General Knowledge Questions

The General Anti-Avoidance Rule introduced in the 2012-13 budget speech by the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was finally implemented on ..............

Where was paper invented?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Hearsay

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.

______ great was achieved by an individual without enthusiasm and interest.

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'.

Rehana had everything(A)/beauties, a good figure,(B)/and a sweet personality.(C)/No issue(D)

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

By the seat of one's pants

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

To bite off more than one can chew

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is correct

1. A traveller had spent many a year in Africa.
P."How did you manage it?" asked one of his friends, greatly impressed.
Q. On his return home, he narrated his adventures to his friends.
R. "Oh, it was nothing", replied the traveller.
S. "When I was in El Doab", he said, "I made fifty Arabs run!"
6. "I ran, and they ran after me!"