QUES: There is an environmental program, called Hoy No Circula ("Today Does Not Run", or "One Day without a Car"), whereby vehicles that have not passed emissions testing are restricted from circulating on certain days according to the ending digit of their license plates; this in an attempt to cut down on pollution and traffic congestion. While in 2003, the program still restricted 40% of vehicles in the metropolitan area, with the adoption of stricter emissions standards in 2001 and 2006, in practice, these days most vehicles are exempt from the circulation restrictions as long as they pass regular emissions tests.

How can cars get exempt from the restrictions?
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ANS: pass regular emissions tests
QUES: Catalan has inherited the typical vowel system of Vulgar Latin, with seven stressed phonemes: /a e i o u/, a common feature in Western Romance, except Spanish. Balearic has also instances of stressed //. Dialects differ in the different degrees of vowel reduction, and the incidence of the pair / e/.

Where does Catalan get its vowel system?
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ANS: Vulgar Latin
QUES: The first record of the existence of a settlement at Plymouth was in the Domesday Book in 1086 as Sudtone, Saxon for south farm, located at the present day Barbican. From Saxon times, it was in the hundred of Roborough. In 1254 it gained status as a town and in 1439, became the first town in England to be granted a Charter by Parliament. Between 1439 and 1934, Plymouth had a Mayor. In 1914 the county boroughs of Plymouth and Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse merged to form a single county borough of Plymouth. Collectively they were referred to as "The Three Towns".

In what year did Parliament bestow a Charter on Plymouth?
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ANS:
1439