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Q:

In how many different ways can the letters of the word 'ABYSMAL' be arranged ?

A) 5040 B) 3650
C) 4150 D) 2520
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2520

Explanation:

Total number of letters in the word ABYSMAL are 7

 

Number of ways these 7 letters can be arranged are 7! ways

 

But the letter is repeated and this can be arranged in 2! ways

 

Total number of ways arranging ABYSMAL = 7!/2! = 5040/2 = 2520 ways.

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Q:

Which memory management technique involves dividing the memory into fixed sized blocks ?

A) Paging B) Scaling
C) Whiping D) Tracking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paging

Explanation:

Paging is a memory management technique in which process address space is broken into blocks of the same size called pages.

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On the occasion of New Year, each student of a class sends greeting cards to the others. If there are 21 students in the class, what is the total number of greeting cards exchanged by the students?

A) 380 B) 420
C) 441 D) 400
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 420

Explanation:

Given total number of students in the class = 21

 

So each student will have 20 greeting cards to be send or receive (21 - 1(himself))

 

Therefore, the total number of greeting cards exchanged by the students = 20 x 21 = 420.

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What is scientific name of "Cotton"  ?

A) Azadhirachta Indica B) Phaseolies auicus
C) Gossypium Herbaceum D) Ficus Benghalensis
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Gossypium Herbaceum

Explanation:
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Q:

One-third of the boys and one-half of the girls of a college participated in a sport. If the number of participating students is 300, out of which 100 are boys. What is the total number of students in the college ?

A) 550 B) 575
C) 625 D) 700
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 700

Explanation:

Let number of boys = B

Number of girls = G

From the given data,

1B/3 + 1G/2 = 300

But given B/3 = 100

=> B = 300

G/2 = 300 - 100

G = 200 x 2

=> G = 400

Therefore, total number of students in the college = B + G = 700.

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Q:

The energy associated with motion is called

A) Potential energy B) Kinetic energy
C) Both A & B D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Kinetic energy

Explanation:

Energy can be either a potential energy or a kinetic energy.

The energy associated with motion is called Kinetic energy and it can be stored. And the energy associated with position is called Potential energyand it cannot be stored.

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Q:

The term protoplasm was coined by

A) Hugo von Mohl B) J. E. Purkinje
C) Oken D) Kolliker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) J. E. Purkinje

Explanation:

Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

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J. E. Purkinje in the year 1839 coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell.

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Q:

Which of the Phrases(1), (2), (3) and (4) given below each sentence should replace the phrases printed in bold in the sentence to make it grammatically correct.

The ban is applied by the district’s commercial taxes department after protests by a community, which had threat to burn theatres screening the controversial movie.

A) had threated to burn B) had threatened to burn
C) had threatened to burning D) had threats of burning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) had threatened to burn

Explanation:
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