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Who among the following has been called the 'Napoleon of India'?

A) Samudragupta B) Harshavardhana
C) Chandragupta Maurya D) Ashoka
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Samudragupta

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France joined the Triple Entente because 

A) it needed protection from Germany B) its leaders wanted to take over land in the Balkans
C) its leaders wanted to protect French colonies in Africa D) it had a long history of friendship with Great Britain
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) it needed protection from Germany

Explanation:

France joined the Triple Entente because it needed protection from Germany.

 

France felt very heavily the aggression from Germany (a country which it shared a border with), especially over the tension Alsace and Lorraine and the constant switching over of these two counties.

It was also worried about the rapid military advancement in Germany and France wanted to ally itself with Russia and Great Britain.

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Which among the following is the exclusive jurisdiction of the State Government ?

A) Sales Tax B) Custom Duty
C) Income Tax D) Corporation Tax
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sales Tax

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Formation of shadows can be explained by 

A) rectilinear propagation of light B) reflection
C) refraction D) total internal reflection
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) rectilinear propagation of light

Explanation:

In this position, the head light will be at the principal focus so that the rays of light falling on the cancave mirror will be rendered parallel

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The power to curve out a new state is vested in

A) The Parliament B) The President
C) The Council of MInisters D) State's Reorganisation Commission
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) The Parliament

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Which one of the following can be used to confirm wether drinking water contains a gamma emitting isotope or not

A) Microscope B) Scintillation counter
C) Lead plate D) pectrophotometer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Scintillation counter

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 The different classes of relations created by the technique for preventing modification anomalies are called:

A) normal forms. B) functional dependencies.
C) referential integrity constraints. D) None of the above is correct.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) normal forms.

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Which of the following is Not an Operating System?

A) UNIX B) Windows NT
C) C++ D) DOS
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C++

Explanation:

C++ is not an Operating System.

 

An Operating System is a collection of system programs that manages all the other programs application programs in a computer as well as the allocation and use of hardware resources such as the CPU, Memory and the Hard Disk Drive.

It acts as an interface between the hardware and the user level program.

It controls and facilitates the overall operation of a computer. 

 

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UNIX : UNIX is a popular multi-user, multitasking operating system (OS) developed at Bell Labs.

 

Windows NT : Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993.

 

DOS : DOS is Disk Operating System. The term DOS can refer to any operating system.

 

C++ : C++ is a programming language and computing platform.

 

Hence, C++ is not an Operating System.

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