(HCF) of two or more given numbers is the highest (or greatest) of their common factors. It is also known as Greatest Common Divisor (GCD).... View Article
The iron obtained from blast furnace is called pig iron. It contains about 4% carbon and many other impurities like S,P,Si,Mn etc. Cast, iron,... View Article
WPA2 is a type of encryption used to secure the vast majority of Wi-Fi networks. WPA2 is an updated version of WPA that uses AES encryption and... View Article
A force acting on an object causes the object to change its shape or size, to start moving, to stop moving, to accelerate or decelerate. The... View Article
Floral appendages include sepals, petals, androecium and gynoecium that are comprises a plant. Androecium and gynoecium are essential appendages... View Article
Molecular phylogeny is a relatively new scientific discipline that involves the comparative analysis of the nucleotide sequences of genes and the... View Article
PQ is a chord of a larger circle and a tangent of a smaller circle. Tangent PQ is perpendicular to the radius at the point of contact S.... View Article
The Full form of DPAP is ‘Drought Prone Area Programme. It is the earliest area development programme launched by the Central Government in... View Article
The borax bead test is used to determine the presence of specific metals in the mineral which is under consideration. The powdered borax,... View Article
(a) A number which has only two factors is called a Prime number. (b) A number which has more than two factors is called a composite number.... View Article
Histograms are used to show distributions of variables while bar charts are used to compare variables . Histograms are particularly useful for... View Article
The acid that prevents the spreading of 'cancer cells ' is the folic acid. Folic acid helps make healthy red blood cells, which carry oxygen... View Article
The water trucks off of the leaves of lotus because their leaves have a waxy coating. The waxy surface of the lotus leaf is quite rough. When... View Article
Antibiotic is a chemical secreted by microorganisms (bacteria or fungi) that kills or hinders the growth of some kinds of bacteria. Penicillins... View Article
Assam , Gujarat and Rajasthan , which together account for more than 96 per cent of oil from onshore fields, and from the aged offshore Mumbai... View Article
Yes, Linux is an open source software. All underlying Linux source code may be used, modified, and redistributed, for business purposes or... View Article
The part of neuron that acquires information is dendrite and the part of neuron through which information travels as an electrical impulse is... View Article
Viscous force can be considered analogous to frictional force , but those have differences. Viscous forces in a fluid are proportional to the... View Article
A fundamental unit is a unit adopted for measurement of a base quantity.The fundamental unit for a particular measurable quantity is chosen by... View Article
The SI unit of resistance is ohm. One ohm is the resistance offered by a conductor when the current passing through. It is one ampere and the... View Article
