General Knowledge Questions

__________ writ is issued by a higher court (High Court or Supreme Court) when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its jurisdiction.

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.

In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________ a promise from his ____________, assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an _______________ journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus _____________. Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern­day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India's constitutional context, an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

he returned from an _______________ journey.

Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the year

Rashtrapati Bhavan was built in _________.

Which one of the following non­metals shows allotropy in the liquid state?

Grevillea Robusta is the scientific name of _______.

Which of the following country is not a member of SAARC?

Read each sentence to find out whether there is any error in any underlined part and indicate your response in the Answer Sheet against the corresponding letter i.e., (a) or (b) or (c). If you find no error, your response should be indicated as (d).