General Knowledge Questions

UNICEF was created in 1946 to help

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 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.

Once ______________, it is that time of the year when the examination results season may be just ending and the admissions season is in progress, and marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices — often from the same people — that rose to deafening ____________ from April to May when the results of various school boards _________________. The first voice __________________ those who succeeded and did wondrously well.

marked by a _________________ of two contradictory voices

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

Get cracking

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Active/Passive voice. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Passive/Active voice.

The maid vacuums and dusts the house every day.

As the river approaches the sea, the speed of the flowing water decreases and the river begins to break up into a number of streams called ___________.

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

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

One who listens secretly to private conversation