Questions

1. Mutual exclusion (where at least one resource is non-sharable)

2. Hold and wait (where a process holds one resource and waits for other resource)

3. No preemption (where the resources can’t be preempted)

4. Circular wait (where p[i] is waiting for p[j] to release a resource. i= 1,2,…n

j=if (i!=n) then i+1

else 1 )

The Quality Factor is also defined, as Q. So it is a number, which reflects the lossness of a circuit. higher the Q, the lower are the losses.

the quality factor is measurement of efficiency (or effectiveness) of a device or circuitry. In literal sense quality factor means qualitative performance of a device.

Sourav Chandidas Ganguly was a former Indian Cricket team captain mostly called as DADA.

France national football team has won the FIFA 2018 - an international football tournament contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA once every four years. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018.

Excessive use of nitrate including manure may be responsible forthe presence of toxic substance in groundwater. Phosphate can also enter the groundwater via excessive use of fertilizers. High application rates of nitrogen containing fertilizers combined with the high-water solubility of nitrate, leads to increased runoff into surface water as well as leaching into groundwater, thereby causing groundwater pollution.

Only a fraction of the nitrogen-based fertilizers, is converted to produce and other plant matter. Nitrate pollution in groundwater comes from pit latrines, it can cause blue baby syndrome.

The American Planning Association (APA) has announced this year's international excellence award for the Bhubaneswar smart city project.

The award called Pierre L'Enfant International Planning Excellence Award 2017 will be given on May 8 in New York city.

This is the first time in the 50 years history of APA's annual award programme that an Indian city has been recognised for its planning efforts.