General Knowledge Questions

'Group of Monuments' at Mahabalipuram one of the 'UNESCO World Heritage Site' founded by the Pallava Kings is in ____ district of ____.

The capacity to do work is called

How many players, on each side, are required for the game of volleyball?

Which of the following is a feature of aerobic metabolism?

What is organic matter in soil is also called

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

To Have bitten off more than you can chew

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.

An ideal policeman is a myth. You come __________ him only in crime fiction. ____________ elusive is 'good policing', an idea ___________ even the best of criminal justice thinkers have found it difficult to define. This is why, in what is a chaotic world, we have to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman and ________ inadequate system.

to reluctantly _____________ for an imperfect policeman

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.

______________ reader can add to the list and to the possibilities of a new ethical and moral politics _________________ requires a Gandhian inventiveness of ritual and politics. What I wish to add is a ___________________. The rituals of apology and the question of justice, reconciliation and ethical repair are not easy. They require a rigour and an inventiveness _____________ ethical thinking which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.

which ___________________ new experiments with the idea of truth and healing in India.