Tag: science & technology

The kidneys filter blood, removing waste products and excess substances to produce urine. Each kidney contains about a million nephrons that perform this filtration. The brain controls bodily functions, intestines digest food, and the nose is for breathing and smell.

1 foot equals 12 inches in the imperial measurement system. This is a fundamental conversion used in the US and UK for length measurement. The inch is a smaller unit, and 12 of them make up one foot.

DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc. The name reflects its multiple uses beyond just video - it can store data, audio, and video content. The other options use incorrect words like Volatile or Viable that don't match the actual expansion.

The saffron color in the Indian national flag stands for sacrifice and strength. The three colors represent different values: saffron for sacrifice, white for peace and truth, and green for prosperity and fertility. The Ashoka Chakra represents righteousness.

SMS stands for Short Message Service. It's a text messaging service component of mobile phone systems that allows sending short text messages between devices. The other options like Story or Syndication are incorrect expansions.

The Sun rises from the east and sets in the west due to Earth's west-to-east rotation. This is a fundamental fact about Earth's movement and direction. The east is where daylight first appears each morning.

Dialing 100 in India connects you to the Police emergency service. The number 101 is for Fire, 102 for Ambulance, and 108 for health emergencies. These emergency numbers vary by country, but 100 is universally recognized as police in India.

To answer this question, the user needs to know about the history of tomato and its earlier name.

Option A: Love Apple - This option is correct. The tomato was originally called "pomme d'amour" or "love apple" in French because it was believed to have aphrodisiac qualities. It was also thought to be poisonous and was mainly grown as an ornamental plant.

Option B: Red Ball - This option is incorrect. Although the tomato is round like a ball and is red in color when ripe, it was not called a "red ball" in the past.

Option C: Red Apple - This option is incorrect. The tomato was not called a "red apple" in the past, although it may resemble an apple in its shape and color.

Option D: Love Ball - This option is incorrect. The tomato was not called a "love ball" in the past.

Therefore, the answer is: A. Love Apple.

RAM stands for Random Access Memory. It allows data to be accessed in any order (randomly) rather than sequentially, and each memory location can be accessed directly in roughly the same time regardless of physical location. 'Read Access', 'Read Available', and 'Read Allocated' are incorrect expansions of the acronym.

Charles Babbage is widely regarded as the father of the computer for designing the Analytical Engine in 1837, which contained the essential elements of modern computers including an arithmetic logic unit, control flow, and memory. His Difference Engine (1822) was also a pioneering mechanical calculator. Neither White Brothers, Einstein, nor Newton contributed to computer development.