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Who has won the 2017 Man Booker International Prize  ?

A) Roy Jacobsen B) Amos Oz
C) David Grossman D) Ian Samsom
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) David Grossman

Explanation:

David Grossman has become the first Israeli author to win the 2017 Man Booker International prize for his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar”. The novel was translated by Jessica Cohen and is published in Britain by Jonathan Cape. The book is an ambitious high-wire act of a novel that shines a spotlight on the effects of grief, without any hint of sentimentality. Since 2016, the Man Booker International Prize awards both the winning author and translator £25,000. To be considered for the prize, books had to be translated into English and published in the UK between May 1, 2016 and April 30, 2017.

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Who is also known as the founder of scientific socialism ?

A) Karl Marx B) Lenin
C) Rousseau D) Engels
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Karl Marx

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Which of the following is true of VoIP?

A) It uses the public switched telephone network. B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.
C) It uses a slow speed dial-up connection. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Skype is an example of VoIP software.

Explanation:

VOIP is an acronym for Voice Over Internet Protocol, or in more common terms phone service over the Internet.

 

Voice over Internet Protocol is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than by traditional circuit transmissions of the PSTN.

 

Here in the given options, Skype is the only voice service that enables us to talk over internet.

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In case of uniform circular motion, the acceleration is

A) Variable in magnitude but constant in direction B) Constant in magnitude and directed radially inwards
C) Variable in magnitude but tangential to the circle D) Zero
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Variable in magnitude but constant in direction

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Which of the following is the currency used in Brazil?

A) Dollar B) Euro
C) Real D) Franc
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Real

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Who invented Dynamite?

A) Graham Bell B) Nikola Tesla
C) Alfred Nobel D) Louis Pateur
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Alfred Nobel

Explanation:

Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist. Known for inventing Dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments.

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Largest of all the Islands?

A) Comoros B) Greenland
C) Maskali D) Andamaan and Nicobar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Greenland

Explanation:

Green land is the largest of all the Islands.It is a part of North America

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Who invented Bifocal Lens?

A) John Adams B) Benjamin Franklin
C) James Madison D) Thomas Jefferson
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Benjamin Franklin

Explanation:

Benjamin Franklin has long been credited with the invention of bifocal lenses and he was the first to wear bifocal lenses. He did not produce them himself but instead had some optician in London or France make them for him to overcome Presbyopia, a condition that Franklin suffered. He was tired switching between lenses for far and near sightedness. And that resulted in inventing Bifocal Lenses.

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