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How can you get/set an environment variable from a program?

Answer

Getting the value of an environment variable is done by using `getenv()’. Setting the value of an environment variable is done by using `putenv()’

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Which of the following is correctly matched?

 

A) Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute B) Bismillah Khan - Sarod
C) Amjad AliKhan - Tabla D) Zakir Hussain - Shehnai
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Hariprasad Chaurasia - Flute

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Which year is associated with the Boston Tea Party ?

A) 1773 B) 1770
C) 1776 D) 1765
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1773

Explanation:

In 1773, several colonies of North America refused to unload the tea coming in English ship.In Boston, when the governor ordered a ship to be unloaded, a group of citizens, dressed as American Indians, boarded the ship and dumped the crates of tea into the water. This incident is known as the 'Boston Tea Party '.

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The book “The Other One Percent: Indians in America” has been authored by whom?

A) Lionel Messi B) Balaji Vittal
C) Sanjoy Chakravorty D) Joe Harris
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Sanjoy Chakravorty

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What type of bond is joining the two hydrogen atoms?

A) Hydrophobic B) Ionic
C) Covalent D) Hydrophilic
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Covalent

Explanation:

Covalent type of bonding joins The two hydrogen atoms are joned by Covalent type of bonding.

In this type of bonding, electrons are shared between the atoms in order to fill there valence shells. Thus sharing of electrons take place in between the hydrogen atoms.

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Which of the following is an example of representative money?

A) Salt B) A tract of land
C) Gold D) A check
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) A check

Explanation:

Representative money is an item such as a token or piece of paper that has no intrinsic value but can be exchanged on demand for a commodity that does have intrinsic value, such as gold, silver, copper,...

 

Hence, a Check is an example of representative money.

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Does the minimum spanning tree of a graph give the shortest distance between any 2 specified nodes?

A) Yes B) No
C) May be Yes or No D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) No

Explanation:

No.Minimal spanning tree assures that the total weight of the tree is kept at its minimum. But it doesn’t mean that the distance between any two nodes involved in the minimum-spanning tree is minimum.

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Which of the statements given below are correct?

1. The author of the novel 'Gilead' is Don Winslow.
2. The author of the novel 'Wolf Hall' is Stephen Dobyns.
3. The author of the novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is Harper Lee.

A) 1 and 2 B) 2 and 3
C) 1 and 3 D) 1, 2 and 3
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 1 and 2

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