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Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?

A) W.L. Thomas	B) Rachel Carson
C) David Cannadine	D) William H.McNeill

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) William H.McNeill

Explanation:

Plagues and Peoples is a book on epidemiological history by William Hardy McNeill published in New York City in 1976. It was a critical and popular success, offering a radically new interpretation of the extraordinary impact of infectious disease on cultures as a means of enemy attack. The book ranges from examining the effects of smallpox in Mexico, the bubonic plague in China, to the typhoid epidemic in Europe.

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.......... received the Polly Umrigar Award, and is the first Indian cricketer to get it on three occasions.

A) Virat Kohli	B) Sachin Tendulkar
C) MS Dhoni	D) Ravi Shastri

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Virat Kohli

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In $∆ ABC$ , ∠A = 90°, $AD ⊥ BC$ and AD = BD = 2 cm. The length of CD is

A) 3 cm	B) 3.5 cm
C) 3.2 cm	D) 2 cm

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3.5 cm

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Humayun Nama was written by

A) Gulbadan Begum	B) Abbas Sarwani
C) Abul Fazl	D) Humayun

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Gulbadan Begum

Explanation:

Humayun Nama is the history of the ruler Humayun and was written by Gulbadan Begum who is the daughter of Zaheruddin Muhammad Babur and the sister of Humayun.

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In the Union Budget 2017-18, the MGNREGA allocation isto be ___________

A) Rs. 48,000 crore	B) Rs. 38,000 crore
C) Rs. 56,000 crore	D) Rs. 33,000 crore

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Rs. 48,000 crore

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Which among the following is a term representing unit ofdata storage in computer memory?

A) Pixel	B) Decimal
C) Octet	D) Point

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Octet

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Octet is another name for a byte=8bits

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CPU Scheduler is also known as _____ .

A) Job Scheduler	B) Resource Scheduler
C) Short-term Scheduler	D) Process Scheduler

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Short-term Scheduler

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___________ allows searching for information and computing derived information.

A) Data definition language	B) Data manipulation language
C) Query language	D) OQL

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