General Knowledge Questions

A stretch of sea water, partly or fully separated by a narrow strip from the main sea is called

The distance between the two latitudes is approximately ___________

Choose the most appropriate answer:Who was the Viceroy when the Simon Commission visited India?

Who was primarily responsible for the cold war?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the words/sentence.

Exercising a compelling charm which inspires devotion in others

Path a secretory protein follows from synthesis to secretion :

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.

do not put _________ practical use in their

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.

If there is a subject of really ______________ interest and utility, it is the art of writing and speaking one's own language ___________. It is the basis of culture, as we all know; but it is infinitely more _________ that, it is the basis of business. ___________ salesman can sell anything unless he can explain the merits of his goods in effective language, or can write ___________ advertisement equally effective, or present his ideas, and the facts, in a letter.

one's own language ___________. It is the basis