Which one of the following is not a search engine?
- (A) Google
- (B) Linux
- (C) Bing
- (D) Yahoo
- (B) Linux
Linux is not a search engine; it is a family of open-source operating systems that are founded on Linux kernel. Although it gives the platform to use the web browsers and the internet, it is not used as a tool to search the World Wide Web of information.
Verification of a login name and password of a computer is known as:
- (A) Identification
- (B) Accessibility
- (C) Authentication
- (D) Synchronization
- (C) Authentication
Authentication is the security process that is applied to the identity of a user, devices or a system to determine their authenticity and allow access to resources. It is specifically a process of verifying credentials; typically a login name (username) and password against a database to ensure that the user is who s/he claims to be. This is known as the identity verification stage of the AAA (Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting) security scheme.
When was the famous Faisal Mosque established?
- (A) 1980
- (B) 1984
- (C) 1985
- (D) 1986
- (D) 1986
In Islamabad the well-known Faisal mosque was finally finished and inaugurated in 1986. It started being constructed in 1976 following an international competition that saw a design by Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay being chosen. Though the earliest official congregational prayers did take place in June 1988, the year 1986 is remembered as the year when the structure was completed and the then world largest mosque was completed.
A tank is 25 m long, 12 m wide and 6 m deep. The cost of plastering its wall and bottom at75 Paisa per sq. m, is:
- (A) Rs.456
- (B) Rs.558
- (C) Rs.458
- (D) Rs.568
- (B) Rs.558
“Sugarloaf” is a famous peak located in:
- (A) America
- (B) Italy
- (C) Brazil
- (D) Canada
- (C) Brazil
The mountain of sugarloaf is a famous 396-meter (1,299 ft) granite mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It sits on a peninsula on the mouth of Guanabara bay and is known due to its panorama view and the glass walled cable car system that has taken millions of people to its top since 1912.
Access database files are those with extension:
- (A) .exe
- (B) .doc
- (C) .exc
- (D) .mdb
- (D) .mdb
The extension .mdb assigned to access database files means Microsoft Database and was the standard format prior to version 2007. Current Microsoft Access (2007 and beyond) typically has an extension of .accdb, although the old and acceptable extension is still the .mdb.
Falklands Islands were recaptured by the Great Britain in:
- (A) 1980
- (B) 1981
- (C) 1982
- (D) 1983
- (C) 1982
In 1982, the Falkland Islands were captured once again by the Great Britain. After an Argentine invasion on April 2, 1982, the British forces entered the task force and managed to retake the islands, and Argentine forces surrendered on June 14, 1982.
Which is the smallest bone in the human body?
- (A) Malleus
- (B) Stapes
- (C) Incus
- (D) Femur
- (B) Stapes
The lightest and smallest bone of the human body is the stapes (also referred to as the stirrup). It is found in the middle ear, with a size of about 3 mm by 2.5 mm and weight of 2 to 4.3 mg. It is among three little bones known as auditory ossicles that collaborate to send sound vibrations along the eardrum to the inner ear.
Photosynthesis in plants takes place faster in:
- (A) Yellow light
- (B) White light
- (C) Red light
- (D) Darkness
- (C) Red light
In fact, the white light consists of all wavelengths but Red light is commonly said to be the most productive individual color in photosynthesis. This is due to the fact that red photons possess the precise energy level which most effectively excited chlorophyll molecules. The plants absorb the red light the most and hence they have the greatest quantum yield that is, the light energy is converted into chemical energy with the lowest amount of waste. Blue light is also very absorbed but it contains more energy which is normally outgassed as heat and thus, red light is the “sweet spot” in the photosynthetic process in terms of speed and efficiency.
António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, was the Prime Minister of:
- (A) Spain
- (B) Brazil
- (C) Portugal
- (D) Mexico
- (C) Portugal
Antonio Guterres was the Prime Minister of Portugal between 1995 and 2002, who was the president of the country during a time of massive economic expansion and the adoption of the Euro. Being a member of the Socialist Party, his rule was characterized by the social justice and modernization, the crisis in East Timor, which he successfully solved, promoted his international image. After spending time in the domestic politics, he switched to international leadership where he worked as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and then became the UN Secretary-General in 2017.
