GATE Questions

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Absolute value of a number :

It means that the distance of a number from 0 on a number line. 

Here absolute value of 9 is that on a number line 9 is 9 units away from 0. Hence its absolute value is 9. Similarly, absolute value of -9 means -9 is also 9 units away from the 0 on number line. Hence, absolute value of -9 is also 9.

Hence, the absolute value of 9 is 9.

Being submissive to somebody is to acknowledge somebody to be in a greater authority than you are.

Submissive mean in a relationship is you obey that person without complaining or arguing about it.

In short, a submissive is a person who enjoys giving control of themselves to their life partners.

Charles Babbage, the father of computer, invented the first general-purpose computer in an effort to prevent the mathematical errors that were prevalent in the human-calculated mathematics of his time.

The letter 'W' is at the end of a rainbow.

silver is the best conductor of electricity.

When compared to remaining 3 metals, as Silver having more number of free electrons in its valency shell it is the good conductor of electricity.

Conductors Thermal Conductivity @ 25degree C

Silver --- 429
Copper --- 401
Gold --- 310
Aluminium --- 250

It is said by Lord Polonius.

It means do not lend or borrow money from a friend, because if you do so, you will lose both your friend and your money. If you lend, he will avoid paying back, and if you borrow you will fall out of your savings, as you turn into a spendthrift, and face humiliation.

The endomembrane system is composed of the different membranes that are suspended in the cytoplasm within a eukaryotic cell. These membranes divide the cell into functional and structural compartments or organelles. In eukaryotes, the organelles of the endomembrane system include the nuclear membrane, the endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vesicles, endosomes and the cell membrane, among others.