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What is meant by demography?

A) The well being of populations B) Growth of population
C) Birth and death of population D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

Explanation:

The study of statistics such as births, deaths, income, or the incidence of disease, which illustrate the changing structure of human populations.

 

In brief, Study of both quantitative and qualitative aspects of human population.

1. Quantitative aspects include composition, density, distribution, growth, movement, size, and structure of the population.

2. Qualitative aspects are the sociological factors such as education quality, crime, diet, development, nutrition, wealth and well being.

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Point out the error, if any, in the following program.

# include "stdio.h"

main()

{

     FILE *fp;

     char str[80];

     fp = fopen ("trail", "r");

     while (!feof (fp))

    {

           fgets (str, 80, fp);

           puts (str);

     }

     fclose (fp);

}

Answer

The last line from the file "trial" would be read twice. To avoid this, ues:


       While ( fgets (str, 80, fp) ! = NULL)


               puts (str);

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Q:

East African Valleys, streching from East Africa through Red Sea to Syria is an example of

A) river valley B) rift valley system
C) glaciated valley D) a canyon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) rift valley system

Explanation:

A rift valley is formed either due to upheaval of blocks on either sides of a fracture or due to subsidence of block between them.

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Q:

" One Earth ” is the name of the corporate headquarters of which firm ?

A) Tata Consultancy Services B) Suzlon Energy
C) Power grid Corporation of India Ltd D) Wipro
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Suzlon Energy

Explanation:

Suzlon energy has its corporate headquarter in Pune, Maharashtra with the name of “One Earth”. Spread over 10 acres of land, the structure is completely powered by renewable energy. One Earth has been certified as the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environment Design) Platinum building. Suzlon is largest wind turbine manufacturer in India and third largest in world.

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A man stands on the pan of a balance holding a fish in his right hand and bucket of water in his left hand. If he transfers the fish into the bucket, the total weight on the pan

A) increases B) decreases
C) remains the same D) first increases and then decreases
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) remains the same

Explanation:

Before transferring the fish, the position is the man with the fish and the bucket of water. After transferring the position is : the man without the fish, but the fish inside the water in the bucket. Thus to know whether there is any change in weight, it is enough to consider whether there is any change in weight when the fish in air is transferred into the water. The answer is there is no change as when in water though it loses weight due to upthrust of water on it, the level of water increases and exerts an equal force at the bottom

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Q:

The functional unit of the nervous system is the

A) Nephrons B) Axons
C) Neurons D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Neurons

Explanation:

Neurons are the functional units of the nervous system in the body.

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Q:

The technique of DNA fingerprinting in human was developed for first time by _________

A) Lalji Singh B) Alec Jeffreys
C) R. Ericson D) J. Black
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alec Jeffreys

Explanation:
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Q:

A remedy for all diseases

A) Antiseptic B) Lyric
C) Narcotics D) Panacea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Panacea

Explanation:

Panacea, also known as panchrest, is a medicine supposed remedy that is claimed to cure all diseases and prolong life indefinitely. It is named after the Greek goddess of universal remedy Panakeia.

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