Questions

Q:

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

 

In the passage, it is stated that "friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood." What does it convey?

 

A) friends and enemies forgot their differences. B) both suffered similarly.
C) both started liking each other. D) war made people hate each other.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) both suffered similarly.

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1274
Q:

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

 


All art is, in an important sense, an escape. There is a sense in which the capacity to escape from his present experience, to use his accumulated consciousness of the past to project a vision of the future, is man's greatest and distinguishing ability. We must not forget the force of Aristotle's argument that poetry is valuable precisely because it shows men not simply as they are, but as they ought to be or (in terms more sympathetic to us today) as they are capable of becoming.

 


According to the author, all art is

 

A) a reflection of life. B) art
C) an escape D) an important sense.
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) an escape

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , GRE , TOEFL

0 1274
Q:

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

 

This is Hrithik Roshan’s autograph, ______?

 

 

A) hasn’t it   B) hasn’t he  
C) isn’t he   D) isn’t it
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: D) isn’t it

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams , CAT , GRE , TOEFL

0 1274
Q:

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

 

A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion

 

A) Oration   B) Reticent  
C) Bashful   D) Taciturn
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: A) Oration  

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1274
Q:

Find the similarity among the following: Makar Sankranthi, Pongal, Lohri, Baisakhi

A) All are festivals of North India B) All are names of harvest festivals
C) All are festivals celebrated in the month of January D) There is no similarity at all
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) All are names of harvest festivals

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Indian Economy

0 1274
Q:

Which one of the following is a cation?

A) Carbonate B) Nitrate
C) Ammonium D) Hydroxide
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Ammonium

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Chemistry
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

2 1273
Q:

What is commonly known as 'white plague'?

A) Typhoid B) Malaria
C) Tuberculosis D) Plague
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: C) Tuberculosis

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: Biology
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

3 1273
Q:

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.


No sooner did the sun rise (1)/ when we resumed the journey (2)/ after having a hasty breakfast. (3)/ No Error (4)

A) 1 B) 2
C) 3 D) 4
 
Answer & Explanation Answer: B) 2

Explanation:
Report Error

View Answer Report Error Discuss

Filed Under: English
Exam Prep: Bank Exams

0 1273