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.

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

rose to deafening ____________ from April to May

 In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

At one time, the lock industry here flourished and locks (was exported) on a major scale.

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

Keen interest or enthusiasm

Which of the following countries is not a member of G­8?

The oldest form of cultivation in Sri Lanka is known as

In 2004, NASA launched the Messenger Spacecraft to study ___.

Which of the following fuels causes minimum environmental pollution?

The phenomenon of change in direction of light when it passes from one medium to another is called