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A bucket of water is hung from a spring balance. A piece of iron is suspended in the water without touching the sides or touching the bottom of the bucket. The reading of the spring balance

A) will increase	B) will decrease
C) does not change	D) varies with the increase of depth of the immersion of the iron piece

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) will increase

Explanation:

When the piece of iron is lowered into the water, the water level in the bucket increases. And so the pressure at the bottom of bucket also increases. Thus the total thrust at the botto also increases. Therefore the spring balance reading increases.

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Who put up the most stiff resistance against the British in India?

A) The Rajputs	B) The Marathas
C) The Moghals	D) The Sikhs

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) The Marathas

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The UNESCO's ' Prix Jules Verne ' prize has been given to which of the following serials of Doordarshan

A) Eye Witness	B) Surabhi
C) The World of the week	D) Turning point

Answer & Explanation Answer: D) Turning point

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Vivipary is defined as germination

A) during storage	B) within the fruit
C) with cotyledons coming out of soil	D) with cotyledons remaining inside the soil

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) within the fruit

Explanation:

Vivipary means germination even when attached to the mother plant. Usually the saline marsh plants (Halophytes) have their seeds growing even when they are inside the fruits attached to the tree.

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Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The Centre’s bid to dispel the pall of gloom over the economy (have been helped) in recent weeks by a rating.

A) had been help	B) has been helped
C) have been helping	D) No improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) has been helped

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Exam Prep: Bank Exams

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Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P - Kohli, along with Deepika and Ranveer, has led the ascent of millennials to the top of the rankings.
Q - For the first time a female sportsperson has made it to the top 15.
R - This year saw PV Sindhu make an entry at 15.
S - Former captain Dhoni slipped from 9th place last year to 13th this year.

A) PSRQ	B) QRSP
C) RSQP	D) PRQS

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) PSRQ

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What is a binary semaphore? What is its use?

Answer

A binary semaphore is one, which takes only 0 and 1 as values. They are used to implement mutual exclusion and synchronize concurrent processes.

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Subject: Operating Systems

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Select the synonym of

metropolitan

A) idyllic	B) arcadian
C) bucolic	D) urbane

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