Questions

On which river's bank is Panaji located?

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.

A brain and nervous system that are poorly developed or insufficiently nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes, just as a poorly constructed or wrongly adjusted motor means loss of power in applying the electric current to its work. We will, __________, look upon the mind and the brain as counterparts of ___________ other, each performing activities which correspond to activities in the other, ________ inextricably bound together at least so far as this life is concerned, and each getting its _______________ by its union with the other. This view will lend interest to a brief study of the brain and nervous system.

nourished means low grade of ______________ in our mental processes

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Time perception raises a number of ______ puzzles, including what it means to say we perceive time.

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

Ignorance is bliss

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

Get on somebody's nerves

Which was the capital of the first Sri Lankan kingdom?

What is the simplified value of (cosec A + sin A)(cosec A – sin A)?

The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. The rate of interest per annum is?