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The bankruptcy of which company initiated the Panic of 1873?

A) Republic Steel Company	B) Jay Cooke & Company
C) Standard Oil Company	D) Century Building Society

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Jay Cooke & Company

Explanation:

Jay Cooke & Company, a major component of the United States banking establishment, found itself unable to market several million dollars in Northern Pacific Railway bonds in september 1873. Cooke's firm, like many others, had invested heavily in the railroads.

Hence, the bankruptcy of Jay Cooke & company initiated the Panic of 1873.

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Negative acceleration is in the opposite direction of:

A) force	B) distance
C) velocity	D) momentum

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) velocity

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The moon that we see in the sky is a _____.

A) Planet	B) Star
C) Sun	D) Satellite

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Satellite

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The world's largest rock is regarded as sacred by the Aborgines . What is it called?

Answer

Ayer's Rock

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The UNESCO World Heritage Site, Victoria Memorial Hall is located in which Indian city?

A) Mumbai	B) Chennai
C) Kolkata	D) Delhi

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Kolkata

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The mass number of an isotope of an element is 298. If its nucleus has 189 neutrons, what is its atomic number?

A) 298	B) 189
C) 109	D) 487

Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 109

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'Khazanah' is the state-owned investment holding arm of which country?

A) Singapore	B) Japan
C) Mauritius	D) Malaysia

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Malaysia

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What is Memory-Management Unit (MMU)?

Answer

Hardware device that maps virtual to physical address. In MMU scheme, the value in the relocation register is added to every address generated by a user process at the time it is sent to memory.

->The user program deals with logical addresses; it never sees the real physical addresses

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