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Which of the following is system software?

A) MS Paint B) MS Excel
C) MS Word D) MS Windows
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) MS Windows

Explanation:

We know that, the collection of programs which performs specific tasks in a computer is called as software. Software in a computer is of two types. They are :

 

1. Aplication Software

2. System Software

 

System software is a computer program that performs the basic functionaility of a computer i.e, running a systems hardware and applications like loading programs, saving data, displaying, etc...

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Which of the following UN agencies has its headquarters at Paris

A) UNESCO B) ILO
C) FAO D) IMO
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) UNESCO

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What is more useful when it is broken?

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An Egg is more useful when it is broken than it is not.

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Which one of the following elements is a transition element?

A) H B) As
C) Fe D) Sr
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Fe

Explanation:

In chemistry, the term transition metal has three possible meanings: The IUPAC definition defines a transition metal as "an element whose atom has a partially filled d sub-shell, or which can give rise to cations with an incomplete d sub-shell".

Any of the set of metallic elements occupying a central block (Groups IVB–VIII, IB, and IIB, or 4–12) in the periodic table, e.g. iron, manganese, chromium, and copper. Chemically they show variable valency and a strong tendency to form coordination compounds, and many of their compounds are coloured.

 

Here in the given options, only iron (Fe) is a transition metal since Strontium is an alkaline earth, arsenic is a metalloid, hydrogen is (normally) a diatomic gas.

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Which of the following represents 'I' in the abbreviation IRDP

A) Integrated B) Indian
C) Insurance D) Internal
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Integrated

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Who played an important rule in bringing all the States in the Independent India into the country's unity

A) Sardar Patel B) Hume
C) Subhas Chandra Bose D) Dr Rajendra Prasad
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Sardar Patel

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Why did charles babbage invent the computer?

Answer

Charles Babbage, the father of computer, invented the first general-purpose computer in an effort to prevent the mathematical errors that were prevalent in the human-calculated mathematics of his time.

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Who is the leading wicket taker in the history of Test cricket

A) Shane Warne B) Brain Lara
C) Courtney Walsh D) Muttiah Muralitharan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Muttiah Muralitharan

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