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 bone of contention

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".
You must (be mistake).

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.
Don’t loiter _____ the corridor.

Veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari who was shot dead was the editor of which of the following newspaper?

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

Which chef was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 for his culinary contributions?

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.

All this suggests the intimate relations which exist between history, politics, and sociology. The ____________ thing, however, is not the identities but the distinctions.For, however much the _____________ disciplines may, in practice, overlap, it is necessary ________ the sake of clear thinking to have their limits defined. As far _______sociology and history are concerned the differences may be summed up in a word. __________ history and sociology are concerned with the life of man as man.

sociology. The ____________ thing, however,

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

Subject someone to hostility and ill-treatment, especially because of their race or political or religious beliefs