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The first female to take over the controls of a NASA spaceship is

A) Wilkie Collins B) Eileen Collins
C) Colette D) Kim Clijsters
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Eileen Collins

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Name an eminent cartoonist who created the comic book character like Chacha Chaudary and Sabu who died in 2014 ?

A) Angela Nemeth B) Pran Kumar Sharma
C) Madhukar Singh D) DP Yadav
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pran Kumar Sharma

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Who among the following is the  teen pop singer & musician, over 33 million followers on Twitter?

A) Halle Berry B) Bernardo Bertolucci
C) Justin Bieber D) William Blake
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Justin Bieber

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Which discovery is attributed to Phoebus Levene?

A) identification of ribose and deoxyribose B) recognition of RNA as DNA’s messenger
C) extraction and observation of DNA D) construction of an accurate DNA model
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) identification of ribose and deoxyribose

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Phoebus Levene was an organic chemist in the early 1900's. He is perhaps best known for his incorrect tetranucleotide hypothesis of DNA. He is who studied the structure and function of nucleic acids.

 

The discovery of Identification of Ribose and Deoxyribose is attributed to Phoebus Levene.

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Vasco de Gama was a

A) Australian Navigator B) Portuguess explorer
C) British explorer D) French explorer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Portuguess explorer

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Who was the revolutionary leader who ended his days as a Swami of Ramakrishna Mission ?

A) Ajit Singh B) Aurobindo Ghosh
C) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay D) Hemachandra Kanungo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jatindranath Bandopadhyay

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Bertolt Brecht is associated with which theatrical movement?

A) Thesis B) Theater of cruelty
C) Epic theater D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Epic theater

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Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht, known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.

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Who was an early proponent of functionalism?

A) Darwin B) Charles
C) William James D) Wyndt
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) William James

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William James was an early proponent of functionalism.

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