General Knowledge Questions

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.

Many persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

large vocabulary has __________ been confined

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".

Husband (have retired) from service and the daughters had left home to pursue their dreams.

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (1674–1680 AD) was the ruler of which dynasty?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

Master of ceremonies

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

Courteousness and refinement of manner.

Ajanta and Ellora caves are situated in which state of India?

__________ is the number of individuals of the population who left the habitat and gone elsewhere during the time period under consideration.

According to the Second Law of Motion, for a given force, acceleration is inversely proportional to the ____ of an object.