General Knowledge Questions

In 1952, Waksman was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in recognition "for his discovery of streptomycin," the first antibiotic active against tuberculosis.

Graphite is a good conductor of electricity as it contains free electrons to move through the structure of the graphite.

The Constitution lists 27 expressed powers of Congress. It include power to declare war, levy taxes, regulate commerce and currency.

Congress's other expressed powers are wide-ranging, including:

The power to establish rules to allow foreign-born immigrants to become citizens of the United States

The power to make rules for bankruptcies

The power to punish counterfeiters

The power to set up a national post office

The power to provide for copyrights and patents to protect the work of inventors and artists

The power to organize all federal courts below the Supreme Court

The power to punish pirates

The power to hire pirates to attack foreign enemies

The power to make rules to regulate the conduct of the armed forces

The power to call out the militia to defend the country from invasions or insurrections

The power to organize and discipline the militiary

The power to govern the federal capital (Washington, DC)

The power to acquire lands from the states for use by the federal government

The power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing powers.

On the PC side the printer port is a 25 pin female parallel connector.

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union of nations in South Asia. Its member states include Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, the Maldives, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The year 1995 is observed as poverty eradication year by SAARC.