General Knowledge Questions

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word

The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by

With the establishment of Grameen Bank in which of the following countries in 1983 is micro credit considered to have been originated?

When was the first general election held in Independent India?

What was the Oseberg ship used for?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Excogitate

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

Variety of psychological _____ is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels.

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.