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.

We get sleepy and wake up, become hungry and thirsty at certain hours, ____________ force of habit. We form the habit of liking a certain chair, or nook, or corner, or path, or desk, and __________ seek this to the exclusion of all others. We ______________ use a particular pitch of voice and type of enunciation in speaking, and this becomes one of our characteristic marks; or we _________ the habit of using barbarisms or solecisms of language in __________, and these cling to us and become an inseparable part of us later in life.

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

My colleague said, "I will start a new assignment tomorrow."

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

Which of the following is a greenhouse gas or a gas which can deplete the ozone layer?

Parallel venation is found in _____.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.
Abeyance

The Wassenaar Arrangement has decided to admit India as its new member. Which of the following is correct with respect to the Wassenaar Arrangement?

Where was the 'Azad Hind Fauj' founded?