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Q: what is the gram formula mass of NH43PO4? 2329 0

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    139.54
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    140.70
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    149.08
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    153.24
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Answer : 3. "149.08"
Explanation :

Answer: C) 149.08 Explanation: The gram formula mass is nothing but molar mass.   Composition :   Symbol      Element       Atomic weight       Atoms          P         Phosphorus       30.973762               1       = 30.973         O         Oxygen             15.9994                  4       =  63.998         N         Nitrogen            14.0067                  3       =  42.020         H         Hydrogen          1.00794                  12      =  12.096     Total   =  30.973+63.998+42.020+12.096 = 149.087

Q: A man covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/hr, half of the remaining by bus at 30 km/hr and the rest by cycle at 10 km/hr. Find his average speed during the entire journey? 2328 0

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    32 kmph
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    20 kmph
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    18 kmph
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    24 kmph
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Answer : 4. "24 kmph"
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Answer: D) 24 kmph Explanation: Let the total distance of the journey of a man = d kms Now, the average speed of the entire journey = dd120 + d120 + d40  = 24 kmph.

Q: 14 persons are seated around a circular table. Find the probability that 3 particular persons always seated together. 2327 0

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    11/379
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    21/628
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    24/625
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    26/247
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Answer : 3. "24/625"
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Answer: C) 24/625 Explanation: Total no of ways = (14 – 1)! = 13! Number of favorable ways = (12 – 1)! = 11!   So, required probability = 11!×3!13! = 39916800×66227020800 = 24625

Q: It takes one minute to fill 2/7 th of a vessel. What is the time taken in minutes to fill the whole of the vessel  ? 2326 0

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    1/7 min
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    7/2 min
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    5/7 min
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    7/5 min
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Answer : 2. "7/2 min"
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Answer: B) 7/2 min Explanation: Time taken to fill 2/7 = 1Then to fill full 1 = ?? = 1/(2/7) = 7/2 minutes.

Q: Which statement best describes the cold war in 1989? 2326 0

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    The coldwar started
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    Atom bomb on USSR
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    Glorious revolution occured
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    Beginning of the end of cold war
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Answer : 4. "Beginning of the end of cold war"
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Answer: D) Beginning of the end of cold war Explanation: The Cold War started with building tensions between the US and the USSR during World War II. As Stalin began to annex more countries and spread communism throughout Eastern Europe, the US began to feel threatened and feared that they would start a war amongst the capitalist nations. The US started an attempt to limit the spread of communism and protect capitalism, which led to a series of passive aggressive and indirectly hostile exchanges between the two nations.   The beginning of the end of the cold war, the Berlin Wall came down. The USSR began to collapse the following year, in 1990.

Q: What is the relationship between Resistivity and Conductivity? 2326 0

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Resistivity : Resistivity is a measure of the resistance to the flow of electrons.  Conductivity : Conductivity is just the inverse of resistivity, σ = 1/ρ, where σ is conductivity and ρ is resistivity.   Example: Think of a pipe and water, the bigger the pipe, the easier water can flow and thus the lower the resistance.

Q: A watch which gains uniformly is 2 minutes low at noon on Tuesday and is 4 min 48 sec fast at 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday. When was it correct ? 2323 0

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    12 p.m. on Wednesday
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    2 p.m. on Thursday
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    3 p.m. on Thursday
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    2 p.m. on Wednesday
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Answer : 2. "2 p.m. on Thursday"
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Answer: B) 2 p.m. on Thursday Explanation: Time from 12 p.m. on Tuesday to 2 p.m. on the following Tuesday = 7 days 2 hours.= 170 hours.The watch gains = (2 + 4 x 4/5) min= 34/5 min. in 170 hrs.Now, 34/5 min are gained in 170 hrs.Then, 2 min are gained in (170 x 5/34 x 2) hrs.Watch is correct after 2 days 2 hrs after 12 p.m. on Tuesday, i.e., it will be correct at 2 p.m. on Thursday.

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Answer : 3. "Only b follows"
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Answer: C) Only b follows Explanation: Clearly, reducing the number of aspirants for admission to colleges or sending the students of well-to-do families to foreign countries for higher studies, is no proper solution. So, both I and III do not follow. The right solution is to increase the number of colleges so as t accommodate the increasing number of admission-seekers. So, only II follows.

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