General Knowledge Questions

Silicon carbide is used for

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

a small mistake in an agreement or law that gives someone the chance to avoid having to do something

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

barking up the wrong tree

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative which is the best substitute of the phrase.

Killer of prophet

Find the resistance (in mega ohm) of a wire of length 8 m, cross sectional area 2 sq.cm and made of a material of resistivity 120 ohm m.

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one, which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Manoj said, "I must go now."

Which of the following Acts has specially been launched to facilitate banks in recovery of bad loans?

In the given question, a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below the sentence, three alternatives to the bold part are given which may help improve the sentence. Choose the option that reflects the correct use of the phrase in the context of the sentence. In case the given sentence is correct, your answer is (E) i.e. No correction required.

At first glance, it seems implausible that such an intricately engineered bio system such as our could have come about merely as a result of random modifications.

i. such an intricately engineered bio system as ours

ii. such intricately engineered bio system such as our

iii. such intricately engineered bio system such as ours