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Question : Peroxyacetyl nitrate is a

Option 1: Acidic dye

Option 2: Plant hormone

Option 3: Vitamin

Option 4: Secondary pollutant

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Secondary pollutant


Solution : The correct option is secondary pollutant.

Chemically, peroxyacetyl nitrate has the formula C2H3NO5 It is a major contributor to smog and a secondary pollutant. Through a sequence of chemical processes involving volatile organic chemicals, nitrogen oxides, and sunlight, peroxyacetyl

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Question : If $a+b+c = 0$, then the value of $\small \frac{1}{(a+b)(b+c)}+\frac{1}{(b+c)(c+a)}+\frac{1}{(c+a)(a+b)}$ is:

Option 1: 0

Option 2: 1

Option 3: 3

Option 4: 2

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Correct Answer: 0


Solution : Given: $a+b+c = 0$
Solution:
$\frac{1}{(a+b)(b+c)}+\frac{1}{(b+c)(c+a)}+\frac{1}{(c+a)(a+b)}$
Taking the LCM, we get
= $\frac{(c+a)+(a+b)+(b+c)}{(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)}$
= $\frac{2(a+b+c)}{(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)}$
Substituting the value of $(a+b+c)$ in the equation:
= $\frac{2\times 0}{(a+b)(b+c)(c+a)}$
= 0
Hence, the correct answer is 0.

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Question : Who among the following was the author of 'Indica', an account of India under the reign of the Maurya dynasty?

Option 1: Strabo

Option 2: Pliny

Option 3: Diodorus Siculus

Option 4: Megasthenes

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Correct Answer: Megasthenes


Solution : The correct option is Megasthenes.

The author of Indica, an account of India under the reign of the Maurya dynasty, was Megasthenes. The original text of 'Indica' has been lost, but fragments of it survive in the works of later Greek and Latin authors. These

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Question : Find the sum of the measures of all the interior angles of a polygon having twelve sides.

Option 1: 1800°

Option 2: 2520°

Option 3: 2880°

Option 4: 3240°

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Correct Answer: 1800°


Solution : Given: Sides of the polygon, $n$ = 12
A polygon with $n$ sides has an interior angle sum = $(n -2)×180°$
= $(12 - 2)×180°$
= $10×180°$
= $1800°$
Hence, the correct answer is 1800°.

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Question : Waksman got the Nobel Prize for the Discovery of:

Option 1: Streptomycin

Option 2: Choloromycetin

Option 3: Neomycin

Option 4: Penicillin

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Streptomycin


Solution : The correct option is -  Streptomycin

For his successful studies of the soil microbes," which helped discover streptomycin, Waksman won the Nobel Prize in 1952. Waksman's discovery of streptomycin led to him being referred to as "one of the greatest benefactors to mankind" during the

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Question : Direction: A man travels 4 kilometres due north, then travels 6 kilometres due east, and further travels 4 kilometres due north. How far is he from the starting point?

Option 1: 8 km

Option 2: 10 km

Option 3: 6 km

Option 4: 14 km

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Correct Answer: 10 km


Solution : As per the given information, the movement of the man looks as follows –

 

The direct distance between his starting point and the endpoint is AD as shown below –

 

Produce DC to O and join AO to form a right-angled triangle at O,

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Question : In an election, a candidate secures 40% of the votes but is defeated by the only other candidate by a majority of 298 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.

Option 1: 1580

Option 2: 1490

Option 3: 1470

Option 4: 1530

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1490


Solution : If one candidate received R% of total votes, the other candidates received (100 – R)% of total votes.
Let the total number of votes recorded be $x$.
60% of the votes went to the winning candidate.
According to the question,
(60 – 40)% of $x$

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Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

A terrible disaster was witnessed by our country.

Option 1: Our country had witnessed a terrible disaster.

Option 2: Our country is witnessing a terrible disaster.

Option 3: Our country witnessed a terrible disaster.

Option 4: Our country witnesses a terrible disaster.

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Correct Answer: Our country witnessed a terrible disaster.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.

The structure of

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