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Q:

Starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system.

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

False. The given statement that starting or restarting a computer is called tasking the system is not correct. 


 


We know that the starting or restarting a computer is called Booting the system.

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Q:

What was the city of Timbuktu best known for?

A) Trade B) Gold
C) Diamonds D) Tea
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Trade

Explanation:

The great Sahara Desert created an opportunity for wealth by trading to peoples who live in and around the region. The city of Timbuktu was built as a result of this trade.

 

Hundreds of years ago, salt was a very valuable commodity. It was valued for its taste as well as its ability to preserve food. One of the most productive areas for producing salt was the Sahara Desert, and the city of Timbuktu was built to capitalize upon this trade.

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Q:

What was India's rank in the latest ICC One Day International Rankings?

A) 1st B) 2nd
C) 3rd D) 4th
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2nd

Explanation:

India's rank in the latest ICC One Day International Rankings is Second. England tops the list followed by India, South Africa, New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia in the list.

 

Whereas India's rank in the latest ICC Test International Rankings is First followed by South Africa and England in 2nd and 3rd places.

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Q:

Read each part of the sentence to find out if there is any error in it. The error, if any, will be in one part of the sentence. The number of that part is the answer. 

A part of Special development fund is(1) / expected to be released(2) /

next month and the provisional(3) / for remaining amount in the new budget(4)

A) (1) B) (2)
C) (3) D) (4)
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) (3)

Explanation:

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

 

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.

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Statement: Huge amount of resources are required to develop tourist places in a country like India, which is endowed with vast coastlines, rivers, forests, temples etc.
Courses of action:
a. More tourist resorts along the coastlines only should be started.
b. The tourist potential of India should be exploited.

A) Only b follows B) Only a follows
C) Both a & b follows D) Neither a nor b follows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Only b follows

Explanation:

As in the given statement, India is already endowed with tourist spots. Therefore, the existing potential should be exploited.

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Q:

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are

A) Carnivores B) Herbivores
C) Omnivores D) Tertiary consumers
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Omnivores

Explanation:

An omnivore is an animal that eats food from both plants and animals.

Animals that eat other animals are called carnivores. Carnivores that eat herbivores are called secondary consumers, and carnivores that eat other carnivores are called tertiary consumers.

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Q:

The world's most liveable city 2018?

A) Melbourne B) Damascus
C) Dhaka D) Vienna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Vienna

Explanation:

Vienna has become the world's most pleasant city to live in by topping the Global Liveability Index of the Economist Intelligence Unit by dislodging Melbourne, the Austrian capital.

 

While Damascus retained the last place and Dhaka, Bangladesh's capital was in second last place in the annual survey examined 140 metropolitan cities.

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Q:

Which of the following is a micro nutrient?

A) Mg B) Cl
C) P D) Ca
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Cl

Explanation:

The micronutrients (or trace minerals): boron (B), chlorine (Cl), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), molybdenum (Mo), nickel (Ni). and cobalt (Co).

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