Questions

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

A substance that has no therapeutic effect, used as a control in testing new drugs.

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.

People are now either exposed to the very best of their inner circle and the world, ________ to the worst — articles that look to shock, to provoke rage and put a lens on everything that is wrong _________ the world. Imperceptibly, it goes unsaid that often __________ pieces of ‘news’ fail to actually provide a constructive solution. The effect of such a disparity _________ to the same effect as news of TV and newspapers — a feeling that what we see does not ____________ our lives.

we see does not ____________ our lives.

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Piquant

Which country has approved more than 500 new settler homes in East Jerusalem?

97% of the total debt of all state power distribution companies has been covered till June 2017 under the ‘UDAY’ scheme. What does ‘D’ standfor in ‘UDAY’?

In _____________ motion of a body its velocity varies with time.

The weight of a boy on the surface of the moon is 300 N. The weight of the same boy on the surface of the earth will be

Ilmenite is an ore/mineral of _________.