Questions

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

Piquant

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.

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’?

Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of

In India, the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act came into force in 1981, but was amended in ________ to include noise as an air pollutant.

Growing agricultural crops between rows of planted trees is known as

Ananas comosus is the scientific name of ________.