General Knowledge Questions

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.

The chasm ______________ the needs of the people who struggle ______________ survival, action and inaction by representatives, and lack of remedial justice has compromised representative democracy _________________. Defections from one party to another indicate _______________ of the basic obligations of representatives, even ___________ their own people starve.

The chasm ______________ the needs of the people

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

A diamond in the rough

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.

We have rich cultural _____ . Its roots go into _____. Ours has never been a closed ______. It has _______ just like a tree, ______ to external ______ but holding its roots _______. But one wonders today whether it will be able to hold its _____. The ______ of our cultural heritage has come under the _____ of western culture.

Ours has never been a closed ______

__________ refers to the number of births during a given period in the population that are added to the initial density.

Which one of the following is a good electrical conductor?

Equinox means the date when ___________.

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

Out of date

The place on the earth's surface above the focus is called the __________.