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What prevents food from entering the windpipe?

A) Epiglottis B) Pharynx
C) Trachea D) Larynx
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Epiglottis

Explanation:

Epiglottis is that prevents food from entering the windpipe. 

It is a cartilageous flap that flaps opens and closes when swallowing. When you swallow, the epiglottis flattens backward to cover the entrance to your larynx and prevent food from entering the lungs and windpipe. The epiglottis returns to its usual position after swallowing.

 

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Q:

Cellulose is a

A) Mineral B) Protein
C) Fat D) Carbohydrate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Carbohydrate

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Q:

Where is the DNA located in a eukaryotic cell?

A) Nucleus B) Chromosomes
C) Mitochondria D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

In eukaryotic cells, DNA is located in the nucleus, chromosomes and the mitochondria. Most of the DNA is present in the nucleus and some amount in the chromosomes and mitochondria.

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Q:

India won its first Olympic hockey gold in

A) 1928 B) 1932
C) 1936 D) 1948
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1928

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The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) On one online forum, the sysadmins were enjoying some gallows humour.

A) They were discussing a pair of recently announced security flaws, known as Meltdown and Spectre that between them affect any computer powered by processors designed by Intel, AMD, ARM and others.

B) Another wrote, with tongue only half in cheek, that “computers were a mistake”.

C) One simply posted a picture of a fire raging in a skip.

D) That’s most of them, in other words, from smartphones and desktop PCs to games consoles and the racks of machines that run cloud-computing services from Microsoft, Amazon and the like.

A) CBAD B) ADBC
C) BCDA D) CADB
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CBAD

Explanation:

The correct sequence is CBAD.

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Q:

What goes up when rain comes down?

A) Air B) Heat
C) Umbrella D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Umbrella

Explanation:

Yes, when rain starts falling umbrella goes up for pretecting us from wetting.

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Q:

Bankim Chandra Chatterjee pen name?

A) Jisu Dasgupta B) Kamala Kanta
C) Sripantha D) Vanu Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kamala Kanta

Explanation:

A pen name is nothing but a nick name used by the writer when publishing books instead of using their real names. 

 

Kamala Kanta was the pen name of Bankim Chandra Chatterjee who lived from 1838 - 1894. He was a Bengali author, poet who wrote Indian national anthem Vandemataram.

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Which is the first Indian company to be listed on NASDAQ ?

A) Reliance B) TCS
C) HCL D) Infosys
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Infosys

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