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Which country has been started world's first carbon capture plant in October 2017?

 

A) China B) Italy
C) Japan D) Iceland

Answer:   D) Iceland



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The amount of Matter in an Object is

A) Weight B) Mass
C) Volume D) Space
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Mass

Explanation:

Mass means the amount of matter in an object. Anything that has Mass and takes up Space is called Matter.

 

The Study of Matter and and how matter changes is called Chemistry.

 

Matter has some mass and occupies some space. Space occupied by an object is called its Volume.

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The Computer size was very large in

A) Fourth Generation B) Third Generation
C) Second Generation D) First Generation
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) First Generation

Explanation:

The First Generation Computers size was very large. 

 

Since the First generation computers used 1000s of vacuum tubes that required lot of space made them gigantic in size. Single transistor could replace 1000 vacuum tubes and a single IC chip replaced 1000s of transistors made computers smaller and more speedy.

 

It is obvious that computers developed with more power, reliability, speed and smaller sizes due to the enhancement of technology.

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The Basic Architecture of Computer was developed by

A) Charles Babbage B) Blaise Pascal
C) Garden Moore D) John Von Neumann
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) John Von Neumann

Explanation:

Computer Architecture refers to how a computer system is designed and what technologies it is compatible with. In brief, Computer architecture is a specification detailing how a set of software and hardware technology standards interact to form a computer system or platform.  

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The Von Neumann Architecture, which is also known as the Von Neumann Model and Princeton architecture, is a computer architecture based on the 1945 description of computer by the mathematician and physicist John von Neumann.

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Which country has successfully launched the world's smallest rocket to carry tiny satellite into orbit?

A) India B) Russia
C) Japan D) Australia
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Japan

Explanation:

Japan's - Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has successfully launched the world's smallest rocket with the ability to put a tiny satellite into orbit. Rocket -  SS-520 which was pnce failed in 2017 lifted off from the Space Center carrying a microsatellite TRICOM-1R, a three-unit CubeSat weighing about 3 kilograms. The CubeSat will now be used to collect images of the Earth's surface via multiple cameras.

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When was the Internet available to the Public?

A) 1970 B) 1980
C) 1990 D) 2000
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1990

Explanation:

Internet service providers (ISP's) emerged in the late 1980's and early 1990's.

The ARPANET was decommissioned in 1990.

By 1995, the Internet was fully commercialized in the U.S., when the NSFNet was decommissioned, removing the last restrictions on use of the Internet to carry commercial traffic.

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The Hardest substance available on Earth is

A) Diamond B) Wurtzite
C) Platinum D) Gold
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Diamond

Explanation:

Diamond is the hardest substance available on Earth.

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Diamond is the hardest substance available on Earth due to the giant molecular structure of diamond in which each carbon atom is covalently bonded to four other carbon atoms. A covalent bond is very strong and requires a large amount of energy to break itself, and diamond has many covalent bonds.

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The element common to all Acids is

A) Nitrogen B) Oxygen
C) Hydrogen D) Carbon
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Hydrogen

Explanation:

Hydrogen is the common element to all Acids. But every element which contains Hydrogen is not an Acid. Most of the acids also contain Oxygen.

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India’s most polluted and least polluted states are

A) Uttarakhand & Rajasthan B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala
C) New Delhi & Rajasthan D) Uttar Pradesh & Uttarakhand
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Uttar Pradesh & Kerala

Explanation:

Uttar Pradesh is the most polluted state in India, with 15 of its cities among 30 cities with highest levels of toxic air in the country. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi turned out to be the worst polluted city of UP. Countrywide, it came sixth.

Other towns and cities in UP on the list are Hapur, Bareilly, Firozabad, Kanpur, Agra, NOIDA, Allahabad, and Mathura where PM10 levels were way above permissible limits.

Kerala is the least polluted state in the country, India. In all the 14 districts of the state, NAAQ(National Ambient Air Quality Standards) standards are complied with and had lower concentrations of PM10. However, all the cities surpassed the PM10 standards prescribed by WHO.


The report - Airpocalypse II - is based on air pollution related data collected from Central and State Pollution Control Boards and Committees.

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