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Q: Which best describes Genes? 2306 0

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    long, double chains of nucleic acids.
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    long, single chains of amino acids.
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    long, single chains of nucleic acids.
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    long, double chains of amino acids.
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Answer : 1. "long, double chains of nucleic acids."
Explanation :

Answer: A) long, double chains of nucleic acids. Explanation: Gene is a segment of chromosomal DNA or a sequence of DNA or RNA that codes for a molecule that has a function. It is the basic physical and functional unit of heredity.   As genes are made up of DNA it impies that they are long, double chains of nucleic acids as DNA is made of nucleic acids.

Q: Simplify the following equation 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = ? 2511 0

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    226.65
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    196.55
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    202.35
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    216.66
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Answer : 1. "226.65"
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Answer: A) 226.65 Explanation: 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = ?    55.55 155.00  15.55    0.5    0.05 _______ 226.65 _______   Hence, the value of the given equation 55.55 + 155 + 15.55 + 0.5 + 0.05 = 226.65.

Q: In oceania, most towns began as 1343 0

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    Colonial ports
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    plantations
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    tribal ritual centers
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    capital cities
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Answer : 1. "Colonial ports"
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Answer: A) Colonial ports Explanation: Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia. In Oceani, most towns began as Colonial Ports.

Q: In a purse there are 30 coins, twenty one-rupee and remaining 50-paise coins. Eleven coins are picked simultaneously at random and are placed in a box. If a coin is now picked from the box, find the probability of it being a rupee coin? 6575 0

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    4/7
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    2/3
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    1/2
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    5/6
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Answer : 2. "2/3"
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Answer: B) 2/3 Explanation: Total coins 30 In that, 1 rupee coins 20 50 paise coins 10Probability of total 1 rupee coins =  20C11 Probability that 11 coins are picked = 30C11 Required probability of a coin now picked from the box is 1 rupee = 20C11/30C11 = 2/3.

Q: Plants are photoautotrophs. What does this mean? 1379 0

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Photoautotrophs are those organisms that can make their own food using sun light with the help of the process of photosynthesis. Plants can prepare their own food using sunlight. Hence they are Photoautotrophs.

Q: Artist is to painting as senator is to 3687 0

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    politician
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    constituents
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    attorney
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    law
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Answer : 4. "law"
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Answer: D) law Explanation: As we know that an artist makes paintings, similarly, a senator makes laws.   Hence, Artist : Painting :: Senator : Law.

Q: Which sentence contains both an adverb and a conjunction? 1560 0

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    Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat.
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    The storm caused flooding as predicted.
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    Sneha was a kind person, but she hated people who spread rumors.
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    Do you want the shrimp or the crab?
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Answer : 1. "Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat."
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Answer: A) Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat. Explanation: The sentence which contains both an adverb and a conjunction is "Adam crept silently up the stairs, but couldn't slow his heartbeat."   Here, Adverb - Silently and Conjunction - But.

Q: Digitized information can be used by computers. 1329 0

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    TRUE
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    FALSE Answer & Explanation Answer:
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Answer : 1. "TRUE"
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Answer: A) TRUE Explanation: TRUE. The computers and electronic devices use digitized information which is easily understood by them.   Digitization is the process of converting analog signals or information of any form into a digital format that can be understood by computer systems or electronic devices. The term is used when converting information, like text, images or voices, and sounds, into binary code.

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