General Knowledge Questions

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

The action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.

Who is the author of "The Oath of the Vayuputras (Shiva Trilogy)"?

A grammar for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text, such as HTML, is _____.

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

She asked Ravi, "What is worrying you?"

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.

Rituals play into the __________ understandings of a society.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Be in the red

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

What is the position of the Earth when it is at the greatest distance from the sun ?