General Knowledge Questions

In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.

"I always drink warm water in the morning," she said to me.

In the following passage some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

War and Peace, an epic historical novel by Leo Tolstoy, was_____ published as Voyna i mir in 1865-69. This ____study of early 19th century Russian society, noted for its _____of realistic detail and variety of psychological______is generally regarded as one of the world's greatest novels. War and Peace is_____concerned with the histories of five aristocratic families, the members of which are _____against the_____background of Russian social life during the war against Napoleon. The_____ of war, however, is____to the story of family existence which involves Tolstoy's optimistic belief in the life-asserting ______of human existence.

This ____ study of early 19th century Russian society,

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word similar in meaning to the word given.

To Confront

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

To have a finger in every pie

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the word opposite in meaning to the word given.

Rebate

Out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentences and click the button corresponding to it.

Chief of a group of workmen.

In each of the questions, four alternatives are given for the Idiom/Phrase. Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase and click the button corresponding to it.

Capital Punishment

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the given word and click the button corresponding to it.

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