Questions

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.

The committee _____________ criminal justice reforms recommended a threefold strategy to arrest the drift and to prevent total disaster. First, the law, substantive and procedural, requires a fresh _______________ look based on changes in society and economy _____________ priorities in governance. The guiding ____________ in the reform process should be decriminalisation wherever ______________ and diversion, reserving the criminal justice system mainly to deal with real “hard" crimes.

economy _____________ priorities in governance.

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.

India is a country that loves decentralisation and it covers almost every ________________. I will focus ________________ the subject of tyranny. For example, look _______________ our police stations. We ____________________ a Hobbesian sovereign ruling over us. In political ___________________, one has what is called the concept of sovereignty which is discussed in Hobbesian terms.

country that loves decentralisation and it covers almost every ________________

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which is opposite in meaning of the given word.

Flamboyant

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

A dime a dozen

Which was the capital of the first Sri Lankan kingdom?

Which of the following IAF man has been posthumously awarded Ashoka Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantry medal?

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

A car takes 5 hours to cover 100 kms distance at a particular speed whereas another car takes 3 hours to reach a particular distance at the same speed. Find the distance.