Questions

Which was the capital of the first Sri Lankan kingdom?

Choose the odd word/letters/number/number pair from the given alternatives.

If "+" means "minus", "x" means "divided by", "÷" means "plus" and "-" means "multiplied by", then 108 × 12 + 3 – 6 ÷ 4 = ?

Accounting principles are generally based on

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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning 

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

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

Be under no illusions

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"What is your name?" she asked him.