Questions

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.

Many a travelogue I read nowadays are about how the traveller went on a road less travelled ___________ some off-the-track trek or to an unknown destination or simply into the wild. How no internet ________________ is what you need to reconnect with yourself! How leaving your watch and phone __________ and going into the world of no check-ins and no updates would bring you solitude! These write-ups are laced with adjectives describing the geography of the region and filled with__________ details of the author’s days in that remote place. And, ironically, they all end with a strange advice to travel, and tell no one. I beg to _________.

and filled with __________ details of the author’s

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

Against the clock

Who propounded the homeopathic principle of 'like cures like'?

Who was the American astronaut who returned to Earth after spending 340 days in International Space Station?

Which country has replaced Saudi Arabia for the first time to become India's top crude oil supplier in the current fiscal year?

What is the resistance (in Ω) of an electrical component if a current of 0.2 A passes through it on application of 8 V of potential difference across it?

Which among the following is not an environment friendly mode of producing electricity?

In Indian Constitution, ______ contains provisions related to Anti-defection law.