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Sunspots appear dark because they are

A) hotter than the rest of the Sun's surface.	B) more magnetic than the rest of the Sun's surface.
C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface.

Explanation:

Sunspots are a magnetic phenomenon on the Sun.

The reason a sunspot appears dark is that they are cooler than the rest of the Sun's surface and also the gas inside the spot where the magnetic field is strongest is only emitting about 1/4 as much light as from the rest of the solar surface.

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A body of mass 3 kg accelerates from 10 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 seconds due to the application of a force on it. Calculate the magnitude of this force (in N).

A) 6	B) 18
C) 12	D) 36

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 6

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‘Altitude sickness’ is caused at high altitude due to

A) high partial pressure of oxygen	B) low partial pressure of oxygen
C) low level of haemoglobin	D) high partial pressure of carbon dioxide

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) low partial pressure of oxygen

Explanation:

Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness (AMS), is the negative health effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation.

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Living things constitute the biotic component of the ___________________.

A) mesosphere	B) biosphere
C) thermosphere	D) heliosphere

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) biosphere

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Who is the new Director of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)

A) Prashant Pathrabe	B) Amol Palekar
C) Shabana Azmi	D) Bhupendra Kainthola

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Bhupendra Kainthola

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Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

A) Oracle	B) IBM
C) Microsoft	D) SAP

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Microsoft

Explanation:

Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 –October 15, 2018) was an American business magnate, investor, software engineer, humanitarian, and philanthropist. Alongside Bill Gates, Allen co-founded Microsoft in 1975, which helped spark the microcomputer revolution and later became the world's largest PC software company

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______ Disk Encryption is a technology (hardware or software) where data is encrypted before storage.

A) Half	B) Whole
C) Double	D) Triple

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Whole

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Name the first Indian to get Nobel prize in economics.

A) Amartya Sen	B) C V Raman
C) Mihir Sen	D) Arun Shourie

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