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_________ has successfully created the country’s first smart grid project, which will generate power from renewable sources of energy.

A) Indian Institutes of Technology B) Indian Institutes of Engineering Science Technology
C) Indian Institutes of Space Science and Technology D) Indian Institutes of Management
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Indian Institutes of Engineering Science Technology

Explanation:

The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) has successfully created the country’s first smart grid project, which will generate power from renewable sources of energy.  The project will soon be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee, IIEST Director Prof Ajoy Kumar Roy. The smart grid will be synchronised to generate power from solar, wind and vegetable waste resources, depending on the weather conditions and availability of waste products. It is the first of its kind in the country.

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Q:

Ashok Mehta committee recommended for the establishment of

A) Gram Panchayat B) Nagar Panchayat
C) Panchayat Samiti D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gram Panchayat

Explanation:

Under the chairmanship of Ashoka Mehta, the Janata Government appointed a committee on Panchayat Raj system in December 1977. They have made 132 recommendations to revive and strengthen the declining Panchayati Raj system in the country. As a result of this report, the Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and West Bengal passed new legislation.

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Branch of biology in which we study about cultivation of flowering plant

A) Phenology B) Floriculture
C) Agronomy D) Botany
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Floriculture

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A device used for the measurement of radioactivity is

A) mass spectrometer B) cyclotron
C) nuclear reactor D) G.M.counter
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) G.M.counter

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Which country has world's shortest written constitution?

A) USA B) Monaco
C) Vatican City D) India
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Monaco

Explanation:

Monaco, the world's second smallest country after Vatican City, has the smallest written constitution in the world. 

It comprises of 10 chapters with 97 Articles and a total of 3,814 words.

 

India has the world's largest written constitution.

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Which new England colony was established by the separatists?

 

A) Bermuda B) Akrotiri
C) Plymouth D) Cayman
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Plymouth

Explanation:

In the year 1620, Plymouth colony was established by separatists.

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Which element has similar properties to Beryllium?

A) Manganese B) Calcium
C) Both A & B D) Helium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Calcium

Explanation:

The elements in the same column will have similar properties. Beryllium is the group II element. Group II elements are magnesium, calcium, strontium, barium and radium. Hence, these show the similar prperties.

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Select the synonym of

famished

 

A) glut B) jaded
C) satiated D) starved
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) starved

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