General Knowledge Questions

Why does a cannon recoil after firing ?

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

Posterior

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

A piece of cake

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.

The most powerful and the most perfect ____________ of thought and feeling through the medium of oral language must be traced to the mastery of words.___________ is better suited to lead speakers and readers ___________ English into an easy control of this language than the command of the phrase that perfectly expresses the thought. Every speaker's aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear, crisp _____________ holds an audience as by the spell of some irresistible power.

aim is to be heard and _____________. A clear

In the following question, the sentence given with blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four and indicate it by selecting the appropriate option.

Keith has _____ with a failure in English examination thrice.

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.

That summer, elections were(A)/held at many a place(B)/without any untoward incident.(C)/No error

Four statements are given below at A, B, C and D. There may be some errors in the given statement(s). The incorrect statement is your answer.

To honour whom was a settlement in America called Virginia?