Questions

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

Sustenance

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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

increasingly _____________, illogical, and

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

The criminal changed his name to an ___________ in order to elude the police.

Which of the following caused radioactive pollution along the coast of Kerala?

Leeuwenhoek discovered the free living cells for the first time in ______.

Who is called the Frontier Gandhi?

A batsman in his 12th innings makes a score of 120, and thereby increase his average by 5. The average score after 12th innings is

Barometer was invented by