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If a barometric reading is falling, this usually indicates what

A) Increasing pressure B) Decreasing pressure
C) No pressure D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Decreasing pressure

Explanation:

A barometer is a tool that measures air pressure

A rising barometer indicates increasing air pressure, a falling barometer indicates decreasing air pressure.

In space, there is a nearly complete vacuum, so the air pressure is zero.

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Q:

"IPCC" stands for

A) Indian Panel on Code Change B) Indian Penal Country Code
C) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change D) Indian Policy on Climate Control
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Explanation:

IPCC stands for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. It was established in 1988 by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme.

 

 

      • IPCC, with respect to Chartered Accountancy, stands for Integrated Professional Competence Course. This is the second level of the CA course.




 

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Q:

 Which of the following is an advantage of partitioning?

A) Complexity B) Inconsistent access speed
C) Extra space D) Security
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Security

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Q:

When more than 20% of the body weight is due to fat, the person is suffering from

A) Marasmus B) Kwashiorkor
C) Scurvy D) Obesity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Obesity

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Q:

What is a daemon?

Answer

Daemon is a program that runs in the background without user’s interaction. A daemon runs in a multitasking operating system like UNIX. A daemon is initiated and controlled by special programs known as ‘processes’.

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Q:

In which year was the first solid state integrated circuit demonstrated?

A) 1970s B) 1960s
C) 1950s D) 1980s
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) 1950s

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Q:

Which year did India hosted and participated in Asian games for the first time ?

A) 1930 B) 1933
C) 1948 D) 1951
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) 1951

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Q:

Which of the following sentences is grammatically correct?

A) We had gone to the party last night B) I have seen him yesterday
C) The hen has laid 10 eggs D) She is sleeping for 2 hours
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The hen has laid 10 eggs

Explanation:

In the above given sentences, only option C) The hen has laid 10 eggs is gramatically correct.

 

A) Not correct - We had gone to the party last night

Correct - We went to the party last night

 

B) Not correct - I have seen him yesterday

Correct - I saw him yesterday (We do not use the present perfect tense with past time expressions.)

 

D) Not correct - She is sleeping for 2 hours

Correct - She has been sleeping for two hours. (We use the present perfect continuous tense to show duration.)

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