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Breeding and management of bees is called

A) Pisciculture B) Sericulture
C) Silviculture D) Apiculture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Apiculture

Explanation:

Breeding and management of bees is called Apiculture.

 

A beekeeper or apiarist keeps bees in order to collect their honey and other products that the hive produces (including beeswax, propolis, flower pollen, bee pollen, and royal jelly), to pollinate crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.

A location where bees are kept is called an 'apiary' or 'bee yard.'

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Which living bird lays the world's largest egg?

A) Eagle B) Ostrich
C) Owl D) Vulture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ostrich

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Why ABC computer is called so ?

A) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English B) Because it was developed by Atanasoff and Berry
C) Both of above are the reason to name the computer ABC D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Because it was thought to be the first computer so named with first alphabets of English

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Which of the following rivers have almost the same point of emerging ?

A) Tapi and Beas B) Brahmaputra and Ganga
C) Indus and Ganga D) Brahmaputra and Indus
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Brahmaputra and Indus

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Q:

PARAM was developed by 

A) C-DAC B) IIT Kanpur
C) BARC D) IIT Delhi
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) C-DAC

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In the 1700s,who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

A) The sender B) There was no fee
C) The receiver of the letter D) The post office
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The receiver of the letter

Explanation:

Later in 1840, Rowland Hill invented the stamp, which was paid for by the sender, not the receiver.

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The Battle of Buxar (October 22, 1764), which confirmed the decisions of Plassey, was fought between the English and

A) Mir Kasim,Nawab of Bengal B) Shuja-ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Awadh
C) Shah Alam II, the Mughal Emperor D) All the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All the above

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Main storage is also called

A) Memory B) Control unit
C) Accumulator D) Register unit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Memory

Explanation:

In a computer, the area where the data is stored for the quick access by the computer's processor is called Main storage or Primary storage or Memory or RAM.

 

Hence, main storage is also called Memory.

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