Which Ex-president of Egypt passed away in the year 2020?
- (A) Husni Mubarak
- (B) Hafiz-ul-Asad
- (C) Anwar Sadaat
- (D) Habib Bourakiba
Check AnswerExplanation
Husni Mubarak was the 4th president of Egypt for almost three decades, and he passed away on February 25, 2020, at the age of 91.
Hafiz-ul-Asad: This is the president of Syria, not Egypt, and he passed away on June 10, 2000.
Anwar Sadaat: He was the 3rd president of Egypt, but he was assassinated on October 6, 1981, during a military parade in Cairo, Egypt.
Habib Bourakiba: He was the first president of Tunisia and passed away on April 6, 2000.
Vaccination was discovered by ______.
- (A) Pasteur
- (B) Edward Jenner
- (C) Baird
- (D) Roentgen
Check AnswerExplanationThe first successful vaccine was developed in 1796 by an English doctor, Edward Jenner. He used cowpox to create immunity to smallpox in a boy named James Phipps. He is often referred to as the “father of immunology”.
Which of the following Mughal rulers banned music in his regime?
- (A) Akbar
- (B) Jahangir
- (C) Shah Jahan
- (D) Aurangzeb
Check AnswerExplanationAurangzeb, who ruled from 1658 to 1707, is the Mughal Emperor who banned music, singing, and dancing in the court. His motivation for banning music, singing, and dancing was based on his commitment to Sharia law and his desire for a simpler and more orthodox lifestyle. What is ironic is that Aurangzeb himself was a good Veena player. Narrations of the period point out that when the musicians decided to hold a symbolic “funeral for music” as a protest against the ban, Aurangzeb was said to have commented that it should be buried so deep that no sound could possibly come from it. This period was also the time of the greatest works of Persian scholars on Indian classical music.
Choose most suitable synonym of “Cataclysm”:
- (A) Tranquillity
- (B) Catastrophe
- (C) Trash
- (D) Pungent
Check AnswerExplanation
Cataclysm refers to a large-scale and violent event in the natural world (like a flood or earthquake) or a sudden, violent upheaval.
Catastrophe means a sudden event that causes great damage, suffering, or destruction.
Tranquillity is an antonym (peaceful).
Trash refers to garbage.
Pungent describes a sharp taste or smell.
ALU is a component of processor, which consists of:
- (A) AU (Arithmetic Unit)
- (B) LU (Logic Unit)
- (C) Both (A & B)
- (D) None of these
Check AnswerExplanation
The ALU, or Arithmetic Logic Unit, is located at the core of the CPU and is responsible for performing every mathematical and logical function required by the CPU. Inside the ALU, there are two main sections:
Arithmetic Unit (AU): This is where addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division take place.
Logic Unit (LU): This is where the logical operations like AND, OR, NOT, and XOR take place, and also where comparisons are made to determine if two values are equal or if one is greater than the other.
What is the duration of a day at the North and South Poles?
- (A) 3 months
- (B) 6 months
- (C) 9 months
- (D) 12 months
Check AnswerExplanation
The Earth is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees from an imaginary line running around the Sun. This tilt causes our poles to lean towards or away from the Sun for long periods while our Earth rotates in its orbit:
Continuous Daylight: For about six months, one pole faces the Sun, and there is continuous daylight, or, in other words, the Sun never goes below the horizon, and we refer to this phenomenon as Midnight Sun.
Continuous Night: For the next six months, that same pole faces away from the Sun, and there is continuous night, or, in other words, the Sun never rises above the horizon, and we refer to this phenomenon as Polar Night.
Cycles: While our North Pole has continuous day, our South Pole has continuous night, and vice versa.
Which one is the capital city of Italy?
- (A) Milan
- (B) Venice
- (C) Turin
- (D) Rome
Check AnswerExplanation
Rome is the capital of Italy. Italy is considered one of the oldest and most significant cities on the planet.
While Milan is considered the economic capital of Italy and Turin was the first capital of the newly unified kingdom (1861-1865), Rome has been the capital of the Italian Republic since 1871.
End of war of Independence 1857 was officially declared in:
- (A) August 1858
- (B) September 1858
- (C) October 1858
- (D) November 1858
Check AnswerExplanation
The official closure of the War of Independence, which had commenced in 1857, came in November 1858. On November 1st, 1858, Queen Victoria issued a Royal Proclamation that officially ended the British East India Company’s rule and transferred power to the British Crown. The announcement was made across India on the same date, marking the beginning of direct British rule under the British Raj and offering amnesty to rebels who had not committed any murders.
Administrative note: This marked the official beginning of the Government of India Act 1858, replacing the East India Company with the British Indian Government and creating the office of the Viceroy.
Fill in the blank: “You would have soon my garden at its best if you _______ here last week.”
- (A) Be
- (B) Were
- (C) Had been
- (D) Should be
Check AnswerExplanation
The sentence is referring to a past unreal condition; that is, it is referring to something that didn’t happen in the past. In this case, we use the third conditional: If + had + past participle
Correct sentence: “You would have seen my garden at its best if you had been here last week.”
For ordered pair (2, 4):
- (A) 2 is abscissa and 4 is ordinate
- (B) 2 is ordinate and 4 is abscissa
- (C) 2 and 4 both are abscissa
- (D) 2 and 4 both are ordinate
Check Answer
- (A) 2 is abscissa and 4 is ordinate
Explanation
Solution: In any ordered pair (x, y), the value of x is called the abscissa (or the x-coordinate), and the value of y is called the ordinate (or the y-coordinate).
For the ordered pair (2, 4), the value 2 is the abscissa, and the value 4 is the ordinate.
Correct answer: (A) 2 is abscissa and 4 is ordinate.
