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Q:

Statement: It is estimated that about twenty lakh people will visit the city during the ensuing festival.
Courses of action:
a. The civic authority should monitor the crowd and restrict entry of the people beyond a manageable number.
b. The local police authority should be put on high alert to maintain law and order during the festival.
c. All the hospitals in the city should be put on high alert in case of any eventuality.

A) Only a follows B) Both b & c follows
C) Only c follows D) Both a and b sufficient
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Both b & c follows

Explanation:

Clearly, People cannot be deprived of enjoying the festival for lack of arrangements. Also, it becomes necessary to deploy police to regulate big crowds and avert any mishap in public gatherings. Further, it costs nothing but might prove useful to put hospitals on alert to be ready to provide quick medical aid to patients in case of any eventuality. So, both b and c follow.

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Q:

Choose the sentence that contains a relative pronoun?

A) That is my books bag B) Some boys are coming for tution
C) The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister D) Those are not your things
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister

Explanation:

Here in the given options, The girl, whom you have met yesterday is my sister is the sentence which has relative pronoun.

 

The pronoun which is used to connect a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun is called as relative pronoun.

 

The most common relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, and that. Sometimes when and where can also be used as relative pronouns.

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Q:

caffeine is also a what?

A) Psychoactive B) Barbiturate
C) Narcotic D) Opioid
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Psychoactive

Explanation:

Caffeine is also a psychoactive drug which alters the mood and conscious in our behaviour. It is widely consumed as a psychoactive drug.

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Q:

How long would it take to travel 4 light years?

Answer

There are approximately 6 trillion miles in a light-year, so the distance we need to go is 6 trillion miles / light-year times. 4 light-years is equal to 24 trillion miles. So, this whole would take 1.2 billion hours. There are 24 hours a day and 365.25 days per year, so this time in years is 137 thousand years.

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Q:

6 choose 3 =

A) 20 B) 30
C) 18 D) 24
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 20

Explanation:

6 choose 3 means number of possible unordered combinations when 3 items are selected from 6 available items i.e, nothing but 6C3.

Now 6C3 = 6 x 5 x 4/3 x 2 x 1 = 120/6 = 20.

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Q:

Study of sound is called

A) Agronomy B) Accoustics
C) Aesthetics D) Aeronautics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Accoustics

Explanation:

Accoustics is a subject deals with the Study of sound

 

Aesthetics is a Philosophy of fine arts

 

The science or art of flight is called Aeronautics

 

The science of soil management is called Agronomy.

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Q:

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named

A) keratin B) myoglobi
C) collagen D) haemoglobin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) haemoglobin

Explanation:

Oxygen in our blood is transported by a protein named Haemoglobin.

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Q:

What molecule is indicated by the letter D?

A) ATP B) Water
C) Glucose D) Oxygen
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Oxygen

Explanation:

Oxygen is the final electron acceptor of cellular respiration.

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