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In the 1700s,who would pay the postage fee for letters before the stamp was invented?

A) The sender B) There was no fee
C) The receiver of the letter D) The post office
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) The receiver of the letter

Explanation:

Later in 1840, Rowland Hill invented the stamp, which was paid for by the sender, not the receiver.

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Erg cross Sec is the unit of

A) Angular momentum B) Linear Momentum
C) Planck's constant D) Energy
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Planck's constant

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Which of the following was not a purpose for building Farakka Barrage?

 

A) Checking water flowing into Bangladesh B) Checking silting of Kolkata Port
C) Preventing erosion of Kolkata Port D) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Facilitating navigation in Ganga river

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Q:

Which living bird lays the world's largest egg?

A) Eagle B) Ostrich
C) Owl D) Vulture
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Ostrich

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The Mid Day Meal Scheme has been launched by the Union Minister of

A) Home Affairs B) Social Welfare
C) Human Resource Development D) Rural Development
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Human Resource Development

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Oldest Oil Field in India

A) Mumbai High, Maharashtra B) Anleshwar, Gujarat
C) Digboi, Assam D) None
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Digboi, Assam

Explanation:

Digboi has the distinction of being India's oldest continuously producing oilfield. Digboi refinery, now a division of Indian Oil Corporation, had a capacity of about 0.65 MMTPA as of 2003. Digboi is now Headquarter of Assam Oil Division of Indian Oil Corporation Limited, though the crude production is not high today.

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Main storage is also called

A) Memory B) Control unit
C) Accumulator D) Register unit
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Memory

Explanation:

In a computer, the area where the data is stored for the quick access by the computer's processor is called Main storage or Primary storage or Memory or RAM.

 

Hence, main storage is also called Memory.

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The Capacity of a Communication Channel is Measured in

A) Band rate B) Band width
C) Data flow D) Bit capacity
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Band width

Explanation:

The path that data takes from source to destination is called a Channel. A channel is a communication medium. A channel has a certain capacity for transmitting information. 

 

The "capacity" of a channel is the theoretical upper-limit to the bit rate over a given channel that will result in negligible errors. Channel capacity is often measured by its Bandwidth in Hz or its data rate in bits per second.

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