General Knowledge Questions

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

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

Reduce something in size, amount, or extent by a gradual series of steps

In 2007, which monument was declared a winner of the New 7 Wonders of the World?

ASP in computer science stands for?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase.

a rich source of something

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/Phrase.

Over egg the pudding

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.

Which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting _____ of human existence.

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