Questions

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

With time now available for leisure, my father (discover) a new side to himself

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

A fool and his money are easily parted

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No error'.
I am vexed at him (1)/ for what all he has (2)/ done for him till date. (3)/ No Error (4)

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

Implanting standards, right values, the science of good and evil are an essential part of education. Many forces thwart this to work, but two of the most serious hindrances to it are examinations and specialization. The examination system is both an opiate and a poison. It is an opiate because it lulls Man into believing that all is well when most is ill. It is a poison because it paralyses or at least slows down the natural activities of the healthy mind. Man finds himself a creature of unknown capacities in an unknown world, wants to learn what the world is like, what he should be and do in it. To help him in answering these questions is the one and only purpose of education. However, tests of progress are useful and necessary. Examinations are harmless when the examinee is indifferent to their result, but as soon as they matter, they begin to distort his attitude to education and to conceal its purpose. For disinterestedness is the essence of all good education and liberal education is impossible without it.

The purpose of education is

As per the 2016-17 Budget, the largest source of money to the Government of India is

Which one of the following countries does not have football as their national sport?

Which one of the following Articles of the Constituent of India down that no citizen can be denied the use of wells, tanks and bathing Ghats maintained out of State funds?

The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. The rate of interest per annum is?