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In 1936 Gandhi shifted his ashram to segaon from Sabarmati . What new name did Gandhi give the villege?

Answer

Sevagram

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What was the name of the mission that first landed men on the moon?

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Apollo 11

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Which of the following poems was/were credited to a Greek poet named Homer?

A) Iliad	B) Odyssey
C) Periplus	D) Both (a) and (b)

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Both (a) and (b)

Explanation:

Two poems, credited to a poet named Homer, provide a great deal of information about the life and institutions of the early Greeks. The Iliad is the story of siege and destruction of the city of Troy, on the western coast of Asia miner. The Odyssey describes the adventures and return home, from troy , of a Greek hero, Odysseus.

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The name of ancient Egyptian script is ________

A) Cuneiform	B) Hieroglyphic
C) Demotic	D) There was no script

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hieroglyphic

Explanation:

The Egyptian scripts is known as Hieroglyphic which means 'sacred writing' . It consisted of 24 signs, each of which stood for a single consonant. Vowels were not written. Later the Egyptian started using symbols for ideas and the total number of signs rose to about 500. The writers, who constituted an important section of society , wrote with reed pens on the leaves of a plant called 'Papyrus' from which we get the word 'paper'.

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What is the name for the process that is used to convert a series of instructions or programs, written in a high-level language into instructions(or a program) that can be run on a computer?

A) Assembling	B) Compiling
C) Translating	D) Uploading

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Compiling

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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has handed over a Dornier 228 light-weight aircraft to DRDO. What is the name of this aircraft?

A) Vayurathna	B) Maharathna
C) Nabhrathna	D) Aakashrathna

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Nabhrathna

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Cadbury India, a subsidary of Mondelez International has recently changed its name to Mondelez International is related to which country?

A) US	B) UK
C) Japan	D) France

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