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.

But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________? One popular theory ____________ that poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so. Intimidation occurs for sure but why then, voters in places where there is no intimidation do so? Another theory is that people vote in return for _____________. But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections and voters do not feel any obligation to vote for those handing out freebies. In fact, they often accept the goodies from allparties but vote for only one.

poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so.

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

"Trade unions" is listed in the __________ list given in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India.

Who has been appointed as the Governor of Assam as of March 2018?

Find the potential energy gained by a body of mass 50 kg, if it is raised by 10m. (use g = 10 m/s2)

In the following questions, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Language, they say, is the _____ through which human beings perceive the world. If so, English is perhaps the most _____ lens through which to see animals. It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl. The very word “animal” can _____ the brutish and the sensual. Animal _____ imply baseness and vulgarity.
It has _____ a cross eyed view of birds, beasts, fish and fowl.

Which enzyme has been used by scientists of Massachusetts Institute of Technology to induce plants to give off dim light?

A commodity market has a _________ structure, if there is one seller of the commodity, the commodity has no substitute, and entry into the industry by another firm is prevented.