Questions

The Prime Minister is the ex-officio President of

Kishori amonkar died recently. He was associated with which of the following fields?

The Indian musical instrument 'Surbahar' is of which type?

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

Melody

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.

My tooth-brush is a thing that haunts me when I’m travelling, and ____________ my life a misery. I _____________ that I haven’t packed it, and wake up in a cold ________________, and get out of bed and hunt for it. And, in the morning, I pack it before I have used it, and have to unpack again to get it, and it is always the last thing I turn out of the bag; and _____________ I repack and forget it, and have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment and carry it to the railway station, wrapped up in my pocket-handkerchief. Of course I had to turn every mortal thing out now, and, of course, I could not find it.

have to rush upstairs ___________ it at the last moment

When large quantities of ___ are consumed, it tends to slow metabolic processes and to depress the central nervous system.

The northern plain of India is formed of __________________.

Land covers about ______ of the earth's surface.