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Q:

What was the city of Timbuktu best known for?

A) Trade B) Gold
C) Diamonds D) Tea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Trade

Explanation:

The great Sahara Desert created an opportunity for wealth by trading to peoples who live in and around the region. The city of Timbuktu was built as a result of this trade.

 

Hundreds of years ago, salt was a very valuable commodity. It was valued for its taste as well as its ability to preserve food. One of the most productive areas for producing salt was the Sahara Desert, and the city of Timbuktu was built to capitalize upon this trade.

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Q:

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.
 
The whole biosphere, like
 
P : a chemically dynamic state
Q : the individual organisms that
R : live inside it, exists in

A)

RQP

B)

QRP

C)

QPR

D)

PQR

 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B)

QRP



Explanation:
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Q:

National Press Day 2017 Theme

A) Challenges before media B) Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
C) National security against terrorism D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Challenges before media

Explanation:

The Theme of National Press Day 2017 is "Challenges before media".

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Q:

A tank-full petrol in Veeru’s Car last for 20 days. If he starts using 25% more every day, how many days will the tank-full petrol last?

A) 18 days B) 12 days
C) 14 days D) 16 days
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 16 days

Explanation:

The analogy here is like this: Veeru has 20 lt of petrol and he uses 1 lt per each day and consumes it in 20 days. If he uses 1.25 lt every day, in how many days it will be consumed?
We considered 1.25 lt here because it’s 25% more than 1 lt.

The answer would be  20/1.25=16 days.

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Q:

Which one among the following stars is nearest to the earth?

A) Proxima Centauri B) Sirius
C) Arcturus D) Spica
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Proxima Centauri

Explanation:

Proxima Centauri is the nearest star to the Earth.

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Q:

Venus has atmosphere made up of 

A) Ammonia B) Carbon-di-Oxide
C) Helium D) Hydrogen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Carbon-di-Oxide

Explanation:

Venus has a very high surface temperature of 500o Cand the pressure is 90 times that on the earth.

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Q:

The income and substitution effects account for

A) the upward sloping curve B) the downward sloping curve
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) the downward sloping curve

Explanation:
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Q:

The light reactions of photosynthesis supply the calvin cycle with

A) CO2and ATP B) ATP and NADPH
C) light energy D) H2O and NADPH
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) ATP and NADPH

Explanation:

The light reactions of photosynthesis supply the calvin cycle with ATP and NADPH.

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