General Knowledge Questions

In the presence of which of the following, does the President takes Oath?

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'.

Being occupied with(A)/work, father had no(B)/time to see us(C)/No error(D)

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.

What does "victim-centric" mean in the criminal justice system? It means restoring the confidence of victims in the system and achieving the __________ of justice in whichever sense the idea is conceived. __________ this end, the system must confer certain rights on victims to enable them to _____________ in the proceedings, including the right to be impleaded and to engage an advocate in serious offences, the right to track the progress of ________________, the right to be heard on critical issues and to assist the court in the ___________ of truth.

the system must confer certain rights on victims to enable them to _____________ in the proceedings

In 1528, __________ defeated the Rajputs at Chanderi.

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "no improvement".

As long as we are in this historical city let us spend our time (doing sightseeing).

Which of the following is Study of fossils ?

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.

The first working steam­ powered vehicle was designed and most likely built by Ferdinand Verbies, a Flemish member of a Jesuit mission in China around 1672. It was a 65 cm long scale­ model toy for the Chinese Emperor, that was unable to carry a driver or a passenger. It is not known if Verbiest's model was ever built. Nicolas- Joseph Cugnot is widely credited with building the first full­ scale, self ­propelled mechanical vehicle or automobile in about 1769; he also created a steam­ powered tricycle. He constructed two steam tractors for the French Army, one of which is preserved in the French National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. His inventions were however handicapped by problems of water supply and maintaining steam pressure. In 1801, Richard Trevithick built and demonstrated his Puffing Devil road locomotive, believed by many to be the first demonstration of a steam ­powered road vehicle. It was unable to maintain sufficient steam pressure for long periods. Sentiment against steam ­powered road vehicles led to the Locomotive Acts of 1865. In 1807 Nicephore Niepce and his brother Claude probably created the world's first internal combustion engine which they called Pyreolophore.

The first full­scale, working steam ­powered tricycle was built by:

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.

The new railway counter at Dwarka should _____ all travellers.