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Which is termed as the fastest Computer in the World recently in June 2020? (As reported on 15 July 2020)
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C. Fugaku
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In the race for the most powerful computers, Fugaku, a Japanese supercomputer, recently beat American and Chinese machines. China and the United States are locked in a contest to develop the world’s most powerful computers. Now a massive machine in Japan has topped them both. A long-awaited supercomputer called Fugaku, installed in the city of Kobe by the government-sponsored Riken institute, took first place in a twice-yearly speed ranking that was released on Monday. The Japanese machine carried out 2.8 times more calculations a second than an IBM system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, which Fugaku bumped to second place in the so-called Top500 list.
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D. USA and Morocco
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D. 4
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4 is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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A. Kentucky
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B. Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde
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Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.
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B. 8th
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A. Simona Halep
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C. Australia
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The Indian team finished with a total of 36/9 in the second innings of the first Test against Australia at the Adelaide Oval. It was the team’s lowest-ever total in their 88-year history of Test cricket.
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D. North Korea
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North Korea claimed Friday to have tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone designed to generate a gigantic “radioactive tsunami” that would destroy naval strike groups and ports. Analysts were skeptical that the device presents a major new threat, but the test underlines the North’s commitment to raising nuclear threats.
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C. Algeria
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Algeria is the correct answer. Review the question and compare it with the other choices to remember this fact for future exams.