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Who among the following introduced the subsidiary alliance system in India?

A) Lord Cunningham B) Lord Cliv
C) Lord Wellesley D) Lord Canning
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Lord Wellesley

Explanation:

The doctrine of the subsidiary alliance was introduced by Lord Wellesley, British Governor-General of India from 1798 to 1805.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first to enter into such an alliance in 1798. Tipu Sultan of Mysore refused to do so, but after the British victory in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War, Mysore was forced to become a subsidiary state in 1799.

The Nawab of Awadh was the next to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, in 1801.

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Q:

An important tool for project scope management is

A) Fast tracking B) Work breakdown structure
C) Crashing D) A Gantt Chart
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Work breakdown structure

Explanation:

Work breakdown structure is an important tool for project scope management.

 

Project Scope Management refers to the set of processes that ensure a project’s scope is accurately defined and mapped. Scope Management techniques enable project managers and supervisors to allocate just the right amount of work necessary to successfully complete a project—concerned primarily with controlling what is and what is not part of the project’s scope.

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Which company made the first tea bags?

Answer

Tetley

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The world's largest delta system is the _________

A) The Nile, Egypt B) Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/ Bangladesh
C) The Mississippi, USA D) The Amazon , Brazil
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ganges-Brahmaputra, India/ Bangladesh

Explanation:

The Ganges, Brahmaputra delta covers an area of about 75000 sq km.

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Which State has been declared as the Open Defecation Free state?

A) Uttarakhand B) Arunachal Pradesh
C) Maharashtra D) Uttar Pradesh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Arunachal Pradesh

Explanation:

Arunachal Pradesh State has been declared as the Open Defecation Free state.

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What is a chunk when using raw devices?

A) a dynamic unit of disk space B) a location in shared memory
C) a contiguous unit of disk space D) a data table
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) a contiguous unit of disk space

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The Indian to beat the computers in mathematical wizardry is

A) Shakuntala Devi B) Raja Ramanna
C) Rina Panigrahi D) Ramanujam
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Shakuntala Devi

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Who amongst  the following authors was in 2007 conferred the knighthood by the British government?

A) Salman Rushdie B) V.S. Naipaul
C) Chetan Bhagat D) Khushwant Singh
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Salman Rushdie

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