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__________________will confer a doctorate on former sprint queen PT Usha, who missed a medal by a whisker at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

A) IIT, Kanpur B) IIT, Kharagpur
C) IIT, Delhi D) IIT, Bombay
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) IIT, Kanpur

Explanation:

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur will confer a doctorate on former sprint queen PT Usha, who missed a medal by a whisker at the 1984, Los Angeles Olympics. The degree, Doctor of Science (honoris causa – a degree awarded as a mark of esteem) will be conferred on June 16 to mark the 50th convocation of the prestigious institute of the country. This is her second doctorate – in 2002, Kannur University had conferred D.Lit on her.

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_______ creates history, becoming leading run-getter in Women’s ODIs ?

A) M.M. Lanning B) S.R. Taylor
C) Mithali Raj D) Charlotte Edwards
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mithali Raj

Explanation:

1. Mithali Raj has been India’s premier player ever since she made her debut in 1999.

2. In the crucial game against Australia, Mithali became the woman cricketer who has scored most runs in ODIs. Mithali Raj became the first women’s player to reach 6000 ODI runs. England’s Charlotte Edwards was the previous leading run-getter in ODIs with 5992 runs.

3. She has 48 not-outs to her name, which is the most in women’s cricket.

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Q:

What is silly window syndrome?

Answer

It is a problem that can ruin TCP performance. This problem occurs when data are passed to the sending TCP entity in large blocks, but an interactive application on the receiving side reads 1 byte at a time.

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Q:

The rate of heartbeat is accelerated by the harmone

A) adrenaline B) acetylcholine
C) thyroxine D) pituitrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) adrenaline

Explanation:

The hormone adrenaline also called epinephrine is known as a stress harmone. In emotional upset (like fear, anger etc.) this harmone is poured into the blood and it accelerates heart beat. The hormone acetylcholine decelerates heartbeat rate.

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Q:

What do you call a bear without an ear?

Answer

Given BEAR, if you remove EAR only remains with 'B'.


 


Hence, we call it as 'B', a bear without an ear.

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Q:

When a computer prints a report this output is called

A) Soft copy B) Hard copy
C) Printing D) Program
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hard copy

Explanation:

Hard copy is the output which is printed by the computer.

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The Petronas Twin Towers is located in which country? 

A) Malaysia B) Singapore
C) Thailand D) Brazil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Malaysia

Explanation:
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Answer the Following Puzzle.

Number Puzzles Questions and Answers

A) 16 B) 13
C) 97 D) 56
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 13

Explanation:

In each circle, starting at the  top left segment ,numbers increase, as you move clockwise,by 2 for the upper left circle,3 for the upper right, 4 for the lower right and 5 for the lower left

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