Questions

There are usually three Parliamentary sessions in India, viz, the Budget session, the Monsoon session and _______.

What is the name of the scheme for the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) beneficiaries launched in Delhi region?

Which of the following is not a voluntary action?

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

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

Sunita will bake two dozen cupcakes for the bake sale.

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.

This was enough ___________ the book store-owner-turned librarian Husain to asses its valuable contents. "The preface of the book read: 'painters __________ technical knowledge to paint, but lack to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece," points out Husain, adding, "All I ______________ in my life is about books and from books. The grand library ___________ the palace is a cache of knowledge."

to understand nature, ______________ they fail to create a masterpiece

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.

Part of what a man learns will measurable (1)/ as specific knowledge and skills, while (2)/ another part involves changes. (3)/ No error(4)

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: All these ensure that the world we live in grows a new skin every few years.
Q: These influences do, of course, work on humankind but they have the greatest impact on that section of society which is on the threshold of discovery-discovery of the self, of life and of living.
R: The life and times of two generations cannot be identical or even similar, thanks to modern research, progress in science, faster and easier communications and even distasteful things like inflation and population explosion.
S: These changes in due course affect our thinking and influence our attitudes, expectations, behavioural patterns and values.