Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the highlighted segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution required’.

Which movie (have you watched) on television when I called you?

A. are you watching

B. No substitution required

C. were you watching

D. did you watched

The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.

Mrs. Verma refused / the second helping / of ice cream.

A. Mrs. Verma refused

B. of ice cream

C. No error

D. the second helping

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Keep body and soul together

A. Live happily

B. Live as long as possible

C. Be mentally and physically fit

D. Stay alive during hard times

Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Bag of bones

A. A very thin person

B. A bag full of useless things

C. A pot full of ashes of a dead person

D. An impractical person

Choose the correct meaning of the highlighted idiom from the given options.

Mr. Chawla is (man of parts) and calibre.

A. Kind and charitable person

B. Of superior ability

C. Friend in prosperity only

D. Perseverance

Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A study of the human body

A. Philanthropy

B. Pathology

C. Physiology

D. Philology

Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.

Disease that spreads over a whole country or the whole world

A. Pandemic

B. Rustic

C. Panacea

D. Epidermis

Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words

The art of cleaning and preserving animal skins

A. dermatology

B. taxidermy

C. taxonomy

D. etymology

The correct answer is (B)

The correct answer is Option 2 'taxidermy' which means 'the art of stuffing and mounting the skin of dead animals' which satisfies the meaning of the given context.
The meaning of other words:

Dermatology: The study of skin and its diseases.

Taxonomy: The science or the technique used to make a classification.

Etymology: The study of the historical development of languages.

Important Days & Theme (March)

3 Mar - UN World Wildlife Day
Theme 2025 - Wildlife Conservation Finance : Investing in People and Planet

8 Mar - International Women's Day
Theme 2025 - For All Women and Girls: Rights, Equality, and Empowerment

20 Mar - International Day of Happiness
Theme 2025 - CARING AND SHARING

21 Mar - International Day of Forests
Theme 2025 - Forests and Food

22 Mar - World Water Day
Theme 2025 - Glacier Preservation

23 Mar - World Meteorological Day
Theme 2025 - Closing the Early Warning Gap Together

24 Mar - World Tuberculosis Day
Theme 2025 - Yes! We Can End TB: Commit, Invest, Deliver

25 Mar - International Day of the Unborn Child

Autobiography of Kailash Satyarthi

Nobel laureate and Social Reformer Kailash Satyarthi launched his Autobiography ‘DIYASALAAI’ during the Jaipur Literature Festival in Jaipur, Rajasthan.

The Book was published by Rajkamal Prakashan and launched by former President of India Ram Nath Kovind.

59TH JNANPITH AWARD

Renowned Hindi writer Vinod Kumar Shukla was named the recipient of India's highest literary honour, the 59th Jnanpith Award 2024. he becomes the First writer from Chhattisgarh and the 12th Hindi author to receive this honor.

Imp Previous Recipients

• 1st Jnanpith Award 1965 - Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup

• 57th Jnanpith Award 2022 - Damodar Mauzo (Goan writer) for Konkani

• 58th Jnanpith Award 2023 - Jagadguru Swami Rambhadracharya for Sanskrit & Shri Gulzar for Urdu