General Knowledge Questions

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

The government has launched a programme to improve the performance of the ministries.

The study of individual markets of demand and supply in which the 'players', or the decision makers, were also individuals (buyers or sellers, even companies) who were seen as trying to maximize their profits (as producers or sellers) and their personal satisfaction or welfare levels (as consumers) is called?

An indifference curve measures ______________ level of satisfaction derived from different combinations of commodity X and Y.

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.

In Greek mythology, it is said that Lycurgus, the ruler of Sparta, ___________ a promise from his ____________, assuring him of the immutability of his laws till he returned from an _______________ journey. To make his laws immutable, Lycurgus _____________. Seven justices of the Indian Supreme Court on a historic day in 1973 christened themselves as modern­day Lycurguses, seeking to create, in India's constitutional context, an island of immutability, ___________ titled the "basic structure".

a promise from his ____________

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

Carry out a task clumsily or incompetently

___, present in the centre of a flower, forms the female reproductive part.

_____ reproduces by multiple fission.

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

"Please give me something to eat. I am hungry" the beggar said to them.