General Knowledge Questions

Who is the only Indian cricketer to have received the Polly Umrigar award 3 times?

On what day World Day for Audiovisual Heritage is observed

Through which continents does the equator pass

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

A monthly contribution by the boy's elder brother (have made) this move possible.

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

to cause a process or action to begin

The Ibadat Khana was a meeting house built by which Mughal Emperor?

Which of the following was not done during the time of Lord Curzon?

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.

_____________ nearly eight decades, the women's movement __________ and debated the desirability and feasibility of a Uniform Civil Code, and has ended up ___________ a simple question — what is the value of uniformity? Is it for the "integrity of the nation" that uniformity in laws is required, as some judicial pronouncements ___________? If so, who exactly is the beneficiary? Which sections of people benefit from "integrity of the nation", that abstract entity which is not exactly _______ the top of your mind as your husband throws you out on the street?

_____________ nearly eight decades