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When was Barb Wire patented

A) 1898 B) 1868
C) 1874 D) 1866
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1874

Explanation:

Joseph F. Glidden - Father of Barbed Wire.

      • Glidden was born in New York in 1812. He invented Barbed Wire in 1873 and was granted the patent on Nov. 24, 1874. After a three year battle over the patent, which he eventually won received a patent for the modern invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous versions.
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Magnetic field lines about a current-carrying wire

A) circle the wire in closed loops B) extend radially from the wire
C) both of these D) None of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) circle the wire in closed loops

Explanation:

Electric current produces a magnetic field. This magnetic field can be visualized as a pattern of circular field lines surrounding a wire.

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Among all two-legged creatures, which creature runs the fastest?

Answer

Ostrich

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How many periods in National Hockey League?

A) 2 B) 3
C) 4 D) 5
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 3

Explanation:

National Hockey League game is divide into 3 Periods each of 20 minutes. During the regular season, if the game ends in a tie, a 5 minute, sudden death overtime is played. In the playoffs, the overtime is 20 minutes long.

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Q:

Conversion of Glycogen to Glucose is stimulated by

A) Insulin B) Cortisol
C) Glucagon D) Progesterone
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Glucagon

Explanation:
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What is NETBIOS and NETBEUI

Answer

NETBIOS is a programming interface that allows I/O requests to be sent to and received from a remote computer and it hides the networking hardware from applications.


NETBEUI is NetBIOS extended user interface. A transport protocol designed by microsoft and IBM for the use on small subnets.

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If a+b+c = 6 and ab+bc+ca = 1, then the value of bc(b+c) + ca(c+a) +ab(a+b) +3abc is

A) 33 B) 66
C) 55 D) 23
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 66

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When is the International Firefighters' Day(IFFD) observed every year ?

A) 2 May B) 4 May
C) 3 May D) 6 May
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 4 May

Explanation:

International Firefighters' Day (IFFD) is observed on May 4. It was instituted after proposal emailed out across the world on January 4, 1999 due to the deaths of five firefighters in tragic circumstances in a bushfire in Australia.

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