Tag: softskills

A knoll is a small hill or mound, typically rounded in shape. This geographical term refers specifically to a small elevation in the landscape. The other options refer to people (short man, clown, serious person) and are unrelated.

Meager means lacking in quantity, quality, or substance (scanty, insufficient). The other three words - Astute, Shrewd, and Wise - all describe intelligence, sharpness, or good judgment. Meager is the odd one as it relates to insufficiency rather than mental acuity.

Ambidextrous describes a person able to use both hands with equal skill and ease. The prefix 'ambi-' means both or on both sides, and 'dexterous' means skillful with the hands. Option A has a typo (Ambiduxtrous), while Antidextrous and Amphidextrous are not correct English words.

Abrogate means to repeal, annul, or cancel something formally, especially a law or authority. It comes from Latin 'abrogare' meaning to repeal a law. The correct answer is 'to cancel by authority.' The other options are incorrect - abrogate has nothing to do with approving, going abroad, or granting power.

A raconteur is a person who tells stories skillfully and wittily. The word comes from French 'raconter' meaning to recount or narrate. The other options are incorrect: Sacrelegist relates to sacrilege, Jingoist refers to extreme patriotism, and Atavist relates to evolutionary traits returning.

Silicon is a semiconductor and the primary material used in the fabrication of Integrated Circuits (ICs) because of its stable electrical properties. Lead, chromium, and gold are metals used in various electronic components but not as the base substrate for the chip itself.

In binary computing, 1 Kilobyte equals 1024 bytes (2^10 bytes). This is based on powers of 2 rather than powers of 10. While 'kilo' means 1000 in metric systems, in digital storage it means 1024. Option A (1000 bytes) is the common misconception but technically incorrect in computing.

Microsoft Office XP is an office suite of productivity applications, not an operating system. Windows 98, BSD Unix, and Red Hat Linux are all operating systems.

One Gigabyte is approximately 1 billion bytes (1000,000,000 bytes). In decimal systems, giga means 10^9 or one billion. While in binary computing 1 GB = 1024^3 bytes (approximately 1.07 billion), the question uses 'approximately' and asks for the decimal interpretation, making one billion bytes the best answer.

The odd one out is Internet. Linux, Unix, and Windows are all operating systems. The Internet is a global network of computers, not an operating system. Note: Option D has a typo (WIndows should be Windows), but this doesn't affect the answer.