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What is BRICS ? How is BRICS formed ?

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BRICS is basically an association of 5 major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia,China, India and South Africa.


BRIC was coined in Foreign Ministerial meeting of Brazil,Russia,China and India in Newyork in Sept 2006. BRIC officialy came in existance in 2009 at Yekaterinburg,Russia.


At start group was named as BRIC, but after being formally invited by the BRIC countries to join the group, South Africa officially became a member nation on 24 December 2010, and the group was renamed BRICS.

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Bob Kashir deposited $6000 in a 4-year certificate of deposite paying 5% compounded daily.He withdrew the money 15 months later.The passbook rate at his bank is 3.5 % compounded daily.Find his amount of interest

A) 5678 B) 4563
C) 4329 D) 6210.73
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 6210.73

Explanation:

Bob receives 15-3 = 12 months of 3.5 % interest compounded daily

 

 

 

M=P(1+i/365)^365n

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Which day is observed as Rashtriya Ekta Diwas every year in India?

A) 31st July B) 31st March
C) 31st January D) 31st October
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 31st October

Explanation:
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"The Republic" was written by whom?

A) Plato B) Aristotle
C) Pythagoras D) Socrates
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Plato

Explanation:

The Republic was written by Plato.

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What do lines of latitude measure?

A) east-west position between the poles B) north-south position between the poles
C) north-east position between the poles D) south-west position between the poles
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) north-south position between the poles

Explanation:

Lines of latitude measure north-south position between the poles.

 

Lines of latitude are imaginary reference lines that describe how far north or south a location on the Earth is from the Equator. The equator is defined as 0 degrees, the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south. Lines of latitude are all parallel to each other, thus they are often referred to as parallels.

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Q:

The gap between two communicating neurons is termed

A) Schwann cell B) Effector
C) Synaptic cleft D) Cell body
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Synaptic cleft

Explanation:

A neuron or nerve cell is a cell that carries electrical impulses. Neurons are the basic units of the nervous system and its most important part is the brain. Every neuron is made of a cell body (also called a soma), dendrites and an axon. Dendrites and axons are nerve fibres.

 

The gap between two communicating neurons is termed Synaptic cleft.

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You are a project manager for the redevelopment of the Hoover Dam. Your team has been provided with the scope statement, but it lacks many description details. Your team is concerned because the project is in the initiation phase and it wants to postpone it until it has more information. As the project manager, you recommend that

A) The team should go forward, but be caution about the lack of details and the impact upon the timeline for the project B) The project should not go forward until the stakeholders agree about the scope and purpose of the project
C) The team should verify the scope and realize that more details will be available as more project characteristics are progressively elaborated. D) The team should review the project selection criteria for the Hoover Dam project
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The team should verify the scope and realize that more details will be available as more project characteristics are progressively elaborated.

Explanation:

The project details and description will usually have less detail at the beginning of the project and will increase as the characteristics are progressively elaborated. Answer A is incorrect because the team should confirm that they understand the esence of the scope of the project, even if the details might be ambiguous at the beginning of the project. Answer B is incorrect because the project should go forward; however, the team should request further clarification of what the project scope entails. Answer D is incorrect because the project selection criteria should be established before the project begins.

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In the context of memory management, what are placement and replacement algorithms?

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Placement algorithms determine where in available real-memory to load a program. Common methods are first-fit, next-fit, best-fit. Replacement algorithms are used when memory is full, and one process (or part of a process) needs to be swapped out to accommodate a new program. The replacement algorithm determines which are the partitions to be swapped out.

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