Know Your World - 15


1. Ozone layer maintained in proper nature could restrict ___

Ultraviolet radiation

2. Important cause of global warming is discharge of ___

Chlorofluorocarbons

3. Largest potential of nonconventional energy may be found in ___

Solar power

4. ‘CAD’ programme in computer is associated with ___

Designs

5. ‘DTP’ programme is highly helpful for ___

Publishers

6. To improve computer functioning initial research activities were done mostly by ___

IBM

7. How many digits are associated with Binary code in computer system ___

2

8. ‘Bit’ an abbreviation of binary digit may be ___

Any one from 0 and 1

9. Computer chips are mainly made of ___

Silicon

10. The stored memory of which cannot be changed in normal computer operation?

ROM

11. By which company personal computer named ‘Macintosh’ was marketed in 1984?

Apple

12. ‘Silicon Valley’ an important computer related manufacturing zone is in___

USA

13. Country having highest volume of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) jobs in the present world is ___

India

14. On which information cannot be written by the computer operator?

ROM

15. Around how many Bytes may be there within a ‘Megabyte’?

10 lakh

16. In Binary system 15 is coded as ___

1111

17. In computer system ‘pixels’ refer to ___

Dots

18. The most commonly used High Density (HD) floppy diskette in modern computer has got radius of ___

5 inches

19. ‘Nichrome’ wire used in electric heater has got no mixture of ___

Copper

20. In electric candle the burning wire is kept inside a bag made of ___

Mica

21. The density of air in relation to the density of hydrogen is ___

4 times

22. Phosphoric acid is ___

Tribasic

23. Scientist Sandwick discovered ___

Neutron

24. Oxygen may be converted into Solid state at a temperature of ___

-219° C

25. Water mixture of which is not an electrolyte?

Sugar

26. Xray cannot penetrate through ___

Lead

27. The normal cholestrol level in human blood is ___

200 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl) (which are considered desirable for adults)

28. Galvanisation of iron is carried out using ___

Bath of molten zinc

29. Uranium eventually decays into a stablle isotope of ___

Lead

30. The tip of the match stick contains ___

potassium chlorate (Safety matches ignite due to the extreme reactivity of phosphorus with the potassium chlorate in the match head)