General Knowledge Questions

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

In the ancient world all of France and Belgium and parts of Netherlands, Switzerland and Germany made up one political entity. Which one?

As a sailor jumps in the forward direction, the boat moves backwards. This example illustrates Newton's :

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 news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

the deal-makers _________ the criminals,

In a transformer the tappings are generally provided on

An earthquake of magnitude 6 on Richter scale has ______________ times more destructive energy than an earthquake of magnitude 4.

A bound collection of maps is called ___________.

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

to impose something unwelcome on