Questions

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

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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 now have a peculiar combination _______________ the economic policy of India: a declared attempt at fiscal consolidation, combined with a _________________ to do what it takes to raise tax revenues. This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze _____________ Central government expenditures, and particularly those relating to social spending that directly ____________ most people in the country.

This unfortunate ________________ has meant a squeeze

The arrangement of leaves on an axis or stem is called

Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh launched a medical scheme for APL families. What is the name of that scheme?

Indira Sagar dam is located in which Indian State/City?

What is Damodar Valley Corporation ?

As per John Locke, an English philosopher and physician, which is not a Natural Right?

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.

A saint or a satyagrahi is often put on a ___________, freezing her acts of goodness in time. Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber. Rather than _____________ a living creature, a saint or an icon becomes a hoarding, a permanent spectacle or a redundant quotation. Saintliness or heroism becomes a bundle of pictures in a calendar, a statue __________ inflexibly. Goodness becomes a stencil fixed _________ time.

Goodness acquires an act of fixed quality __________ in amber.