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A)
Indian Space Research Organisation, Bangalore
B)
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
C)
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
D)
Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi

Correct Answer : Option (B) - Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune

Pratyush and Mihir are the supercomputers established at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune and National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (NCMRWF), Noida respectively. As of January 2018, Pratyush and Mihir are the fastest supercomputer in India with a maximum speed of 6.8 PetaFlops at a total cost of INR 438.9 Crore. The system was inaugurated by Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for science and technology, on 8 January 2018.The word 'Pratyush' (Hindi: प्रत्युष) defines the rising sun.
 
 
Pratyush and Mihir are two High Performance Computing (HPC) units. They are located at two government institutes, one being 4.0 PetaFlops unit at IITM, Pune and another 2.8 PetaFlops unit at the National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF), Noida. They provide a combined output of 6.8 PetaFlops

A)
web browser
B)
processor
C)
programming language
D)
graphical user interface

Correct Answer : Option (A) - web browser

Netscape Navigator was a proprietary web browser, and the original browser of the Netscape line, from versions 1 to 4.08, and 9.x. It was the flagship product of the Netscape Communications Corp and was the dominant web browser in terms of usage share in the 1990s, but by around 2003 its use had almost disappeared.

A)
Indian Service Digital Network
B)
International Service Digital network
C)
Internal Service Digital Network
D)
Integrated Service Digital Network

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Integrated Service Digital Network

ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network is a circuit-switched telephone network system that transmits both data and voice over a digital line. ... These digital lines could be copper lines.

A)
Virtual space
B)
Virtual device
C)
Virtual computer
D)
All of the above

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Virtual computer

A)
PASCAL
B)
Java
C)
C++
D)
Python

Correct Answer : Option (A) - PASCAL

Pascal is an imperative and procedural programminglanguage designed in 1968/1969 and published in 1970by Nicklaus Wirth as a small and efficient languageintended to encourage good programming practicesusing structured programming and data structuring

A)
DOS
B)
OS-2
C)
UNIX
D)
Windows

Correct Answer : Option (B) - OS-2

OS-2 operating systems is produced by IBM. It also created it's own version of DOS called PC-DOS.

A)
Optical
B)
Eclectric
C)
Magnetic
D)
Mechanical

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Optical

Compact disc (CD) is a digital optical disc data storage format that was co-developed by Philips and Sony and released in 1982. The format was originally developed to store and play only sound recordings (CD-DA) but was later adapted for storage of data (CD-ROM).

A)
Escape key
B)
Shift key
C)
Return key
D)
Enter key

Correct Answer : Option (D) - Enter key

A)
Microsoft Word
B)
Google Docs
C)
Microsoft Excel
D)
IBM Lotus Symphony

Correct Answer : Option (C) - Microsoft Excel

A)
Garbage Collection
B)
Index pointer
C)
Stack pointer
D)
File system

Correct Answer : Option (A) - Garbage Collection

Garbage collection involves traversing the entire file system, marking everything that can be accessed.