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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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Select the synonym of

defuse

A) irritate	B) alleviate
C) agitate	D) incite

Answer & Explanation Answer: B) alleviate

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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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Q:

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

The (needs) of the hour was to reform the entire banking system.

A) need	B) needing
C) needings	D) no improvement

Answer & Explanation Answer: A) need

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What is called the small grasslands on the slopes of Lesser Himalayan range in Jammu and Kashmir?

A) Marg	B) Bugyal
C) Payar	D) Duar

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