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.

And then, a few glorious minutes ______________, it was time to reluctantly head ashore. ____________ time, the strokes were more fluid, the movements more relaxed. I turned back one last time ____________ hello to a clown fish, the reason why I came to the Andamans. As I watched, it played hide-and-seek _________ a sea anemone, before frisking away. Suddenly, I realised a kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.

kinship with the blue waters ___________ the Bay of Bengal.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. These sentences, when properly sequenced form a coherent paragraph. Select the most logical order of sentences from among the options.

P: While it is good to see SEBI taking a serious view of leaks and initiating suo motu action, bringing the perpetrators to book through such old-fashioned methods 0may be an uphill task.
Q: But recent episodes of suspected insider trading through WhatsApp groups, in which analysts shared prescient tip-offs about upcoming results for top listed companies, reveals that the framework remains porous.
R: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) have lately redoubled their efforts to put in place a water-tight governance framework for listed firms.
S: Initiating a probe into this episode, SEBI has interrogated analysts, conducted raids on stock brokers and deployed search-and-seizure powers to confiscate laptops and mobile phones.

Upon winning Wimbledon Women's Tennis Tournament 2016, Serena Williams equalled record 22 Grand Slam wins of

The International Cricket Council (ICC), the international governing body of Cricket founded by 1909 by

Choose the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

A shop keeper earns a profit of 12% on selling a book at 10% discount on the printed price. The ratio of cost price to the printed price of the book is

Two circles of same radius intersect each other at P and Q. If the length of the common chord is 30 cm and distance between the centres of the two circlesis 40 cm, then what is the radius (in cm) of the circles?

The demand for a inferior good increases with ________ in the consumer's income.