General Knowledge Questions

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

Allay

In the following items, each passage consists of six sentences. The first and the sixth sentence are given in the beginning as S1 and S6. The middle four sentences in each have been removed and jumbled up. These are labeled P, Q, R and S. You are required to find out the proper sequence of the four sentences and mark your response accordingly on the Answer Sheet.

S1 :The boy felt his way up the creaking stairs through thick darkness.
S6:He was just telling himself he was safe when the door was flung open and the gaunt old man grabbed his shoulder.
P:All he had to do was just get past the central door on the landing.
Q:He stopped as the great clock below whined for a few seconds and gave out a single, solemn stroke.
R:His eyes were raised to the faint moonlight that shone above the landing.
S:He hesitated as the sound died down and then crept on, thinking that if they could sleep through that, they would sleep through any noise he could make.

The proper sequence should be 

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.
Atonement for one's sins

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.
All agog

According to Census 2011, which one of the following is the correct sequence of States in decreasing order of their total size of population?

Which category of compound is most concentrated energy source?

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Which bulb operates on lowest power?