General Knowledge Questions

Which of the following does NOT contribute to sparkling of diamonds?

On 31 January 2018, the Ministry of Railway announced to set up a massive rail coach factory in which region of Maharashtra?

The G-20 Summit in November 2015 was organized in which European Country?

Who is the author of the Indian English Novel 'Sita : Warrior of Mithila' published in 2017?

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.

We often feel, in such an environment, that our social sphere _____________ around us. We can see, in quantitative values — the number of likes, re-posts, shares — the interest garnered by anything created by us. This makes social interaction slightly more ___________, when we start to think of it in number terms. It becomes easier to see it in visual terms, rather ________ emotive cues. And _____________ that happens we are motivated to reveal only those parts of ____________ that we know will trigger a considerable quantitative response.

social sphere _____________ around us.

Which of the following devices helps to maintain a potential difference across a conductor?

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".

A case in point is Sydney, Australia, where last year more than 8,000 pedestrians (is fined) for illegally crossing city streets.

____ forms a common passage for both urine and sperms in human males.