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.

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

The science fiction book 'The Extra-Terrestrial Delivery' is penned by which Indian author?

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

If  x=2+32-3, then what is the value of x+1/x ?

Which was the capital of the first Sri Lankan kingdom?

Who was the first Indian Badminton player to win the men's singles title at the All England Championship in 1980?

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