GATE Questions

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Anything larger and the computer would need to break the number into smaller pieces.

16-bit is a computer hardware device or software program capable of transferring 16 bits of data at a time.

Today, 16-bit hardware and software has been replaced by 32-bit and 64-bit alternatives, which give the computer more memory to work with; increasing overall performance.

For example, early computer processors (e.g., 8088 and 80286) were 16-bit processors, meaning they were capable of working with 16-bit binary numbers (decimal number up to 65,535).

"Conservation of energy" refers to the fact that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can be converted from one form to another.

Helium has the lowest freezing point of all the elements. When coming to metals, mercury has the lowest freezing point of all the metals.

Ribosomes are present in prokaryotic cells. These are organelles which consist of two subunits. They are present in both Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells. They are made up of RNA and proteins and present in the cytoplasm and on the membranes and are involved in protein synthesis.

Our atmosphere is made up of

78% Nitrogen,

21% Oxygen and

1% all other gases like argon, carbon dioxide, neon, and helium.

So, Nitrogen makes up the majority of our atmosphere.

'provision' should replace 'provisional'.

A noun is required here and provisional is an adjective. Provision means supplies whereas provisional means temporary or contingent.