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What did Sir William Herschel discover in 1800?

Filed Under: Inventions
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In the fig. ∆ABC is inscribed in a circle with centre O. If ∠ABC = 30° then ∠ACB is equal to

Filed Under: Quantitative Aptitude - Arithmetic Ability
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In which war was the Battle of Gettys-burg a key clash?

Subject: World History

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

apple of my eye

 

Filed Under: English
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Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

A disease that affects a large number of people in an area at the same time

Filed Under: English
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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

The first working steam­ powered vehicle was designed and most likely built by Ferdinand Verbies, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm long scale­ model toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built. Nicolas- Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first full­ scale, self ­propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he also created a steam­ powered tricycle. He constructed two steam tractors for the French Army, one of which is preserved in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. His inventions were however handicapped by problems of water supply and maintaining steam pressure. In 1801, Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam ­powered road vehicle. It was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods. Sentiment against steam ­powered road vehicles led to the Locomotive Acts of 1865. In 1807 Nicephore Niepce and his brother Claude probably created the world's first internal combustion engine which they called Pyreolophore.

Cugnot built steam tractors for:

Filed Under: English
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I go around and in the house but never touches the house. What am I?

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While running DOS on a PC, which command would be used to duplicate the entire diskette?

Subject: Operating Systems