General Knowledge Questions

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

To bite the dust

Alpha particles are ___________.

Who was awarded the 2017 Padma Bhushan Award in the field of Art-Music?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Invective

Choose the most appropriate answer:Serena Williams defeated__________ to win the women’s singles title of Australian Open 2015.

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

To show approval or praise by clapping.

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 chasm ______________ the needs of the people who struggle ______________ survival, action and inaction by representatives, and lack of remedial justice has compromised representative democracy _________________. Defections from one party to another indicate _______________ of the basic obligations of representatives, even ___________ their own people starve.

even ___________ their own people starve.

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

With might and main