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Course materials are sent to students by a distance teaching institution. The probability that they will send a wrong programme’s study material is 1/5. There is a probability of 3/4 that the package is damaged in transit, and there is a probability of 1/3 that there is a short shipment. What is the probability that the complete material for the course arrives without any damage in transit?

A) 4/5	B) 2/3
C) 1/2	D) 2/15

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 2/15

Explanation:

Probability of sending the correct material is 4/5

Probability of the material not being damaged in transit is 1/4

Probability that there is no short shipment = 2/3

∴ Required probability =4/5 x 1/4 x 2/3 = 2/15

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Which is Highest Gallantry Award in India ?

Answer

Paramveer Chakra

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Subject: Longest, Shortest, Deepest

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Who was the first person to receive a Jnanpith award for a Telugu work ?

A) C. Narayana reddy	B) Viswanatha Satyanarayana
C) Ravuri Bharadwaja	D) Srirangam Srinivasarao

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Viswanatha Satyanarayana

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Filed Under: Honours and Awards

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The state with the largest area under waste land is

A) Gujarat	B) Madhya pradesh
C) Jammu and Kashmir	D) Rajasthan

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Jammu and Kashmir

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Filed Under: Indian Geography

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Teotihuacan Pyramids is located in which country?

A) Agentina	B) Peru
C) Mexico	D) Laos

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mexico

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Filed Under: Famous Places

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Q:

Aryabhatta was India's renowned

A) Poet	B) Physicist
C) Mathmartician	D) None of these

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mathmartician

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Explain fork() system call?

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The `fork()’ used to create a new process from an existing process. The new process is called the child process, and the existing process is called the parent. We can tell which is which by checking the return value from `fork()’. The parent gets the child’s pid returned to him, but the child gets 0 returned to him.

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Subject: Operating Systems Exam Prep: GATE

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A program which helps create written documents and lets you go back and make corrections as necesary ______

A) Spreadsheet	B) Personal writer
C) Word printer	D) Word processor

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