General Knowledge Questions

Panchayati Raj system is based on the principle of

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

Melancholy

___________ allows searching for information and computing derived information.

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.

Oats are cut shortly before reaching _______________, when they are known as oat­hay.

Alkenes were earlier known as ______.

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

Back to the drawing board

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

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

The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.

and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of ______ family.