General Knowledge Questions

The sentences given with blanks are to be filled with an appropriate word(s). Four alternatives are suggested for each question. For each question, choose the correct alternative and click the button corresponding to it.

Simon teaches children __________ water colour painting

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

Plaudit

Amartya Sen won Nobel Prize for?

In 2007, which monument was declared a winner of the New 7 Wonders of the World?

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

Embargo

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

To take the cake

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

The nation has been _____as a relatively extensive, territorial relation of nativity. We have further formulated the_____of the nation as a territorially_____, yet bounded, social relation for the generation, transmission, and ____of life. When the nation is a national state, it is also a_____for the protection of life. The nation is often ______by the metaphor of familial relations and, indeed, has sometimes been considered as some kind of_____family. This is understandable because both the nation and the family are relations of_____. Nonetheless, there is an important difference, and to understand this will _____a more detailed examination of the_____ between territory and bonding.

This is understandable because both the nation and the family are social relations of________.

The method of soil conservation in which rocks are piled up to slow down the flow of water which prevents gullies and further soil loss is called?