General Knowledge 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.

______________________ the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), the government had purchased assets of struggling banks with a view _______________ ensuring that they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system. These assets __________________ later at a profit by the government! The U.S. government had acted smartly, while in the Indian case the banks now find themselves ______________________ with loans made by them to an individual with negative net worth.

they did not collapse taking ____________________ them the rest of the financial system.

Which country became seventh member of South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) on 31 March 2017?

All of the following are the aims of Lok Adalat, except

Choose the most appropriate answer:In which atmospheric layer are the communication satellites located?

Who is the second bowler who took 10 wickets in test cricket?

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

Kavita asked me, “How is your mother?”

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

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