General Knowledge Questions

What is called the hot dry local winds blowing in the northern part of Alps mountain?

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

My sister will bake a dozen cakes for the fair.

Dnyaneshwar was a 13th­century Marathi saint who wrote the Dnyaneshwari, which is a commentary on the _______________.

The common name of sodium tetraborate decahydrate is _____.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

He writes a poem everyday for her.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

He said, "I will go to Mumbai someday next month."

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.

To know ______ reality, the powers of the mind need to be turned back upon itself. With concentration, the mind can ______ its innermost secrets, just as the darkest places reveal their secrets to the penetrating rays of light. We can then ______ soul truths, whether life exists for five minutes or for ______, and whether there is a God. To go beyond the mind and our present reality, we need to use the mind itself as a tool. Patanjali, in his Hatha Yoga Pradipika, stated, “Yoga is the ______ of the modifications of the mind.”

the mind can ______ its innermost

If speed of rotation of the earth increases, the weight of the body