General Knowledge Questions

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

A dime a dozen

Petrodava Dacian Fortress is a famous archaeological landmark in

What is the name of the process where gas is directly converted to solids called?

In terms of size, Venus ranks no. ___ in our Solar System.

______ is the time taken by the earth to return to a given point in its orbit with reference to a fixed star.

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.

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices

The uppermost layer over the earth's surface is called the ______.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

Ritu said to you,"You are looking very pretty."