Questions

To whom the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 was awarded?

Which chef was awarded the Padma Shri in 2017 for his culinary contributions?

Find the wrong number in the series. 225, 206, 188, 176, 165, 158, 153

Which institution in India acts as 'lender of the last resort'?

Who was responsible for the integration of princely states into the Indian Union after Independence

To cover a certain distance with a speed of 60 km/hr, a train takes 15 hours. If it covers the same distance in 12 hours, what will be its speed?

Who among the following has scored 2 triple hundreds in test matches?

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

To avoid the various foolish opinions to which mankind are prone, no superhuman brain is required. A few simple rules will keep you free, not from all errors, but from silly errors. If the matter is one that can be settled by observation, make the observation yourself. Aristotle could have avoided the mistake of thinking that women have fewer teeth than men, by the simple device of asking Mrs. Aristotle to keep her mouth open while he counted. Thinking that you know when in fact you do not is a bad mistake, to which we are all prone. I believe myself that hedgehogs eat black beetles, because I have been told that they do; but if I were writing a book on the habits of hedgehogs, I should not commit myself until I had seen one enjoying this diet. Aristotle, however, was less cautious. Ancient and medieval writers knew all about unicorns and salamanders; not one of them thought it necessary to avoid dogmatic statements about them because he had never seen one of them.

The author portrays mankind as