General Knowledge Questions

The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.

1) You’d think the Indian economy had returned to rosy health.

A) Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision just over a year ago to withdraw 86 per cent of the currency in circulation, and the poorly- planned rollout in the middle of 2017 of a new goods-and-services tax.

B) The Purchasing Managers’ Index expanded the fastest it has in five years. At least one international rating agency has upgraded India’s credit rating.

C) It seems to have recovered from two enormous disruptions.

D) Exports are no longer declining, as they had for several quarters; indeed, for the last month that data is available, they rose 30 per cent.

Which of the following uses a nonrenewable energy source to make electricity?

Cricket World Cup 2019 is hosted by

Who is the author of the autobiographical work 'On My Terms : From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power'?

In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the given word.

Conflagration

______ prevents the Panchayat from doing wrong things like misusing money or favouring certain people.

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.

"I don't know the way. Do you?" Vipul asked.

Which of the following was not done during the time of Lord Curzon?