General Knowledge Questions

Hirakud reservoir is built across the river

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

Heretic

If a body takes 't' seconds to go once round the circular path of radius 'r', the velocity 'v' is given by

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 abuse of phrases and the misuse of words rife among us can be checked __________ diligent exercises in good English, such as this book provides. ___________exercises, in conjunction __________ others to be found in different volumes by the same author, will serve to correct careless diction and slovenly speech, and lead to the art of speaking and writing correctly; for, after all, ___________ in the use of words is more a matter of habit than of theory, and once it is acquired it becomes just as easy to speak or to write good English _____________ bad English.

write good English _____________ bad English.

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.

The area of Nepal is approximately _________ square kilometres.

Name the author of the book "Pakistan the Gathering Storm".

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 second strategy proposed __________________ the committee was institutional reform of police processes, including investigation of crimes, professionalization and ________________ of court systems with induction of technology _____________ limiting appeal procedures to the _________________ required. It is here the committee ___________________ to bring in a bigger and responsible role to victims of crime in the whole proceedings.

professionalization and ________________ of court systems