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Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt who has won the prestigious ' Grammy Awards ' is an exponent in which of the following musical instuments

A) Sarod B) Tabla
C) Violin D) Mohan Veena
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Mohan Veena

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Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism ?

A) Karl Marx B) Lenin
C) Rousseau D) Engels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karl Marx

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Which of the following is true of VoIP?

A) It uses the public switched telephone network. B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.
C) It uses a slow speed dial-up connection. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.

Explanation:

VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.

 

Voice over Internet Protocol is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.

 

Here in the given options, Skype is the only voice service that enables us to talk over internet.

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What is the capital of Cuba ?

A) Bayamo B) Amancio
C) Havana D) Sandino
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Havana

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Q:

Cloud computing uses Server virtualization.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) TRUE

Explanation:

Cloud computing :: 


Cloud computing is an information technology (IT) paradigm that enables ubiquitous access to shared pools of configurable system resources and higher-level services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort, often over the Internet.


 


Server virtualization :


Server virtualization is a virtualization technique that involves partitioning a physical server into a number of small, virtual servers with the help of virtualization software. In server virtualization, each virtual server runs multiple operating system instances at the same time.


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Server virtualization is more for a good reason. It offers the potential to dramatically save space and improve server efficiency. Vendors are in fierce competition to offer the most advanced tools that they hope will earn them the virtualization crown.


 


Hence, the given statement that 'Cloud computing uses Server virtualization.' is TRUE.


 


 

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Q:

The credit of inventing the tv goes to

A) Philo Farnsworth B) John Logie Baird
C) Philo Farnsworth D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Philo Farnsworth

Explanation:

The credit of inventing the television goes to Philo Farnsworth.

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What is the name of the NASA woman astronaut who on 24 April 2017 broke the record for cumulative time spent in space by a U.S. astronaut ?

A) Jeff Williams B) Sunitha Williams
C) Sally Ride D) Peggy Whitson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Peggy Whitson

Explanation:

Peggy Whitson on 24 April 2017 broke the record for most days spent in space (cumulatively) by a US astronaut. She broke the previous record set by Jeff Williams who had spent a total of 534 days in space.

– Whitson has been currently living and working aboard the International Space Station (ISS), for which she was launched in November 2016 using a Russian Soyuz capsule. At the time of her launch, she had already accumulated 377 total days in space.

– Her mission was recently extended for an additional three months. Now when she will return from ISS in September 2017, she would have accumulated more than 600 days in space.

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Q:

What does NPP stand for

A) Nonprofit Partnership B) National Population Policy
C) Nobel Peace Prize D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

Some more NPP Acronym stands for 

NPP New Patriotic Party

NPP Nuclear Power Plant

NPP Notice of Privacy Practices

NPP Non-Physician Practitioner

NPP New Progressive Party

NPP National Patriotic Party

NPP Notice of Proposed Procurement

NPP Neighbourhood Police Post (Singapore)

NPP Non-Paged Pool (memory)

NPP Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry.

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