Questions

In January 2018, ‘Swachh Survekshan 2018’ was launched. It will rank how many cities on the National level which have more than 1 lakh population?

Mechanical energy is equal to

Which of the following physical quantities changes or tends to change the state of rest or of uniform motion of a body in a straight line?

On 17 October 2017, who launched the online Campaign ‘women for women : #IAmThatWomen’ to end gender bias?

On 2 January 2018, who launched the ‘NARI’ portal in New Delhi to provide important information about Government schemes?

In 2017, which Indian scientist was honoured with the Living Legend Award by the International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) for stellar contributions in the area of nutrition?

Who has been appointed as first-ever Ombudsman (Ethics officer) of BCCI?

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.

Left to itself, then, attention _____________ obeys natural laws and follows the line of least resistance. _______________ far the larger portion of our attention is of this type. Thought often runs on hour after hour when we are neither conscious of effort _____________ struggle to compel us to cease thinking about this thing and begin thinking about _________. Indeed, it may be doubted ___________ this is not the case with some persons for days at a time, instead of hours. The things that present themselves to the mind are the things which occupy it; the character of the thought is determined by the character of our interests.

conscious of effort _____________ struggle to compel