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 thefour alternatives.

When the kerosene burned, the fuel in the tank below would be __________ pressure, and __________ a small circular flame would appear in the burner. The valve had tobe opened to let more kerosene vapour to the burner and pumping resumed. With the increase in pressure, the burner flame would spread _________ a loud noise. Tolower the flame, the valve had to be _________ opened to reduce the pressure and then tightened until the desired flame size was achieved. _________ you wanted theflame to be bigger, you had to hit the piston again. Pump stoves are still in vogue.

would spread _________ a loud noise.

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

A red rag to a bull

The average of 12 numbers is 9. If each number is multiplied by 2 and added to 3, the average of the new set of numbers is

At least one pair of opposite angles is congruent in a _____.

In the question two statements are given, followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follows from the given statements.

Statement I:  All bins are baskets

Statement II:  No buckets are bins

Conclusion I:  All baskets are buckets

Conclusion II:  All buckets are baskets

Who authored the book titled 'Jinnah often came to our House', which won the 2016 The Hindu Prize?

The first Indian to win Booker Prize is

Kailash Satyarthi won Nobel Prize for?