General Knowledge Questions

Through which continents does the equator pass

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.

People may see, and hear, and feel all their lives without ____________ learning the nature of things they see. But reason is the mind's eye, and enables us to see why things are, and when and how events may be made to happen ___________ not to happen. The logician endeavours to ____________ exactly what this reason is which makes the power of men. We all, as I have said, must reason well or ill, but logic is the science of reasoning and enables us to distinguish ______________ the good reasoning which leads to truth, and the bad reasoning which every day betrays people into error _________ misfortune.

people into error _________ misfortune 

________ perform Internet Protocol blocking to protect networks from unauthorized access.

For a certain shoe factory the fixed costs are Rs 200,000, selling price is Rs 2000 per pair of shoes and variable cost is Rs 1200 per pair, what is the breakeven quantity?

The number of parliamentary seats (Rajya Sabha) of Uttar Pradesh is

The Great Smog of 1952 was a severe air-pollution event which affected _______.

An increase in the growth rate of the nominal money supply results in

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

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