Answer: A) Neeraj Chopra Explanation: Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games, with a season’s best effort of 86.47m in the final. The 20-year-old junior world champion had made the final after achieving the qualifying mark in his very first throw.

Answer: A) Uracil Explanation: A nitrogenous base, or nitrogen-containing base, is an organic molecule with a nitrogen atom that has the chemical properties of a base. The main biological function of a nitrogenous base is to bond nucleic acids together. A nitrogenous base owes its basic properties to the lone pair of electrons of a nitrogen atom.   In DNA, four bases have been found. They are 1. Adenine (A), 2. Guanine (G), 3. Cytosine (C) and 4. Thymine (T).   The first three of these bases are found in RNA also but the fourth which is Uracil (U) is absent in it. RNA contains cytosine and uracil as pyrimidine bases while DNA has cytosine and thymine.

Answer: A) Sanjay Kothari Explanation: Sanjay Kothari, Chairman of Public Enterprises Selection Board, has been appointed as Secretary to President-elect Ram Nath Kovind.

Answer: D) All of these Explanation:    K    |    J -- L    |    I -- D -- B Here I is female J, K, L & D , B are males Then from the above conditions, All of the given statements are true.

Answer: B) Building a Digital World Consumers can Trust Explanation: World Consumer Rights Day is being observed today (15 March 2017) which is an awareness day and theme for this year is 'Building a Digital World Consumers can trust'.

Answer: B) Bombay and Thane Explanation: India's first passenger train run took place from Mumbai to Thane for around 34 kms on 16th April in the year 1853.  That train was hauled by three steam locomotives : Sahib, Sindh and Sultan. That train had 14 carriages, carrying around 400 passengers.

Answer: A) phosphates and sugars Explanation: In DNA, adjacent nucleotides are linked by a phosphodiester bond: a covalent bond is formed between the 5' phosphate group of one nucleotide and the 3'-OH group of another.   Hence, in this manner, each strand of DNA has a "backbone" of phosphate-sugar-phosphate-sugar-phosphate.

Answer: C) 3 Explanation: Given two lines are parallel pa+b=2 b=-pa+2..........(1) 3a+b=4 b=-3a+4 ...........(2) m1 = -p m2= -3 The condition for the two lines to be parallel is m1=m2 p = 3