General Knowledge Questions

Which pair of the following Indians has been selected for grant of Raman Magasaysay Award 2016

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.

"Jim Crow" shuns the mountains for reasons satisfactory to himself; not so the magpie, the raven, and __________ mischief-maker, Clark's nutcracker. All of which keeps the bird-lover from the East in an ecstasy of surprises until he has _____________ accustomed to his changed environment. One cannot help ___________ into the speculative mood in view of the sharp contrasts ______________ the birds of the East and _________ of the West.

in view of the sharp contrasts ______________

The outermost layer of skin is

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.
The constable said, "I saw a bullet mark here."

In the following question, four words are given out of which one word is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

CDM stands for

In the following question, a word has been written in four different ways out of which only one is correctly spelt. Select the correctly spelt word.

Salivary amylase breaks down ______.