General Knowledge Questions

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

"............ as well a touching inducement to marry." Here inducement means

Light travels fastest in

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.

As the improvement in his situation was ______________, the doctor did not discharge him.

The body of all complex animals consist of only _______ basic types of tissue(s).

___________ being a higher category, is the assemblage of families which exhibit a few similar characters.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Exemption

Who discovered Potassium?

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.

He mailed his application for a new job.