Questions

The Government of India in the Month of November 2015 decided to allow foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to increase stakes in local defence units to 49%. What was the earlier permissible rate?

‘Swavalamban Sashakt – Mega Campaign’ has been launched by Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India (COWE) and ………….?

What will be the resistance of a wire across which, when 2V potential difference is applied, 1A current flows through the wire?

What is income available with a person after deducting for taxes called?

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

The manager gave her a negative feedback during her performance appraisal.

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

If you can't beat 'em, join 'em

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 ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

from time _________ time, one

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

Burn the midnight oil