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 has always ____________ predicated on informing

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

Either of two parallels of latitude on the earth, one 23°27′ north of the equator and the other 23°27′ south of the equator

Swachh Bharat Mission is to

The  rank  of  Captain  of  the  Indian  Navy  is equivalent to which one of the following?

As of 2018, who is the chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC)?

A bank always has a/an

For what is Radiocarbon dating technique used?

An echo is returned in 3 s. What is the distance of the reflecting surface from the source, considering the speed of sound as 342 ms-1?