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Which of the following statements regarding the kernel and shell of an Operating System is correct?
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- 1A kernel is the heart of the Operating System, which allocates time and memory to programs and handles communication and file storage. Shell is the interface between the user and the kernel.✓
- 2A kernel is the central processing unit. Shell is the GUI for the system.
- 3A kernel is an operating system e.g., Windows, Linux etc. Shell is the application that runs on the system e.g., Calculator, web browsers etc.
- 4None of the above
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A kernel is the heart of the Operating System, which allocates time and memory to programs and handles communication and file storage. Shell is the interface between the user and the kernel.
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