Questions

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

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

In the passage, it is stated that "friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood." What does it convey?

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

Flamboyant

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

A dime a dozen

Who were the first among the following to establish trade relations with India?

Which was the capital of the first Sri Lankan kingdom?

Which of the following IAF man has been posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantry medal?

What is the simplified value of (cosec A + sin A)(cosec A – sin A)?

On 22 November 2017, cabinet approved expansion of which mission for a Pan India coverage in all the 640 districts of the country?