Questions

Mission Indradhanush ­ a programme introduced recently in the country by the NDA Government is related to:

Which is India's first defense satellite?

What is the old name of Singapore?

A ________________ is known by different names in different parts of the world. It is called a ‘hurricane’ in North America.

What is the name of the balloon – borne instrument set to be launch by NASA to study heavy cosmic particles?

In which direction does the tail of a comet point toward?

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.

But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________? One popular theory ____________ that poor people __________ because they are intimidated into doing so. Intimidation occurs for sure but why then, voters in places where there is no intimidation do so? Another theory is that people vote in return for _____________. But recent research across India _________ that those who spend the most do not always win elections and voters do not feel any obligation to vote for those handing out freebies. In fact, they often accept the goodies from allparties but vote for only one.

But what does this enthusiasm for voting actually _____________?

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

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