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Multiple choice general knowledge

Where is headquarters of EMC situated?

  1. Hopkinton

  2. Boston

  3. Los Angeles

  4. New York
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

EMC Corporation was headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts from its founding until its acquisition by Dell in 2016. Boston, Los Angeles, and New York are major cities but were not EMC's headquarters location.

Multiple choice general knowledge

Which command lists files in MS-DOS?

  1. cd

  2. ls

  3. dir

  4. list
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The dir command lists files and directories in MS-DOS and Windows command prompt. cd changes directories, ls is used in Unix/Linux systems (not MS-DOS), and list is not a valid MS-DOS command.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is the capacity of a standard PC floppy?

  1. 2MB

  2. 1.44KB

  3. 1.44MB

  4. 120MB
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The standard 3.5-inch High Density (HD) floppy disk, which became the industry standard for PCs in the late 1980s and 1990s, has a formatted capacity of 1.44 MB. 1.44 KB is far too small, and 120 MB refers to SuperDisks.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is downloading?

  1. Sending a file on the Internet

  2. Retrieving a file on the Internet

  3. Moving a file from a floppy

  4. Scanning a picture
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Downloading refers to retrieving data from a remote server to your local device. It is the opposite of uploading, which is sending files from your device to the Internet. Options like scanning or moving files from local media are unrelated to network transfers.

Multiple choice general knowledge

What is a cookie?

  1. Cooking software

  2. Web site

  3. Internet information file

  4. Hacker file
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

In the context of the internet, a cookie is a small text file stored on a user's computer by a web browser. it contains information to track user activity or maintain session states. It is not software, a website, or a malicious hacker file.

Multiple choice general knowledge

which country has 13 months in a year

  1. America

  2. Albania

  3. Armania

  4. Ethiopia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Ethiopia uses the Ge'ez calendar, which consists of 12 months of 30 days each, plus a 13th month (Pagume) of five or six days depending on whether it is a leap year. This makes it unique compared to the Gregorian calendar.

Multiple choice general knowledge

The Fundamental Rights of a citizen is considered to be in jeopardy when a) A seven year old child is made to work in leather factory for low wage b) An underprivileged person is not allowed to enter into a temple c) A foreigner is allowed to settle in India and he sets up his cultural unit in the territory of India d) A person(who is considered as an insurgent by law) is arrested to maintain public order during President visit anywhere in the territory of India

  1. a,b,c only

  2. a,b only

  3. a,b,c,d

  4. b only
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Child labor violates Article 24 of the Constitution (prohibition of child labor in factories). Denying temple entry to underprivileged persons violates Article 15(2) (prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, or sex). Foreigners settling and establishing cultural units is permitted under law with reasonable restrictions. Arresting an insurgent during a President's visit for maintaining public order falls under constitutionally valid preventive detention (Article 22).