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 persons of good education unconsciously circumscribe themselves ___________ a small vocabulary. They have a knowledge of hundreds of desirable wordswhich they do not put _________ practical use in their speech or writing. Many, too, are conscious __________ a poverty of language, which engenders in them a senseof timidity and self-___________. The method used for building a large vocabulary has __________ been confined to the study of single words.

large vocabulary has __________ been confined

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

She nodded her

A-head, and unapologetically shrugged

B-her shoulders while pointing to the

C-fine receipt she had just handed to me

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Candid

In the following question, 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.

He had never been of a ____________ constitution, and after a little more than a week's illness he died.

Calculate the frequency (in Hz) of a sound wave of wavelength 5 m travelling with a speed of 360 m/s.

A body has a weight W on the surface of Earth. What is its weight on a planet whose mass is 15 times that of Earth and a radius that is 4 times that of the earth?

______________ scheme launched by the Central Government aims at development of rural growth clusters which have latent potential for growth.

Who created the first mechanical computer, which proved to be the prototype for future computers?