. _______________ the expansive declarationsof the need "to maintain effective security of all nuclear materials, _______________ includes nuclear materials used in nuclear weapons”, thesummits narrowed their _______________ to civilian holdings __________________ non­nuclear weapon states.


The main failings were of conception and a political willingness to settle _________ easy options.

A) to B) of
C) from D) for
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) for

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Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was making news recently, passes through which Sea?

 

A) Red Sea B) Caspian Sea
C) East China Sea D) Baltic Sea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Baltic Sea

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