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getppid() system call is used to bias the existing priority of a process 

A) TRUE B) FALSE
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) FALSE

Explanation:

It is used to get parent process identifier

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' The Nacked Face ', a very popular book is written by

A) John Milton B) Dominique Lapierre
C) Juan Benet D) Sidney Sheldon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Sidney Sheldon

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Q:

Who Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell?

A) Otto Hahn B) John Dalton
C) Robert Brown D) Marie Curie
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Robert Brown

Explanation:

Robert Brown, Scottish botanist, Discovered The Nucleus of a Cell in 1831, London. When Brown was studying orchids under microscope when he observed an opaque area, which he called the "Areola" or "Nucleus", in the cells of the flower's outer layer.

The nucleus was also described by Franz Bauer in 1804 but in detail Robert Brown made it in 1831.

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Q:

When is the longest day observed?

A) December 22 B) June 21
C) August 21 D) September 22
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) June 21

Explanation:

Longest day is observed on June 21

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Q:

Earlist thermometerr was developed by

A) Celsius B) Fahrenheit
C) Kelvin D) Galileo
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Galileo

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Q:

In windows, start button is used to

A) Run applications B) Device setting
C) Turn off the system D) All of above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) All of above

Explanation:

The Start button allows users to access their run applications, device setting, turn off the system, computer programs or configure Microsoft Windows easily by accessing the Start Menu.

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Q:

Which of these is unique to flowering plants?

A) double fertilization B) an embryo surrounded by nutritive tissue
C) haploid gametophytes D) pollen production
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) double fertilization

Explanation:

In flowering plants one sperm nucleus fertilizes the egg and the other sperm nucleus fuses with two other nuclei found within the ovule, thus forming triploid endosperm.

 

Hence, double fertilization is unique to flowering plants.

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Between which one of the following pairs of ports does Panama Canal shorten the distance to the maximum?

A) Liverpool and Shanghai B) New York and Honolulu
C) Liverpool and Sydney D) New York and San Francisco
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) New York and San Francisco

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