General Knowledge Questions

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

Against the clock

Which Oil company has successfully conducted a 'Proof of Concept' feasibility study on 'Zero-emission electric mobility'?

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.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated by years of ostentatious ___________ society is a simple ‘how do you do?’ followed by a polite shaking of hands and an optional comment on the weather. But aside __________ the mental trauma this ritual causes to those unfortunate souls who suffer from clammy hands, it also doesn’t provide much incentive to go on. Fascinating as the weather can be from time _________ time, one can speak only so much about the ____________ of the sun and express sympathy towards the depressions the Bay of Bengal faces.

The ___________ conversation-starter cultivated

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

Rat race

In the following question the 1st and the last part of the sentence/passage are numbered 1 and 6. The rest of the sentence/ passage is split into four
parts and named P, Q, R and S. These four parts are not given in their proper order. Read the sentence/passage and find out which of the four combinations is
correct

1. In summer tiny oysters are collected.

P. Then each oyster is taken out and a small hole is drilled in its shell.

Q. There they are kept for three years.

R. A tiny piece of sand is put inside the oyster.

S. They are placed in trays and planted in the sea.

6. Then the oysters are again left in the sea.

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

Rat race

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

Beat around the bush

_____ is a part of the male reproductive system in plants.