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Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Where is the Sea of Tranquility?

  1. Near the Bermuda Triangle

  2. On the Moon

  3. In the Pacific Ocean

  4. In the Atlantic Ocean
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Sea of Tranquility (Mare Tranquillitatis) is a lunar mare located on the Moon's surface, not in any ocean on Earth. It was the landing site of Apollo 11, the first manned Moon mission.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The Earth is surrounded by an insulating blanket of gases which protects it from the light and heat of the Sun. This insulating layer is called the

  1. Hydrosphere

  2. Biosphere

  3. Lithosphere

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

The atmosphere is the layer of gases surrounding Earth that protects it from harmful radiation and regulates temperature. The hydrosphere refers to water, biosphere to living organisms, and lithosphere to the Earth's crust.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What does angstrom measure?

  1. Quantity of liquid

  2. Length of light waves

  3. Length of cable

  4. Speed of ships
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

An angstrom (Å) is a unit of measurement equal to 10^-10 meters, primarily used to measure the wavelength of light and atomic distances. It's not used for measuring liquid quantities, cable length, or ship speed.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What is the full form of COBOL ?

  1. Common Business Objective Language

  2. Common Business Oriented Language

  3. Common Business Oriental Language

  4. None Of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

COBOL stands for Common Business Oriented Language. It was designed for business applications. 'Oriental' is incorrect, and 'Objective' doesn't fit the language's purpose.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Which is the first object- oriented programming language with an integrated user interface, overlapping windows, integrated documents, and cut & paste editor ?

  1. SmallTalk

  2. C++

  3. Ruby

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

SmallTalk was the first object-oriented programming language with an integrated graphical user interface featuring overlapping windows, integrated documents, and cut & paste editing. C++ and Ruby came later, and Jade doesn't match these pioneering features.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What was Java Script was originally known as ?

  1. BeansScript

  2. SunScript

  3. LiveScript

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

JavaScript was originally developed by Netscape under the name LiveScript in 1995. It was renamed to JavaScript shortly before release as a marketing move to capitalize on the popularity of Java. The name change caused ongoing confusion between the two unrelated languages.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

Who developed PERL ?

  1. Larry Wirth

  2. Bill Gates

  3. Narayan Murthy

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

Perl was created by Larry Wall in 1987 as a general-purpose Unix scripting language for text processing and system administration. The name Perl is an acronym for "Practical Extraction and Reporting Language." Wall designed it to combine features from C, sed, awk, and shell scripting.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What was C++ originally called as ?

  1. C with structures

  2. C with classes

  3. C in addition to classes

  4. C in addition to structures
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

C++ was developed by Bjarne Stroustrup starting in 1979, originally called "C with Classes" because it added object-oriented features like classes to the C language. The name "C++" was coined later, playing on the increment operator in C to suggest it's an enhancement or "next version" of C.

Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What does BASIC stand for ?

  1. Beginner All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

  2. Beginners' All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code

  3. Beginners' All Purpose Simple Instructions Code

  4. Beginner All Purpose Simple Instruction Cheats
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

BASIC stands for "Beginners' All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code" and was designed at Dartmouth College in 1964 to make programming accessible to non-science students. The possessive "Beginners'" (with apostrophe) is grammatically correct in the official name. It became one of the most widely taught languages.