General Knowledge Questions

Which Bollywood actor was honoured with the 24th Crystal Award at the world Economic Forum meeting in January 2018?

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.

It is necessary, then, to keep our ____________ acts under some surveillance of attention, to pass them in review for inspection every now and _________, that we may discover possible modifications which will make them more serviceable. We need to be __________, constantly to find out better ways of doing things. Habit takes care of our standing, walking, sitting; but how many of us could _________ improve his poise and carriage if he would? Our speech has become largely automatic, but no doubt all of us might remove _____________ of enunciation, pronunciation or stress from our speaking.

many of us could _________ improve his poise

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

A bad patch

The element with the highest electron affinity among halogens is

The Currency Convertibility concept in its original form is originated in___________.

Blood pressure is measured by _______.

Ornithophily is effected by

The first Europeans to come to India were