GATE Questions

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The carbon arc lamp was the first widely-used type of electric light and the first commercially successful form of electric lamp.

Here are the Carbon Arc Lamp Uses :

-Super bright light, capable of lighting a large length of street or a large factory interior.

-Was the ONLY electric light available to light large areas from 1800 - 1901.

-Was cheaper to light streets with the arc lamp than gas or oil lamps.

A Clock has a face, but no eyes. It has 3 hands i.e, hours, minutes and seconds hands but no arms.

The statement mentions that chances of heart ailments are greatly reduced by a regular half-hour exercise. So, a follows. However, it talks of only reducing the probability which does not mean that persons involved in sedentary jobs shall definitely suffer from heart ailments. So, b does not follow.

Hence, concusion a only follows the given statement.

90 D in RA means 90 Degrees in Right Angle. It is a logic question which is to be eloborated.

Some more of its kind are:

1. 52 W in a Y     -    52 Weeks in a Year

2. 7 C in a R        -    7 Colours in a Rainbow

3. 9 P in SS

4. 5 C in an OF

5. 12 S of the Z

Money invested by Rajan before 1 year was = Rs. 100000

Money in UK pounds @ 75 is = 100000/75 = 1333.33 Pounds

Now, after 1 year invested amount was appreciated by 20%

=> 20% of 1333.33 = 266.66

Total investment becomes = 1333.33 + 266.66 = 1600 Pounds

This 1600 Pounds @ Indian currency at 80 = 1600 x 80 = Rs. 1,28,000

Hence, Rajan's investment of Rs. 1,00,000 becomes Rs. 1,28,000 in 1 year

Therefore, his profit % = [(128000 - 100000)/100000] x 100 = 28%.

The Central Processing Unit, consists of Arithmetic and logic unit and Control unit.

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982. 

These are actually made to replace floppy disks that were used to store files and programs from the computer.

The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings but was later adapted for storage of data (CD-ROM).ese CD's uses Laser technology.

Heat transfer through radiation takes place in form of electromagnetic waves mainly in the infrared region. It depends on nature of the body, its temperature and kind & extent of its surface.