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'Suez Canal'  was designed by 

A) Ferdinand de Lesseps B) Le Corbusier
C) John Napier D) Verroned
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Ferdinand de Lesseps

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The main cause of floods in the rivers is

A) Heavy snow fall at the mountain B) Earthquakes
C) Deforestation D) Construction of dams
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Heavy snow fall at the mountain

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3rd Sunday of June is observed as ______

A) World Freedom Day B) United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
C) International Father's Day D) World Alzheimer's Day
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) International Father's Day

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The Length of the Day is determined in

A) length of the hours B) length of the year
C) astronomical units D) solar terms
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) astronomical units

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The Length of the Day is determined in Astronomical Units.

The length of a day corresponds to the time the Earth takes to turn around on its axis, which is approximately 24 hours. But it's not exactly 24 hours. 

This phenomenon is due to tides raised by the Moon which slow Earth's rotation. Because of the way the second is defined, the mean length of a day is now about 86 400.002 seconds, and is increasing by about 1.7 milliseconds per century.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers. Who was on second position in the list ?

A) Xi Jinping B) Vladimir Putin
C) Donald Trump D) Kim Jong-un
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Donald Trump

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the most followed world leader on photo-sharing app Instagram with a whopping 6.9 million followers, surpassing US President Donald Trump.

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Who was appointed as Deputy Governor of RBI recently ?

A) SS Mundra B) Viral Acharya
C) Urjit Patel D) R Gandhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Viral Acharya

Explanation:

The government on 28th December, 2016 appointed Viral Acharya as the Deputy Governor of the RBI. He will be joining the ranks of NS Vishwanathan, SS Mundra, R Gandhi as one of four Deputy Governors under RBI Governor Urjit Patel. Acharya has been serving as a Professor of Economics at the New York University Stern School of Business since 2008.

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Q:

Which of these was a political goal for farmers?

A) lower prices for grain storage B) higher prices for machinery
C) lower prices for foreign goods D) higher prices for shipping
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) lower prices for grain storage

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What has triggered the need for multitasking in PCs?

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1. Increased speed and memory capacity of microprocessors together with the support for virtual memory and


2. Growth of client server computing

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