General Knowledge Questions

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

Preposterous

___________ allows searching for information and computing derived information.

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

Transcend

What is the base of the Octal Numeral System?

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.

He said, "I had gone to my native place last month."

In the following question, some part of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If a sentence is free from error, select ‘No Error’.

If we objectively ponder on the mystery behind (1)/ miseries, we find that as long as we restrict (2)/ ourselves to the means of happiness, we are left in the lurch. (3)/ No error (4)

In the following question, out of the four alternatives, choose the one which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

A person speaking many languages.

In a majority of flowering plants, out of the four megaspores, what is the ratio of functional and degenerate megaspores?