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Which Indian personality has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”  ?

A) Amitabh Bachchan B) Salman Khan
C) Soumitra Chatterjee D) Shahrukh Khan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Soumitra Chatterjee

Explanation:

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour” for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first Bengali actor to be chosen for the award. The honour comes almost 3 decades after the same recognition was conferred on master director Satyajit Ray in 1987. Chatterjee has acted in several of Ray’s films including ‘Apur Sansar’, ‘Debi’,’ Aranyer Din Ratri’, ‘Ghare Bairey’ and ‘Ganashatru’. Earlier recipients of the Legion of Honour include sitar meastro Pandit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh Bachaan, Shahrukh Khan and Kamal Hasan. Chatterjee was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2012.

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The original ASCII code used ___________ bits of each byte, reserving that last bit for error checking ?

A) 5 B) 6
C) 7 D) 8
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 7

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The activity of rradioisotope change with

A) temperature B) pressure
C) chemical environment D) None of these
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) None of these

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You can use ______ to copy selected text, and ____to paste it in a document

A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V B) CTRL+C, CTRL+P
C) SHIFT+C, ALT+V D) SHIFT+C, ALT+P
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) CTRL+C, CTRL+V

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Oxidation Number of 'S' in H2SO4?

A) +6 B) +2
C) -6 D) -2
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) +6

Explanation:

In H2SO4,

Hydrogen has a charge of +2, with each hydrogen has +1.

Oxygen has  a charge of -8, with each oxugen has -2.

Total charge = (2 - 8) = -6

Therefore, the Oxidation number of Sulphur S is '+6' because to make the compound stable.

 

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Cellulose is a

A) Mineral B) Protein
C) Fat D) Carbohydrate
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Carbohydrate

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Which computer memory is essentially empty?

A) EPROM B) PROM
C) EROM D) ROM
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) ROM

Explanation:

Computer memory - ROM is essentially empty. ROM is a Read Only Memory which cannot be retrieve.

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Africa is seperated from Europe by

A) Red Sea B) Mediterranean Sea
C) Atlantic Ocean D) Persian Gulf
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mediterranean Sea

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