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When did India's population touch 100 crore mark

A) May, 2001 B) May 2000
C) May, 2002 D) May, 2003
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) May 2000

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Hypokinetic diseases refer to those that are caused by

 

 

A) infections B) high cholesterol
C) inactivity D) high blood pressure
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) inactivity

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First Indian woman to win Man Booker Prize?

A) Kiran Desai B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Salman Rushdie D) Arundhati Roy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Arundhati Roy

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Arundhati Roy was the first Indian woman to win the Man Booker Prize in the year 1997.

An Indian writer, Arundhati Roy, was awarded England's prestigious Booker Prize this evening for her first novel, ''The God of Small Things,'' a soaring story about a set of twins struggling to make sense of the world, themselves and their strange and difficult family in southern India.

 

Kiran Desai was the youngest woman to win the Man Booker Prize.

Bernice Rubens became the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. Man Booker Prize is one of the world's richest literary prizes.

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Select the synonym of

carnal

A) chaste B) sensual
C) decent D) spiritual
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) sensual

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Improve the given sentence if necessary.

This scooter is not efficient as it used to be; instead it is still a very useful machine.

A) similarly B) further more
C) nevertheless D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) nevertheless

Explanation:

‘Instead’ is used as an alternative or substitute and is not relevant in this context. ‘Nevertheless’ will be used as it means ‘inspite of that’. Thus, the correct formation would be, ‘This scooter is not as efficient as it used to be; nevertheless it is still a very useful machine.

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Cobalt - 60 is commonly used in radiation therapy because it emits

A) alpha - rays B) beta rays
C) gamma rays D) X - rays
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) gamma rays

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Consider the following statements :

1. There is no net moment on a body which is in equilibrium.

2. The momentum of a body is always conserved.

3. The kinetic energy of an object is always conserved.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

A) 1, 2 and 3 B) 2 and 3 only
C) 1 and 2 only D) 1 only
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1 and 2 only

Explanation:

There are two conditions that must be met for an object to be in equilibrium. The first condition is that the net force on the object must be zero for the object to be in equilibrium. If net force is zero, then net force along any direction is zero.

Kinetic energy (KE) is the energy of motion, and kinetic energy is not always conserved in a collision

Energy and momentum are always conserved.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

It is revealing that the gender divide in cognition levels worsens with rise in age, as girls are often compelled to (drop in) of school for a variety of reasons.

A) drop at B) drop out
C) drop of D) No improvement
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) drop out

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