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.

It is necessary, then, to keep our ____________ acts under some surveillance of attention, to pass them in review for inspection every now and _________, that we may discover possible modifications which will make them more serviceable. We need to be __________, constantly to find out better ways of doing things. Habit takes care of our standing, walking, sitting; but how many of us could _________ improve his poise and carriage if he would? Our speech has become largely automatic, but no doubt all of us might remove _____________ of enunciation, pronunciation or stress from our speaking.

might remove _____________ of enunciation,

The astronomer who discovered planet Pluto was ___.

'Queensberry rules' is the code followed in which sport?

According to Ohm's law, if current (I) increase and potential difference (V) remains constant, then

In December 2017, SEBI tightened rating agency norms. The net worth requirement for rating agencies has now been increased from Rs 5 crore to ______.

Silk worms feed on

The smell that we get when LPG cylinder leaks is due to the presence of

After how much time the laws made by Parliament on the state subjects during a National Emergency become inoperative and cease to operate?