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Who deciphered the Brahmi and Kharoshthi scripts?

A) Piyadassi B) Colin Mackenzie
C) Alexander Cunningham D) James Prinsep
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) James Prinsep

Explanation:

The inscriptions of Asoka were first deciphered by James Princep in 1837. They are written in Pali language and in some places Prakrit was used. The Brahmi script was employed for writing.In the northwestern India Asokan inscriptions were found in Karoshti script.

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The amount of water vapor in the air is

A) Hot air B) Humidity
C) Dew D) Foam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Humidity

Explanation:

The amount of water vapor ranges from a trace amount up to 4% of the mass of air. Water vapor exists as an invisible gas in the air.

 

The amount of water vapor in the air is called absolute humidity. The amount of water vapor in the air as compared with the amount of water that the air could hold is called relative humidity.

The maximum amount of water vapor that can be in the air depends on the air temperature.

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What type of map is best suited for maritime navigation?

A) Mercator projection B) Conic projection
C) Geologic D) Topographic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Mercator projection

Explanation:

Mercator projection type of maps are best suited for maritime navigations.

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The Budget proposals also seek to provide relief to salaried tax payers by allowing a standard deduction of what amount in place of the present exemption allowed for transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses?

A) Rs. 20,000 B) Rs. 40,000
C) Rs. 50,000 D) Rs. 80,000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Rs. 40,000

Explanation:

The standard deduction of Rs. 40,000 is seek to provide relief to salaried tax payers in the Budget proposals in place of the present exemption allowed for transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneous medical expenses.

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Q:

Which interrupts has the highest priority?

Answer

TRAP has the highest priority


there are 2 types of interrupts external and internal. NMI has highest priority among all external interrupts, TRAP has highest priority among all internal interrupts. 

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Q:

RBI appoints _______ as New Executive Director in 2017 ?

A) Smt. Malvika Sinha B) Smt. Girija Rana
C) Smt. Indira Devi D) CP Rajan
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Smt. Malvika Sinha

Explanation:

The Reserve Bank of India has appointed Smt. Malvika Sinha as Executive Director (ED).

As Executive Director Smt. Sinha will look after Foreign Exchange Department, Department of Government and Bank Accounts and Internal Debt Management Department.

Smt. Malvika Sinha holds a Masters Degree from University of Bombay and has done her Masters in Public Administration. She is also a Certificated Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers.

Smt. Sinha joined Reserve Bank in 1982 and as a career central banker served in the areas of regulation and supervision, foreign exchange and Government and Bank Accounts in the Bank. Prior to being promoted as ED, Smt. Sinha was Principal Chief General Manager, Department of Co-operative Banking Supervision in the Reserve Bank.

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Q:

Which airport becomes as International Airport recently in 2017 ?

A) Chennai B) Kolkata
C) Vijayawada D) Patna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Vijayawada

Explanation:
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Q:

What is Autosys?

Answer

AutoSys is an automated job control system for scheduling, monitoring, and reporting. These jobs can reside on any AutoSys-configured machine that is attached to a network.


 


However, in real business, you need to fire jobs not just based on scheduled time, but also based on events (like an arrival of a file), and, based on the success or failure of other jobs. Autosys is a total job scheduling solution that allows you to define these events, dependencies, time schedules, alerts, etc, making it a complete data center automation tool.

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