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.

Many a travelogue I read nowadays are about how the traveller went on a road less travelled ___________ some off-the-track trek or to an unknown destination or simply into the wild. How no internet ________________ is what you need to reconnect with yourself! How leaving your watch and phone __________ and going into the world of no check-ins and no updates would bring you solitude! These write-ups are laced with adjectives describing the geography of the region and filled with__________ details of the author’s days in that remote place. And, ironically, they all end with a strange advice to travel, and tell no one. I beg to _________.

How no internet ________________ is what you need to

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

Consternation

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.

The leader said to his gang members, "Now I will tell you my plan."

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

Familiarity breeds contempt

The end of British rule in India came in the year

Given in the options are sets of particular characteristics of elements and how they vary across the period and down the group in the following format:

Characteristic of an element  -  Across the period  -  Down the group

Least distance of distinct vision for normal eye is

The production possibilities curve illustrates the basic principle that