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 Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

Jallikattu practiced in Tamil Nadu is a part of which festival?

The United Nations' (UN) International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking falls on- 

What causes the mottling of the dental enamel ?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Flamboyant

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

Kill someone by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate

The hormone that helps plants respond to drought is

Which type of pathogen causes the water­borne disease Cholera?