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100

Differentiate 2x+ 24x+ 72x+ 3 and hence find x when dy/dx is zero


 x=-2 or x=-6

100

What is the market structure of hawker stalls

Monopolistic competition

100

Glycosidic bonds are formed via condensation. What is the process that breaks glycosidic bonds called?

Hydrolysis

100

What is the most electronegative element on the periodic table?

Flourine

100

What is the primary gas making up earths atmosphere?

Nitrogen

200

What is the condition needed of x when a geometric progression converges?

|x|<1

200

 Give an example of an Internal Diseconomies of Scale.

High cost of monitoring and management OR low morale of employees.

200

Koshland was a prominent American biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley and was famous for proposing what model on enzymatic action?

Induced fit model

200

Define the standard enthalpy change of neutralisation.

The energy change when an acid and base react to form 1 mole of water under standard conditions

200

What is the MRT station CC14?

Lorong chuan

300

The first three terms of an arithmetic series is (k+3), (2k+4), and (4k-2) respectively, where k is a constant.

Find the value of constant k.

7

300

What is the definition of productive efficiency? 

All resources are fully and efficiently utilized and/or the cost of producing at any given level of output is minimized

300

What is the amino acid needed to bind with the initiator tRNA to form the translation initiation complex via assembly at the start codon?

Methionine

300

What is the electron-pair geometry for graphite?

Trigonal planar

300

Kathmandu is the capital of which country?

Nepal

400

Let f(x)=2x+1/x−3,x≠3 and g(x)=x2-6x+10. A real number a>3 satisfies (fg)(a)=5. Find the value of a2-6a

-14/3

400

What is the pricing strategy used by firms when they set a price below the profit maximising price?

Limit pricing

400

ATP is used for many things in biological organisms, one of which being bioluminescence(production of light by organism). What compound is needed for organisms to produce bioluminescence?

Luciferin

400

Using the IUPAC standard naming format, what is CH2O called?

Hydroxymethylene

400

Suppose tham yujay really liked the nile river, and he wanted to visit every country the nile river flowed through. How many countries would he have to visit?

11

500

In △OAB, the position vectors of A and B relative to the origin O are a and b respectively, where ∣a∣=3, ∣b∣=4, and a⋅b=6. The point P lies on OA produced such that OP:OA=3:2. The point Q lies on AB such that AQ:QB=1:2. Calculate the exact length of the projection of OQ onto OP.

8/3

500

If Zhaoyuan becomes the prime minister and chooses to maximise his own self interest instead of maximising society’s welfare, this can result in increased market distortions and reduced economic efficiency and welfare, aka government failure. What do you call Zhaoyuan’s behaviour to be?

Rent seeking

500

Clonal heterogeneity is the presence of genetically different groups of cells, or clones, within a single ___


Tumour

500

In specific complex networks, adding an intermediate reactant can occasionally cause its own equilibrium concentration to increase further rather than decrease, or suppress product formation entirely. What is this behaviour called?

Reverse Le Chatelier

500

Uistean REALLY likes japan, so much so that he wants to take part in its national sport. What is the national sport of japan?

Sumo wrestling