General Knowledge Questions

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According to Article 80 of Indian Constitution, Rajya Sabha can have a maximum strength of 250 members. Out of these 250 members how many are representatives of States and Union Territories?

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.

So, in asking you to consider the processes of reasoning we are ________ assuming that you never have reasoned--_________ the contrary we are fully aware that you in connection __________ every other person, have reasoned all your mature life. That is not the question. While everyone reasons, the fact is __________ true that the majority of persons reason incorrectly. Many persons reason ______________ lines far from correct and scientific, and suffer therefor and thereby.

have reasoned--_________ the contrary we

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

Scurrility

Who was the first Indian astronomer to calculate the time taken by earth to orbit the sun?

___________________ is defined as the force acting per unit current per unit length on a wire placed at right angles to the magnetic field.

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

beating around the bush

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

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