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  • Consider the following statements with respect to Bitcoins or 'cryptocurrencies' as they are commonly known; I. Bitcoin is a decentralized electronic payment system II. Only a finite number of bitcoins can be created by miners III. Bitcoins are indivisible units of currency IV. Every single bitcoin transaction is recorded in a ledger called the blockchain. Which of the above statements are correct?


  • Options
  • A. (i), (ii) and (iii)
  • B. (i), (iii) and (iv)
  • C. (i), (ii) and (iv)
  • D. (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv)

  • Correct Answer
  • (i), (ii) and (iv) 

    Explanation

    A software developer called Satoshi Nakamoto proposed bitcoin, which was an electronic payment system based on mathematical proof. The idea was to produce a currency independent of any central authority, transferable electronically, more or less instantly, with very low transaction fees. Bitcoin?s most important characteristic, and the thing that makes it different to conventional money, is that it is decentralized. Bitcoin is created digitally, by a community of people that anyone canjoin. Bitcoins are ?mined?, using computing power in a distributed network.This network also processes transactions made with the virtual currency, effectively making bitcoin its own payment network.The bitcoin protocol ?the rules that make bitcoin work ?say that only 21 million bitcoins can ever be created by miners. However, these coins can be divided into smaller parts (the smallest divisible amount is one hundred millionth of a bitcoin and is called a ?Satoshi?, after the founder of bitcoin). Bitcoin stores details of every single transaction that ever happened in the network in a huge version of a general ledger, called the blockchain.


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    • 1. In which of the following sequences the change in quantity of money leads to change in price level in the Keynesian models?


    • Options
    • A. Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in rate of interest - change in price level
    • B. Change in quantity of money - change in employment and output - change in investment - change in the rate of interest - change in price level
    • C. Change in quantity of money - change in investment - change in rate of interest - change in employment and output - change in price level
    • D. Change in quantity of money - change in rate of interest - change in investment - change in employment and output - change in price level
    • Discuss
    • 2. Deep blue colour is imparted to glass by the presence of

    • Options
    • A. cupric oxide
    • B. nickel oxide
    • C. cobalt oxide
    • D. iron oxide
    • Discuss
    • 3. Which device can be used to store charge?

    • Options
    • A. Transistor
    • B. Diode
    • C. Capacitor
    • D. Resistor
    • Discuss
    • 4. Where did India play its 1st one day international cricket match?

    • Options
    • A. Lords
    • B. Headingley
    • C. Taunton
    • D. The Oval
    • Discuss
    • 5. Who has scored the most Test hundreds ever?

    • Options
    • A. Steve Waugh
    • B. Sachin Tendulkar
    • C. Shane Warne
    • D. Sunil Gavaskar
    • Discuss
    • 6. The tide produced when the moon and the sun are at right angles to the earth, thus pulling in opposite directions, is called

    • Options
    • A. neap tide
    • B. spring tide
    • C. diurnal tide
    • D. ebb tide
    • Discuss
    • 7. We hear of two envoys being sent to the Roman kings, one in 27-28 AD to the court of Augustus and the other in 110-20 AD to the court of


    • Options
    • A. Cartius
    • B. Trajan
    • C. Nero
    • D. Brutus
    • Discuss
    • 8. The president can expend out of the Contingency Fund of India


    • Options
    • A. only with the approval of the Parliament
    • B. without the approval of the Parliament
    • C. only in the case of the national calamities
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 9. The pre-requisite for the enforcement of directive principles of the state policy is


    • Options
    • A. an effective, hones government
    • B. socialist government
    • C. active opposition
    • D. adequate resources
    • Discuss
    • 10. The minimum age of the voter in India is


    • Options
    • A. 15 years
    • B. 18 years
    • C. 21 years
    • D. 25 years
    • Discuss


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