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

When it rains, it pours

A) one getting much less than what one expected B) calamity always occurs in bad times
C) you always fall into trouble when you are least prepared D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) When something bad occurs, it usually occurs more than once

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Bacteria divide by

A) Binary Fission B) Spirilla
C) RNA D) Fusion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Binary Fission

Explanation:

Bacteria divided and reproduce by Binary fission. In this process, the bacterium, which is a single cell, divides into two identical daughter cells. Binary fission begins when the DNA of the bacterium divides into two replicates.

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Which year was declared as the National Mathematical Year as a tribute to Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan?

A) 2012 B) 2013
C) 2011 D) 2010
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 2012

Explanation:

Dr Manmohan Singh also announced that the year 2012 would be celebrated as the National Mathematics Year. The Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan was born on 22 December 1887 and died on 26 April 1920.

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I go around and in the house but never touches the house. What am I?

Answer

The sun moves around and in the house, but cannot touch the house.

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Q:

Most catches in test cricket by wicket keeper?

A) MV. Boucher B) M.S Dhoni
C) Gilchrist D) IA. Healy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) MV. Boucher

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Why paging is used?

Answer

Paging is solution to external fragmentation problem which is to permit the logical address space of a process to be noncontiguous, thus allowing a process to be allocating physical memory wherever the latter is available.

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What is a deadlock?

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Deadlock is a situation where a group of processes are all blocked and none of them can become unblocked until one of the other becomes unblocked. The simplest deadlock is two processes each of which is waiting for a message from the other.

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REM sleep is also known as paradoxical sleep because

A) Measures of the brain activity closely resemble waking consciousness, but the person is incapable of moving. B) The person can have night terrors during this stage but will not remember them in the morning. (E) Th e person's vital signs are very slow, but the person can get up and walk around
C) Measures of the brain activity closely resemble waking consciousness, but the person is in the deepest stage of sleep. D) The person's heart rate is slower than when awake, but the person can sleepwalk or sleep talk.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Measures of the brain activity closely resemble waking consciousness, but the person is incapable of moving.

Explanation:

REM sleep i.e, Rapid Eye Movement sleep is also known as paradoxical sleep because the measures of the brain activity closely resemble waking consciousness, but the person is incapable of moving as the brain is in fully active mode that time.

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