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Who invented waterproof fabrics ?

A) James Dewar B) Charles Goodyear
C) Mary Moore D) Charles Macintosh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Charles Macintosh

Explanation:

Charles Macintosh (29 December 1766 – 25 July 1843) was a Scottish chemist and inventor of waterproof fabrics.He devoted all his spare time to science, particularly chemistry, and before he was twenty resigned his clerkship to take up the manufacture of chemicals. In this he was highly successful, inventing various new processes. His experiments with one of the by-products of tar, naphtha, led to his invention of waterproof fabrics.

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Can ROM be used as stack?

Answer

ROM cannot be used as stack because it is not possible to write to ROM.

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What is the full form of 'laser'?

Answer

Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.

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' A Valley of ten thousand smokes' is the name given to a zone near the volcano

A) Mauna loa of Hawaie B) Pinatabu of Philippines
C) Pelle in the Caribbean sea D) Katmai of Alaska
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Katmai of Alaska

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The enzyme that is necessary to bring about clotting of blood is 

A) peptidase B) amylase
C) lipase D) thrombokinase
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) thrombokinase

Explanation:

The clotting of blood is a chain reaction initiated by the enzyme thrombokinase produced by the platelets. This causes prothrombin to be converted into thrombin in the presence of Ca++ion.

Thrombin combines with fibrinogen  to produce fibrin threads which entangles the corpuscles to form the clot.

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The coding or scrambling of data so that humans cannot read them, is known as _____.

A) Compression B) Encryption
C) Ergonomics D) Biometrics
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Encryption

Explanation:

The coding or scrambling of data so that humans cannot read them is known as encryption.

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Which is the longest snake in the world?

A) Black Mamba B) Puff Adder
C) Reticulated Python D) Anaconda
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Reticulated Python

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Special 3-D photographs which have been taken with laser beams (and which make the objects look real) are called what?

A) Holograms B) 3D special effects
C) Portraits D) DVD
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Holograms

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