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.

Truth is indeed a controversial aspect of ______. But almost always it can be justified as a moral principle on the basis of ______. When we talk about speaking the truth in order not to hide what, if hidden, will only prove damaging to others, we are emphasizing the ability to ‘feel’ for others. Again, often we purposely keep ourselves from communicating the truth as, once ______, it may hurt someone‘s feelings and sentiments. But keeping a person in the dark or denying him or her knowledge which he or she ought to have amounts to ______ another soul of its right to know that with which it has a ______.

communicating the truth as, as a moral principle on the basis of ______.

The question below consists of a set of labelled sentences. Out of the four options given, select the most logical order of the sentences to form a coherent paragraph.

If a country wants to

A-to listen to the World Bank, the

B-custodian of big business

C-prove it is business-friendly, it has

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Veracious

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

an axe to grind

 In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

In which session of the Congress was the slogan of the Simon Commission's boycott?

If (secA - tanA)2 = x, then the value of x is

Which of the following ratios can be the ratio of the sides of a right angled triangle?