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The local name Mohenjodara is

A) Mound of the Living B) Mound of the Great
C) Mound of the dead D) Mound of the survivor
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Mound of the dead

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Which of the following is usually not considered a goal of portfolio management?

A) To manage the effective and efficient use of resources. B) To balance the portfolio among incremental and radical investments.
C) To maximize the value of the portfolio by careful examination of candidate projects and exclusion of those no meeting strategic objectives. D) To ensure that the relationship between projects in the portfolio clearly reflects strategic objectives.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) To ensure that the relationship between projects in the portfolio clearly reflects strategic objectives.

Explanation:

There is not necessarily a relationship between projects in a portfolio. Answer D is actually one of the goals of PROGRAM management. PMBOK Guide [1.4]

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Which Indian city is the most polluted city in the world as per a study recently released by WHO?

A) Delhi B) Mumbai
C) Pune D) Chennai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Delhi

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Who has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious "Von Hippel Award" ?

A) Charles Lieber B) Marvin Cohen
C) C.N.R Rao D) Stuart Parkin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) C.N.R Rao

Explanation:

The Von Hippel Award, the Materials Research Society's highest honor, recognizes those qualities most prized by materials scientists and engineers—brilliance and originality of intellect, combined with vision that transcends the boundaries of conventional scientific disciplines. The Von Hippel Award is named after Arthur von Hippel (1898-2003), who was a pioneer in the study of dielectrics, semiconductors, ferromagnetics and ferroelectrics.

Eminent Scientist and Bharat Ratna Prof C.N.R. Rao was awarded 2017 Von Hippel Award. He is first Indian and first Asian to win this honour. The award will be presented to Prof Rao for his interdisciplinary contributions to development of novel functional materials, including nanomaterials, graphene, superconductivity, 2D materials and colossal magnetoresistance at Boston in November 2017.

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Biological complete proteins are found in

A) Potato, Onion, Carrot B) Apple, Egg, Wheat
C) Rice, Meat, Butter D) Meat, Milk, Egg
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Meat, Milk, Egg

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Chloroform used as anaesthetic should be preserved in the dark in tightly stoppered bottles because otherwise

A) it becomes coloured B) it gets evaporated in air
C) it gets oxidised to phosgene D) it gets decomposed to chloropicrin
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) it gets oxidised to phosgene

Explanation:

Chloroform, CHCl3 is easily oxidised to the highly poisonous gas known as phosgene or carbonyl chloride COCl2. Hence if it is used as anaesthetic it should be kept free from sunlight and air.

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Which memory management technique involves dividing the memory into fixed sized blocks ?

A) Paging B) Scaling
C) Whiping D) Tracking
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Paging

Explanation:

Paging is a memory management technique in which process address space is broken into blocks of the same size called pages.

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Who invented Electric Generator?

A) Michael Faraday B) Thomas Alva Edison
C) Graham Bell D) Alfred Nobel
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Michael Faraday

Explanation:

Michael Faraday invented Electric Generator in 1831.

 

        • The operating principle of electromagnetic generators was discovered in the years of 1831–1832 by Michael Faraday.

 

        • The principle later called Faraday's law, is that an electromotive force is generated in an electrical conductor which encircles a varying magnetic flux.


 

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