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Question : HYV refers to:

Option 1: Hybrid yielding variety

Option 2: Human yellow virus

Option 3: High yielding variety

Option 4: Human yellow vaccine

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: High yielding variety


Solution : The correct option is High yielding variety.

HYV refers to High Yielding Variety. It is a type of crop that has been bred to produce more yield than traditional varieties. The scientist who introduced HYVs is Norman Borlaug. He was a plant

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Question : A man has some hens and some cows. If the total number of heads of both is 50 and the number of feet of both is 142, then the number of cows is:

Option 1: 21

Option 2: 25

Option 3: 27

Option 4: 29

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 21


Solution : Let's assume:
h = number of hens
c = number of cows
From the problem, we can make two equations:
1) Each hen and each cow has one head:
h + c = 50 ––(i)
2) Each hen has 2 feet and each cow has

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Question : How does La-Nina affect the Pacific Ocean?

Option 1: Decreases \; salinity\; of\; ocean

Option 2: Cools\: downs\: the\: temperature \: of\: water

Option 3: Maintains \: stable\: temperature\: of\: water

Option 4: Increases\: \: salinity \: \: of\: \: ocean

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Cools\: downs\: the\: temperature \: of\: water


Solution : The correct answer is cools down the temperature of earth. 

The "cool phase" of El Nino Southern Oscillation, La Nina, is a trend that depicts the anomalous cooling of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. La Nina occurrences occur when sea surface temperatures in the east-central Equatorial

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Question : Simplify the following expression.
$(4 x + 1)^2 - (4 x + 3)(4 x - 1)$

Option 1: $(4 x + 1)$

Option 2: $4$

Option 3: $(4x- 3)$

Option 4: $4x$

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $4$


Solution : $(4x + 1)^2 - (4x + 3)(4x - 1)$
$=16x^{2} + 1 + 8x-(16x^{2} -4x + 12x - 3)$
$=16x^{2} + 1 + 8x - 16x^{2} + 4x - 12x + 3$
$=4$
Hence, the correct answer is 4.

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Question : The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in:

Option 1: Geneva

Option 2: Paris

Option 3: Vienna

Option 4: Washington

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Vienna


Solution : The correct option is Vienna.

The Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is located in Vienna, Austria. The agency enforces safeguards to ensure that nuclear materials are utilized exclusively for peaceful applications, preventing their diversion for military or weaponized purposes. This entails conducting

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Question : Who was the first to accurately describe the rings of Saturn as a disc around the planet in 1655?

Option 1: Hideki Yukawa

Option 2: Galileo Galilei

Option 3: Christiaan Huygens

Option 4: Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Christiaan Huygens


Solution : The correct answer is Christiaan Huygens.

The first person to correctly characterise Saturn's rings as a disc encircling the planet was the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1655. Huygens finds Titan, the first moon of Saturn, seven months before the ring plane crosses that

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Question : The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of _____________.

Option 1: Eid al-Fitr

Option 2: Ramadan

Option 3: Eid-ul-Adha

Option 4: Mawlid al-Nabi

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Mawlid al-Nabi


Solution : The correct option is Mawlid al-Nabi.

The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of Mawlid al-Nabi, or simply Mawlid. It is an important religious and cultural celebration in Islam that marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Question : Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
If she had begun earlier, she might have suceeded in finishing the extremely intricate project before the deadline.

Option 1: deadline

Option 2: intricate

Option 3: suceeded

Option 4: earlier

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: suceeded


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

The incorrectly spelled word in the given sentence is suceeded. The correct spelling is succeeded, which means to have achieved the desired result or outcome; to have attained success.

The meanings of other options are as follows:

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Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

She came home to meet I and mine family.

Option 1: myself and mine

Option 2: No improvement

Option 3: me and mine

Option 4: me and my

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: me and my


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

I and mine should be replaced with me and my to make the sentence grammatically accurate. Me is the correct object pronoun to be used, as it is being used as the object of the

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