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Q:

Who has scored the most runs in a single First class innings

A) Hanif Mohammad B) Brian Lara
C) Sir Donald Bradman D) Sachin Tendulkar
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Brian Lara

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Q:

Which one of the following statements about Buddhist Stupas in India is not correct?

A) Ashoka played an important role in popularizing the Stupa cult. B) They were repositories of relics of Buddha and other monks.
C) They were located in rural areas. D) They were located close to trade routes.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) They were located in rural areas.

Explanation:

A stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics that is used as a place of meditation.Buddhist sources claim that during the 3rd century BCE, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great ordered these eight stupas to be opened, further distributed the relics of the Buddha into 84,000 portions, and had stupas built over them all over the expanding Buddhist world.They were located on trade routes in order to propagate Buddhism.However, there were no evidence of them being located in rural areas.

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Q:

Which memory is nonvolatile?

A) Floppy discs B) Magnetic tape
C) ROM D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of the above

Explanation:

A computer has two types of memory.

1. Non-volatile and

2. Volatile.

 

Volatile memory is computer memory that requires power to maintain the stored information.

* It is a temporary memeory which cannot contain information permanently.

Example :: RAM or Random Access Memory

 

Non-volatile memory is computer memory that can retain the stored information even when not powered.

* It is a permanent memory in which data is stored in permanently.

Examples :: Hard disc, ROM, Floppy discs, Magnetic tape,...

 

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Q:

The President of India is elected by the __________

A) members of the Lok Sabha B) members of both Houses of the Parliament
C) members of the State Legislature D) by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and state Assemblies
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) by an electoral college consisting of the elected members of both Houses of the Parliament and state Assemblies

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Q:

National Science Centre is located at

A) New Delhi B) Pune
C) Bangalore D) Hyderabad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) New Delhi

Explanation:

National Science Centre is located at New Delhi.

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Q:

Who decides to implement split MOPP?

Answer

The concept of maintaining heightened protective posture only in those areas (or zones) that are contaminated, allowing personnel in uncontaminated areas to continue to operate in a reduced posture. Also called split-MOPP. Airbases or operating locations are divided into sectors allowing MOPP levels and alarm conditions to be adjusted based on the level of threat.


 


The installation commander decides to implement Split MOPP concept when and where ever necessary.

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Q:

The United Nations declared 2000-2010 as the International Decade for

A) Water for Life Decade B) Bone and Joint Decade
C) Second International Decade for the Eradication of colonialism D) International Decade for Natural Disaster Rreduction
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Bone and Joint Decade

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Q:

A Book always has

A) Preface B) Text
C) Index D) Page
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Page

Explanation:

A Book always has Pages. Without pages it can't be called as a book. A book can be either with or without preface, text or index but it can't be without a page.

 

Hence, A Book always has page.

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