Explanation

• Date Signed: 10 January 1966
• Place: Tashkent, Soviet Union (now Uzbekistan)

Signatories:

• Ayub Khan – President of Pakistan
• Lal Bahadur Shastri – Prime Minister of India
• Alexei Kosygin – Premier of USSR (mediator)

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• In a database, columns are called Fields or Attributes.
• A field represents a single type of data in a table (like Name, Age).
• Each column stores a specific attribute of records.
• Fields define the structure of the database table.

Additional information:

• In a database, rows are called Records or Tuples.

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• Alan Turing is known as the father of Computer Science.
• He is known for his foundational work in computing theory.
• He introduced key ideas of algorithms and machine computation.
• His work contributed to the development of modern computers and artificial intelligence (AI).
• He also played an important role in World War II code-breaking efforts.

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• The Turing Test was introduced by Alan Turing in 1950.
• It is used to check machine intelligence.
• It is based on whether a machine can imitate human conversation.
• If a human cannot distinguish machine from human, the machine is considered intelligent.
• This idea was presented in his paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”.

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Explanation

• The Turing Test was introduced by Alan Turing in 1950.
• It is used to check machine intelligence.
• It is based on whether a machine can imitate human conversation.
• If a human cannot distinguish machine from human, the machine is considered intelligent.
• This idea was presented in his paper “Computing Machinery and Intelligence”.

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• William Harvey discovered the circulation of blood in 1628.
• He was the first physician to completely describe systemic blood circulation.
• Famous book: De Motu Cordis (On the Motion of the Heart and Blood) (1628)
• He is known as the Father of Circulation of Blood.

Additional information:

• Birth: 1578
• Death: 1657

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• The Kiel Canal in Germany connects the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.
• Length: About 98 km
• Traffic: ~25,000–30,000 ships per year
• Opened: 1895
• Alternative name: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal

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Explanation

• The Kiel Canal in Germany connects the Baltic Sea with the North Sea.
• Length: About 98 km
• Traffic: ~25,000–30,000 ships per year

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• Mount Logan has an elevation of 5,959 meters (19,551 feet) above sea level.
• It is the highest mountain in Canada.
• It is located in the Yukon territory of Canada.
• It is the second-highest peak in North America after Denali.
• It was named after William Edmond Logan.
• Its highest point is 5,959 meters (19,551 feet) above sea level.
• First ascent: 1925

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Explanation

BRICS has 11 full member countries after the inclusion of Indonesia in 2025.

1. Brazil
2. Russia
3. India
4. China
5. South Africa
6. Egypt
7. Ethiopia
8. Iran
9. Saudi Arabia
10. United Arab Emirates (UAE)
11. Indonesia

Additional information:

• BRICS is a grouping of major emerging economies for economic and political cooperation.
• Founded: 2006 (first BRIC grouping)
• Headquarters: Shanghai, China (New Development Bank)
• First Summit Host: Russia (2009)
• South Africa joined: 2010

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