General Knowledge Questions

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

Cut corners

If an object is placed at the center of curvature of a concave mirror, then the image formed will be

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

Up a blind alley

What is a Pepper plant ?

Who appoints the members of the State Public Service Commission ?

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.

___________ it became difficult to empirically prove that children __________ better in private schools, the attack __________ a new weapon: per unit cost of learning outcomes. Most of the learning outcome researches almost _______________ fail to understand the entire ______________ of education in any depth and reduces it to learning of so­called 3Rs for economic purposes.

Most of the learning outcome researches almost _______________ fail to understand

___________ is a typically one­celled, reproductive unit capable of giving rise to a new individual without sexual fusion.

What is called the maximum distance from the Sun in a planet in its orbit?