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Q: When did India's first paperless newspaper The News Today start? 6978 0

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    23 January 2003
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    13 January 2001
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    3 January 2001
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    9 January 2002
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Answer : 3. "3 January 2001"

Q: If the true discount on sum due 2 years hence at 14% per annum be Rs. 168, the sum due is ? 6977 7

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    Rs.948
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    Rs.876
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    Rs.768
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    Rs.658
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Answer : 3. "Rs.768"
Explanation :

Answer: C) Rs.768 Explanation: P.W. = 100×T.DR×T = 100×16814×2 = 600. Sum = (P.W. + T.D.) = Rs. (600 + 168) = Rs. 768.

Q:

Identify the part of the sentence that has an error:
I couldn't able to ask my dad permission to watch a movie.

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    I couldn't able
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    to ask my dad
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    permission to
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    watch a movie.
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Answer : 1. "I couldn't able"

Q: Which of the following is a true statement about Intranet and Internet ? 6952 0

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    Encryption is necessary
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    They use similar protocol
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    Speed is slow
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    They use the same protocol
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Answer : 4. "They use the same protocol"
Explanation :

Answer: D) They use the same protocol Explanation:

Q: A boat takes 19 hours for travelling downstream from point A to point B and coming back to a point C which is at midway between A and B. If the velocity of the stream is 4 kmph and the speed of the boat in still water is 14 kmph, what is the distance between A and B ? 6946 1

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    180 km
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    160 km
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    140 km
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    120 km
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Answer : 1. "180 km"
Explanation :

Answer: A) 180 km Explanation: Speed in downstream = (14 + 4) km/hr = 18 km/hr; Speed in upstream = (14 – 4) km/hr = 10 km/hr. Let the distance between A and B be x km. Then, x/18 + (x/2)/10 = 19 ⇔ x/18 + x/20 = 19 ⇒ x = 180 km.

Q: I travel 20 miles towards north and then travel 25 miles eastward. I then travel 40 miles rightwards, then travel 30 miles towards left and then travels 12 miles to the left and finally 20 miles northwards. How far am i pproximately from my original destination and in what direction ? 6945 0

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    20 miles towards south
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    13 miles towards south-west
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    12 miles towards east
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    13 miles towards north-east
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Answer : 2. "13 miles towards south-west"
Explanation :

Answer: B) 13 miles towards south-west Explanation:  Using pythagorus rule,   x2=122+52  --> x = 13

Q: What has a spine but no bones? 6942 0

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    Mirror
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    Book
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    Table
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    None of the above
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Answer : 2. "Book"
Explanation :

Answer: B) Book Explanation: A book has a spine to hold all the pages, but it has no bones.

Q:

The super computer ‘PARAM’ was developed by

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    TATA
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    IIT-Kharagpur
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    IIT-Kanpur
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    C-DAC
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Answer : 4. "C-DAC"
Explanation :

The supercomputer 'PARAM' was developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), so the correct answer is:

(D) C-DAC

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