Questions

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

Predicament

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

When I think of my family's history on the land. I experience a pang of regret. Unlike much of the arid West, where the land has gone virtually unchanged for centuries, my place of origin, western Kansas, has been torn up by agriculture. The flat plains, excellent soil, and sparse but just adequate rainfall permitted farming; therefore farming prevailed, and a good 90% of the original sod prairie is gone. The consequence, in human terms, is that our relationship to our place has always felt primarily mercantile. We used the land and denied, or held at bay, its effect on us. Yet from my earliest childhood, when the most of the Kansas prairie was still intact, I 've known that the land also had a romantic quality. I've felt moved by the expanse of it , enthralled by size. I take pride in my identity as a plains daughter.

From the passage, it may be determined that the word "mercantile" has something to do with

The Headquarters  of  the  Southern  Naval Command  of  the  Indian  Navy  is  located  at which one of the following places?

One of the largest salt deserts in the world, the 'Ram of Kutch' is primarily located in which state of India?

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.
Riya _____ her matriculation examination in 2016.

Which of the following is an amphoteric oxide?

Which among the following does not count in the development expenditure of government?

If a + b = 17 and a - b = 9 then the value of (4a2 + 4b2) is,