General Knowledge Questions

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Procrastinate

According to Malthusian theory of population

In 1970, an organized resistance to the destruction of forests spread throughout India and came to be known as-? 

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Chaste

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".

New townships (has coming) up with claims of providing several amenities to the people.

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

Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering.

Which organ produces insulin?

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?