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Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?

A) H.St. Clair Wilkins	B) Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
C) Purushottamdas Thakurdas	D) Nusserwanji Tata

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) H.St. Clair Wilkins

Explanation:

The Bombay Secretariat was completed in 1874 and designed by Captain Henry St. Clair Wilkins in the Venetian Gothic style. With its arcaded verandahs and huge gable over the west facade, it was a monument to the civic pride of Bombay's British rulers.

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The oldest news agency in the world is

A) Associated Press	B) Agence France-Presse
C) Reuters	D) None of the above

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Associated Press

Explanation:

Associated Press (AP) is world's oldest news agency followed by Reuters and Agence France - Presse.

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What does the term Jim Crow refer to?

A) the civil rights movement of the mid-twentieth century	B) northern whites who sympathized with African Americans
C) African American politicians during Reconstruction	D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) the system of racial segregation in the South after Reconstruction

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Who invented the battery?

A) John Wilkinson	B) Alessandro Volta
C) James Hargreaves	D) Thomas Edison

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Alessandro Volta

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Who is the author of the book ' The Rights of Man '

A) Thomas Hardy	B) Thomas Mann
C) Thomas Moore	D) Thomas Paine

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Thomas Paine

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Q:

The Savannas of Orinoco Basin are termed as

A) pampas	B) steppes
C) prairies	D) llanos

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) llanos

Explanation:

llanos is a tropical grassland while the remaining three are temperature grasslands

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Name the mountain that seperates France and Spain

A) Alps	B) Pyrenees
C) Jura	D) Vosges

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Pyrenees

Explanation:

Pyrenees, a chief mountain in Europe, forms a part of the great mountain across Europe and Asia.

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What scheme does the Kernel in Unix System V follow while choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices?

Answer

Kernel follows Round Robin scheme choosing a swap device among the multiple swap devices in Unix System V.

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