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'Roaring Forties' are 

A) waterfalls in canada B) cyclonic winds
C) the turbulent years in world History from 1940 to 1944 D) westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) westerly winds blowing through out the year over the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere between 40 degrees and 60 degrees south

Explanation:

The absence of a landmass within these latitudes in the southern hemisphere eliminate friction and lends force to these winds and hence derives the name

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How do you display current date and time in MS Excel ?

A) Time () B) Now ()
C) Date () D) Today ()
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Now ()

Explanation:

To display current date and time in MS Excel, we use Now() method. 

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The term protoplasm was coined by

A) Hugo von Mohl B) J. E. Purkinje
C) Oken D) Kolliker
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) J. E. Purkinje

Explanation:

Protoplasm is the living content of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

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J. E. Purkinje in the year 1839 coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of the cell.

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A boy sitting in a train moving with a uniform velocity drops a coin outside. A man standing outside the train will find the trajectory of the coin to be

A) a parabola B) a circle
C) a horizontal straight line D) a vertical straight line
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) a parabola

Explanation:

Parabola, because when the coin is dropped at a particular point, it has the same velocity as the running train. So by Newton's first law, it continues its motion horizontally with that velocity. But then, it is also pulled down by earth's gravity continuously. In this situation its horizontal motion gives way to the parabolic motion until it reaches the ground.

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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

Explanation:
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What would be the output of the following program?

main()

{

        char huge * near * far *ptr1;

        char near * far * huge *ptr2;

        char far * huge * near *ptr3;

         printf ("%d%d%d", sizeof (ptr1), sizeof (ptr2), sizeof (ptr3));

}

Answer

4  4  2

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Q:

What always works with something in its eye?

Answer

A Needle works when it has thread in its eye that is in its tiny hole.

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What cannot be performed from the windows task manager?

A) Open a program B) Check recent CPU usage
C) Delete a program from the hard drive D) View what applications are running in the background
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Delete a program from the hard drive

Explanation:

The task manager enables you to monitor processes, applications and services currently running on your computer. You can use it to start and stop programs and processes. In addition, you can use the task manager to show informative stats about your PC’s performance and network.

 


Hence, to delete a program from the hard drive, you have to go to the control panel to uninstall an application properly.

 

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