Questions

Which voting method was discontinued in 2000?

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

A slight fault that can be forgiven.

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

To be deprived of a close relation or friend through their death.

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

The spectators applauded the young athlete saying that he had broken all previous records.

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

To go to somebody's head

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Inhibitor

If the angle of elevation of the top of a pillar from the ground level is raised from 30° to 60°, the length of the shadow of a pillar of height 503 will be decreased by

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

The author portrays mankind as