Taklamakan desert is situated in ______.
- (A) China
- (B) Russia
- (C) India
- (D) Congo
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The famous Taklamakan Desert is located in (A) China. It is in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, in the Tarim Basin. It is surrounded by mountain ranges like the Kunlun, Pamir, and Tian Shan mountain ranges and is one of the biggest sandy deserts in the world. It is called the “Sea of Death” or “Place of No Return”.
Silk Road: It is said that the Silk Route passes through its northern and southern borders.
The two major types of computer chips are:
- (A) External memory chip
- (B) Primary memory chip
- (C) Microprocessor chip
- (D) Both B and C
Check AnswerExplanationComputer chips can be broadly classified according to the function they serve in the system. Microprocessor chips, sometimes considered the “brain” of the computer, contain the CPU and perform the function of data processing and instruction execution. Primary memory chips include RAM and ROM chips, used for storing the data and instructions that the processor will access immediately.
Antonym of “Profane” is:
- (A) Arrogant
- (B) Benign
- (C) Respectful
- (D) Pious
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The word that is actually opposite in meaning to “profane” or irreverent and unholy is option Pious, which in this case means devoutly religious or holy.
Profane – Irreverent, secular, unholy.
Pious (Antonym) – devoutly religious, sacred, holy.
The other options, Arrogant – haughty, Benign – kind, Respectful – polite.
What comes next in the following series: 64, 48, 40, 36, 34, …?
- (A) 30
- (B) 31
- (C) 32
- (D) 33
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Solution: Let’s look at the pattern of the difference between two consecutive numbers:
64 to 48 is -16
48 to 40 is -8
40 to 36 is -4
36 to 34 is -2
Each difference is half the difference before:
-16, -8, -4, -2, -1
So the next difference should be: -1
Which is: 34 – 1 = 33
In Microsoft Excel, the file you can create and edit is called:
- (A) A form
- (B) A ledger
- (C) A table
- (D) A workbook
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In Microsoft Excel, the file you create and work on is referred to as a workbook. A workbook is simply your main Excel file, which is normally stored with a .xlsx extension, and it contains one or several worksheets or pages where you will be entering your data.
Workbook: The entire file (like a binder).
Worksheet: A single page/sheet within that file (like a page in the binder).
When a number is added to another number three times as large, the results is 16. Find the number?
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Solution: Let the unknown number be x.
“Another number three times as large” means 3x.
According to the problem:
x + 3x = 16
4x = 16
x = 4
Name the first foster mother of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)?
- (A) Hazrat Haleema
- (B) Hazrat Khola
- (C) Hazrat Sobia
- (D) Hazrat Memona
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Thuwaiba, or also spelled as Sobia or Suwaiba, has the unique claim to fame for being the first foster mother of Prophet Muhammad and his first wet nurse.
She was a slave woman who belonged to Abu Lahab.
At the birth of Muhammad, she nursed him for a short time.
She nursed Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib (R.A) as well. Hence, Hazrat Hamza (R.A) became the ‘milk brother’ of Prophet Muhammad.
After this, Halimah al-Sa’diyah took care of Muhammad for a few years in the desert and became his well-known foster mother.
Appreciation is to Reward as Crime is to ______.
- (A) Guilt
- (B) Punishment
- (C) Allegation
- (D) Need
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The concept is cause and effect.
If a person is appreciated, he or she is rewarded.
Similarly, after a crime is committed, punishment ensues.
Correct answer: (B) Punishment
When you create a warning box to prevent an invalid data entry, its message shows:
- (A) A yellow triangle
- (B) A red X
- (C) A wavy blue underline
- (D) An orange X
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The topic in this problem is data validation warnings in Microsoft Excel. It has a yellow triangle and an exclamation mark.
What are the types of data validation alerts in Excel?
Stop: Red X
Warning: Yellow Triangle
Information: Blue ‘i’ (or blue circle/icon)
So, a yellow triangle, a ‘warning’ symbol in Excel is an ‘alert box’ informing the user that the data entered is invalid and allows the user to continue.
In MS-Excel, the cell name box:
- (A) Shows the location of the previously active cell
- (B) Appears to the left of the formula bar
- (C) Appears below the status bar
- (D) Appears below the menu bar’
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- (B) Appears to the left of the formula bar
ExplanationIn Microsoft Excel, the Name Box is located just to the left of the Formula Bar, located above the grid. The Name Box displays the address of the active cell or the name of any selected range of cells.
