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How can you get/set an environment variable from a program?

Answer

Getting the value of an environment variable is done by using `getenv()’. Setting the value of an environment variable is done by using `putenv()’

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Which statement about weak bonds is correct?

A) Covalent bonds are weak bonds B) They are hard to break
C) Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible. D) All of the above
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible.

Explanation:

In chemistry, Weak bonds are those forces of attraction that, do not take a large amount of energy to break.

 

For example, hydrogen bonds are broken by energies in the order of 4 - 5 kcal/mol.

Ionic bonds, hydrogen bonds and van der Waals interactions are considered weak bonds.

 

Weak bonds are transient and easily reversible.

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Q:

Simplify  413 + 215 + 414 = ?

A) 10 47/60 B) 11 45/73
C) 11 47/36 D) 10 35/48
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) 10 47/60

Explanation:

The given equation is in Mixed fraction.

Now to solve this type of fractions,

413 + 215 + 414 =?? = 4 + 2 + 4 + 13 + 15 + 14 ? = 10 + 4760? = 104760

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Q:

Odd man out of the series - 15, 19, 27, 38, 55, 75?

A) 27 B) 38
C) 55 D) 75
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 38

Explanation:

The given series is 15, 19, 27, 38, 55, 75

15

15 + 4 = 19

19 + 8 = 27

27 + 12 = 39

39 + 16 = 55

55 + 20 = 75

 

Hence, the odd number in the given series is 38.

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Q:

evtlesnioi-Arrange this word

A) Elevision B) Television
C) Senivion D) Telsion
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) Television

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Ozone hole refers to

A) Decrease in the thickness of ozone layer in Stratosphere B) Increase in thickness of ozone layer
C) Decrease in the ozone layer in Troposphere D) Hole in the ozone layer
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Decrease in the thickness of ozone layer in Stratosphere

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Buoyancy depends on

A) the mass of the liquid displaced B) the mass of the body
C) the depth to which the body is immersed D) the shaped of the body
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) the mass of the liquid displaced

Explanation:

Buoyancy or Upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of an immersed object.

In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid.

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Q:

Chemical name of Gold?

A) Argentinum B) Ferrus
C) Aurum D) Selenium
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Aurum

Explanation:

The Chemical name of Gold is Aurum with symbol Au with atomic number 79 and a group 11 element. In its purest form, it is a bright, slightly reddish yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal.

Chemically, gold is a transition metal.

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