General Knowledge Questions

The force that a neutron exerts on a proton inside an atom is:

When we see an object, the image formed on the retina is ________

Choose the most appropriate answer:Serena Williams defeated__________ to win the women’s singles title of Australian Open 2015.

World Investment Report is published by which organizations?

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

A fool's paradise

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'.

Industries should regularly check (1)/ if their machines are emitting (2)/ smoke within permission limits. (3)/ No error (4).

In the following question, four words have been given out of which one word is incorrectly spelt. Select the incorrectly spelt word.

Read the following passage carefully and choose the most appropriate answer to the question out of the four alternatives.

But the war did not cease; though friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood. It seemed as powerful as eternity, and in time Tony Vassall too went to battle and was killed. The country gave Patience a widow's pension, as well a touching inducement to marry again; she died of grief. Many people died in those days, it was not strange at all. Nathan and his wife got so rich that after the war they died of overeating, and their daughter Olive came into a vast fortune and a Trustee.

In the passage, it is stated that "friend and foe alike were almost drowned in blood." What does it convey?