General Knowledge Questions

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.

In a strange ________________, the production and the consumption of the event become cause for concern. _______________ wonders whether newer forms of “non­caring” or violence are appearing. Somehow, silence, even __________________, quietly suppresses a meditation on such events. __________________ a professor, I can recollect the number of occasions when my students have cried as we discussed such events in class. _____________, society seems so indifferent.

__________________ a professor,

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

The number of parliamentary seats (Lok Sabha) of Andhra Pradesh is _______.

 Which organisation is a policy think tank of the Government of India, established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by fostering the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottomup approach? 

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

Fish out of water

What is the duration of the world’s shortest X–ray laser has been successfully created by the scientists?

In which city is the newly proposed AIIMS to be setup in Maharashtra?

What is the local name given to the parliament of Pakistan?