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Microprocessor is a program-controlled device, which fetches the instructions from memory. decodes and executes the instructions. Most Micro Processors are single-chip devices.

Van Ki Asha means Hope of forest. Banas river of Rajasthan is known as Van Ki Asha. It passes through Udaipur originating from aravallis. It is the longest river with length 512 kms in Rajasthan having full flow.

Jean Piaget was a cognitive psychologist who identified four stages of development: the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years, the preoperational stage from age 2 to age 7, the concrete operational stage from age 7 to 11, and the formal operational stage from age 11 to adult. He identified milestones that occur at each stage.

According to Piaget, the main task of the sensorimotor stage is for the child to learn the concept of object permanence, use senses and motor skills to understand the world.

Viswanathan Anand continued his excellent run bagging a bronze in the World Blitz Chess Championship following his gold winning performance in the Rapid section.

• The World Blitz Chess Championship is a chess tournament held to determine the world champion in chess played under blitz time controls. Since 2012, FIDE has held an annual joint rapid and blitz chess tournament and billed it as the World Rapid & Blitz Chess Championships.

• The current world blitz champion is Magnus Carlsen.

Act 338 enjoins this. Appointed in November 1950, this official has now been redesignated Commissioner for Scheduled Castes and Tribes. He submits annual reports to the president.