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.

The news has always ____________ predicated on informing the consumer. It speaks of — apart from the day’s most ____________ upheavals — the best and the worst that _____________ has managed to accomplish each day. This includes the medal-winners, the laureates, the record-breakers, the deal-makers _________the criminals, the villains, the corrupt. The news regales us ________ the highlights, a reel of the most provoking ones that made it into a window of a half-an-hour.

The news regales us ________ the highlights

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

Showing a skilful use of underhand tactics to achieve goals

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

Keep at bay

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Despite the bank's security staff ____________ a vigil over the treasury boxes, the cash was stolen.

Hollywood is located in ______.

The Chola kings were prolific temple builders who built the ........ temple at Tanjavur.

Who among the following gave monistic theory of sovereignty?

What was invented by Zacharias Jansen?