Questions

In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Plaudit

Who discovered sea route to India?

Sir Charles Wilkins is known and remembered for which of the following translations?

The latitudes of main land of India extends between __________.

The largest gland of the human body is

Which gas is released when water is added to bleaching powder?

Benzene is ______ in ethyl alcohol.