It's a Question of your Career!

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Know like the back of one's hand

Option 1: to copy another's trade secrets

Option 2: to hit someone with the back of one's hand

Option 3: to have detailed knowledge of something

Option 4: to be unaware of the situation

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Tea prices in the domestic market continue to rule high in the (1) _____ year despite the expectation of higher production as compared to the previous year. According to a preliminary assessment (2) _____ on the weather (3) _____ in recent months, tea output in the next year may reach 800 tonnes as (4) _____ 780 tonnes last year. During the past three months, tea prices have shown an (5) _____ Unlike last year, when tea prices were dramatically low, this year, prices seem to have stabilised at rather high levels.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.

Option 1: first

Option 2: current

Option 3: second

Option 4: last

Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

Pooja tried to explain the problem, but soon she tied herself up in knots.

Option 1: Be forced to explain your actions and (probably) punished.

Option 2: Become very confused when you are trying to explain something.

Option 3: Make no progress in an argument or discussion.

Option 4: Won't modify an opinion or agree to even small changes that another person wants.

Question : Indian Councils Act of________also called Morley-Minto Reforms, is the series of reform measures enacted in the British Parliament.

Option 1: 1909

Option 2: 1919

Option 3: 1862

Option 4: 1935

Question : The difference between the greatest and the least four-digit numbers that begin with 3 and end with 5 is:

Option 1: 999

Option 2: 900

Option 3: 990

Option 4: 909

Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The Ministry of Defence has (1) ______ the formal Government Sanction Letter (2) ______ grant of permanent commission (PC) to women officers in the Army. “In anticipation, the Army Headquarters had (3) ______ in motion a series of preparatory actions for the conduct of the Permanent Commission Selection Board for affected women officers. The Selection Board will be scheduled as (4) ______ as all affected Short Service Commissioned (SSC) women officers exercise their option and complete (5) ______ documentation,” the Army said in a statement.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.

Option 1: soon

Option 2: late

Option 3: long

Option 4: blind

Question : Who among the following discovered the concept of expanding the universe?

Option 1: Edwin Hubble

Option 2: Carl Edward Sagan

Option 3: Charles Messier

Option 4: Tycho Brahe

Question : What is the scientific name of the banyan tree, a large evergreen tree of Asia characterised by its trunk-like aerial roots?

Option 1: Ficus benghalensis

Option 2: Gossypium herbaceum

Option 3: Santalum album

Option 4: Ananas comosus

Question : Directions: In the following question, the sentence given with a blank is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Select the correct alternative out of the four.

We captured the gymnast's __ acrobatic feats on camera.

Option 1: superlative

Option 2: tremendous

Option 3: wondrous

Option 4: valued

Question : Who laid the foundation of the 'School of Possiblism'?

Option 1: Brunches

Option 2: La Blache

Option 3: Humboldt

Option 4: Ratzel