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Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions given after it.

The savanna landscape is typified by tall grass and short trees. It is rather misleading to call the savanna 'tropical grassland' because trees are always present with the luxuriant tall grass. The terms 'parkland' or 'bush-veld' perhaps describe the landscape better.

Trees grow best towards the equatorial humid latitudes or along river banks but decrease in height and density away from the equator. They occur in clumps or as scattered individuals. The trees are deciduous, shedding their leaves in the cool, dry season to prevent excessive loss of water through transpiration, e.g. acacias. Others have broad trunks, with water-storing devices to survive through the prolonged drought such as baobabs and bottle trees. Trees are mostly hard, gnarled and thorny and may exude gum-like gum arable. Many trees are umbrella-shaped, exposing only a narrow edge to the strong winds.

Palms which cannot withstand the drought are confined to the wettest areas or along rivers. Vegetative luxuriance reaches its peak in the rainy season when trees renew their foliage and flower. In true savanna lands, the grass is tall and coarse, growing 6 to 12 feet high. The elephant grass may attain a height of even 15 feet! The grass tends to grow in compact tufts and has long roots which reach down in search of water. It appears greenish and well-nourished in the rainy season but turns yellow and dies down in the dry season that follows. The grass lies dormant throughout the long, rainless period and springs up again in the next rainy season.

In between the tall grass are scattered short trees and low bushes. As the rainfall diminishes towards the deserts the savanna merges into thorny scrub. In Australia, this scrubland is particularly well represented by a number of species: mallee, mulga, spinifex grass and other bushes.

The savanna, particularly in Africa, is the home of wild animals. It is known as the "big game country' and thousands of animals are trapped or killed each year by people from all over the world. Some of the animals are tracked down for their skins, horns, tusks, bones or hair, others are captured alive and sent out of Africa as zoo animals, laboratory specimens or pets. There is such a wealth of animal life in Africa that many of the animal films that we see at the cinema are actually taken in the savanna. There are, in fact, two main groups of animals in the savanna, the grass-eating herbivorous animals and the fleshing-eating carnivorous animals. The herbivorous animals are often very alert and move swiftly from place to place in search of green pastures.

They are endowed with great speed to run away from the savage flesh-eaters that are always after them. The leaf and grass-eating animals include the zebra, antelope, giraffe, deer, gazelle, elephant and okapi.

Many are well camouflaged species and their presence amongst the tall greenish-brown grass cannot be easily detected. The giraffe with such a long neck can locate its enemies a great distance away, while the elephant is so huge and strong that few animals will venture to come near it. It is well equipped with tusks and a trunk for defence.

Carnivorous animals like the lion, tiger, leopard, hyena, panther, jaguar, jackal, lynx and puma have powerful jaws and teeth for attacking other animals. Their natural colourings of light yellowish-brown, often with stripes like the tiger or spots like the leopard, match perfectly with the tawny background of the savanna. They often hide themselves in shady spots up in the branches or amidst the tall bushes, and many wild animals, as well as hunters themselves, are caught unawares in this manner.

Question:
What kind of a passage is it?

Option 1: Analytical

Option 2: Informative

Option 3: Narrative

Option 4: Literary

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Correct Answer: Informative


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation: The passage is informative because its primary purpose is to convey factual information about the savanna landscape. It describes the characteristics of the savanna, such as the vegetation (tall grass and short trees), the types

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Question : The mean of marks secured by 50 students in Division A of class X is 61, 25 students in Division B is 57 and that of 50 students in Division C is 55. What will be the mean marks of the students of the three divisions of Class X?

Option 1: 57.1

Option 2: 56.4

Option 3: 59.2

Option 4: 57.8

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Correct Answer: 57.8


Solution : Total marks secured by 50 students in division A of Class X = 50 × 61 = 3050
Total marks secured by 25 students in division B of Class X = 25 × 57 = 1425
Total marks secured by 50 students in division C

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Question : If 20 % or more area of the country suffers from rain deficits during monsoon season, it is termed as

Option 1: flood year

Option 2: drought year

Option 3: famine year

Option 4: self sufficient year

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: drought year


Solution : The correct option is - Drought year

According to the Indian Meteorological Department, a year is considered to be an all-India drought when the country as a whole experiences a rainfall shortfall of more than 10% of normal and more than 20% of the

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

The money paid to former wife, husband or partner when the marriage is ended.

Option 1: Alimony

Option 2: Compensation

Option 3: Recompense

Option 4: Maintenance

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Alimony


Solution : The correct option is the first option.

Alimony refers to the financial support paid by one spouse to another after a divorce or separation.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Compensation: Something, typically money, awarded to someone in recognition of loss,

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Question : Gandhara Art is a combination of

Option 1: Indo - Roman

Option 2: Indo - Greek

Option 3: Indo - Islamic

Option 4: Indo - China

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Indo - Greek


Solution : The correct answer is Indo-Greek.

Gandhara art is a Buddhist sculptural art which developed in Pakistan and Afghanistan. It has both Indian and Greek features. Here, Buddha resembles the Greek God Apollo, and some common features are a muscular body, fewer ornaments and

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Question : Wangala festival is celebrated by which of the following tribes?

Option 1: Bhil tribe

Option 2: Garo tribe

Option 3: Tharu tribe

Option 4: Bhutia tribe

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Garo tribe


Solution : The correct answer is the Garo tribe.

The Garo tribe in the state of Meghalaya celebrates the Wangala festival. From September to December, there is a lot of dancing and music during the celebrations. Assam, Nagaland, and Meghalaya are home to the Garo

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Question : A bomb explodes on the moon. You will hear its sound on the Earth after _____.

Option 1: 20 minutes

Option 2: 2 hours and 20 minutes

Option 3: 3.7 hours

Option 4: You cannot hear the sound of explosion

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Correct Answer: You cannot hear the sound of explosion


Solution : The correct option is you cannot hear the sound of an explosion.

The medium through which sound travels affects its speed. Since there is no air or other medium for sound waves to travel through in space, the sound

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Question : Ram sells a suitcase to Mohan at a 20% profit. Mohan sells it to Shyam at a 40% profit. If Shyam pays INR 1,430 for it, then the price at which Ram bought it is:

Option 1: INR 875

Option 2: INR 870

Option 3: INR 880

Option 4: INR 851.19

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Correct Answer: INR 851.19


Solution : Given:
Ram sells a suitcase to Mohan at a 20% profit. Mohan sells it to Shyam at a 40% profit.
If the price at which Ram bought the suitcase is INR $x$. Then, $x \times \frac{120}{100} \times \frac{140}{100}$ = 1,430
⇒ $x = \frac{(1430

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Question : The following bar chart shows the export of a certain commodity P in crore rupees between 2014 and 2020.
 
For how many years, there was less export of P than the average export of P?

Option 1: 2

Option 2: 1

Option 3: 4

Option 4: 3

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 3


Solution : Average export of P
= $\frac{300+650+1300+1200+800+1400+1250}{7}$
= $\frac{6900}{7}$
= 985.71
Number of years which have less export of P than the average export of P = 3
Hence, the correct answer is 3.

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