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.

While language as the medium ___________ thought may be compared to air as the medium of the sun's influence, in other _____________ it is like the skin of the body; a scurvy skin shows bad blood within, and a scurvy language shows inaccurate thought ___________ a confused mind. And as a disease once fixed on the skin reacts and poisons the blood in turn as it has first been poisoned by the blood, so careless use of language __________ indulged reacts on the mind to make it permanently and increasingly _____________, illogical, and inaccurate in its thinking.

in other _____________ it is like the skin

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

A bone of contention

Who appears on behalf of the Government of India in all cases in the Supreme Court in which Government of India is concerned?

As per historical astronomy there are ___ zodiac divisions.

A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.

If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

Acid rain is caused by release of ___ and___ into the air.

Which of the following is used to get relief when you have been stung by a honeybee?