General Knowledge Questions

Match the following

             Artist                           Art form

1. Gauri Shankar Devilal              a. Flute
2. Hari Prasad Chaurasia              b. Painting
3. M.F. Hussain                            c. Kathak
4. Zakir Hussain                          d. Tabla

Improve the bracketed part of the sentence.

While two judges in the majority said the practice was arbitrary and, therefore, unconstitutional, the third judge called it (legally).

Which of the following is not allowed to trade in over-night borrowing market?

A. Scheduled commercial banks

B. Regional rural bank

C. Cooperative banks

D. Primary dealers

In each of the following choose the word most similar in meaning to the word given in capitals.

“ESTRANGE”

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order

By doing so, it

P-­brought it closer
Q­-to cultural and social life
R­-has redefined politics and

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

This too, is a classic

P-­"stock versus flow" problem, where
Q­-focusing only on the latter
R­-completely distorts the picture

Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order.

P: The Mughal empire was extensive, but it was not integrated.
Q: It was rather an agglomeration of territories bound together by a common administration and common ties to the imperial authority.
R: The strong hand of the emperor held the country together, compelling obedience from the nobles who governed the provinces.
S: But these nobles felt no sense of national loyalty, for the simple reason that the empire was not a nation.

Choose the word that best defines the given phrases:-

To get into hot waters