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The Earth's population has ________since the turn of the century

A) Stayed the same B) doubled
C) trebled D) multiplied ten times
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) trebled

Explanation:

The population increases in geometrical progression and has crossed the 5 billion mark. The united nations estimate an average growth rate of 1.5% per annum.

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Q:

When was the voting machine invented?

A) 1980 B) 1892
C) 1989 D) 1920
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 1892

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Q:

Who is called 'the father of modern African writing " novelist?

Answer

Chinua Achebe.

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Q:

The International Court of justice is located at

A) Geneva B) Hague
C) Amesterdam D) Vienna
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Hague

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Q:

What are operating system services?

Answer



  • Program execution

  • I/O operations

  • File system manipulation

  • Communication

  • Error detection

  • Resource allocation

  • Accounting

  • Protection


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Q:

Difference between Union and Union all?

Answer

The difference between Union and Union all is that Union all will not eliminate duplicate rows, instead it just pulls all rows from all tables fitting your query specifics and combines them into a table. A UNION statement effectively does a SELECT DISTINCT on the results set.

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What is the common characteristic of the elements of the same group in the periodic table?

A) Electrons in outer most shell B) Total number of electrons
C) Total number of protons D) Atomic weight
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Electrons in outer most shell

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Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

 

The tail is wagging the dog

 

 

A) A situation where a small good thing makes everyone happy B) The less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation  
C) A person who is always happy to meet you D) Even smaller tasks become important if the whole project is to succeed
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The less important or subsidiary factor, person, or thing dominates a situation  

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