Questions

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

The members of which are ______ against

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

Against the clock

Who was the founder of Arya Samaj?

Who is referred to as 'Frontier Gandhi'?

'Neo-Malthusian Theory' is associated with which of the following?

_____ is the source of energy and materials in human beings.

Which of the following is a wind based Indian musical instrument?

If the name of a tribe has to be excluded from the list of Scheduled Tribe, who has the power for such exclusion?