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Question : “A History of British India” is a work published by ______.

Option 1: Lord Canning

Option 2: Lord Dalhousie

Option 3: James Mill

Option 4: Warren Hastings

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: James Mill


Solution : The correct option is James Mill.

A History of British India is a comprehensive historical work authored by James Mill, a Scottish historian and philosopher. The book first went on sale in several volumes between 1817 and 1818.

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Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".

My teacher (forbade me to use) mobile phone in the class.

(1) forbade me not to use

(2) forbid me not to use

(3) forbade me using 

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: (4)


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation: The verb "forbid" is followed by the infinitive "to use" to indicate that the teacher prohibited the action of using a mobile phone in the class. The original sentence is grammatically correct and needs no improvement.

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Question : What is the value of $5 \sqrt{3} \cos 60^{\circ} \tan 30^{\circ}-3 \cos 0^{\circ}+3 \cos ^2 45^{\circ}+2 \sin ^2 60^{\circ}$?

Option 1: $2\sqrt{3}$

Option 2: $2.5$

Option 3: $3.5$

Option 4: $3\sqrt{2}$

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $2.5$


Solution : $5 \sqrt{3} \cos 60^{\circ} \tan 30^{\circ}-3 \cos 0^{\circ}+3 \cos ^2 45^{\circ}+2 \sin ^2 60^{\circ}$
$= 5 \sqrt{3} \times \frac{1}{2} \times\frac{1}{\sqrt3}-3 \times1+3 \times \frac{1}{(\sqrt2)^2}+2(\frac{\sqrt3}{2})^2$
$= \frac{5}{2} -3+\frac{3}{2} + \frac{3}{2}$
$= \frac{5-6+3+3}{2}$
$= \frac{5}{2}$
$= 2.5$
Hence, the correct answer is $2.5$.

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, NUMERICAL is written as ICALRNUME, and SCATTERED is written as EREDTSCAT. How will EXPLOSION be written in that language?

Option 1: SIONOXEPL

Option 2: SIONOEXPL

Option 3: SIONOXELP

Option 4: SIONOEXLP

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: SIONOEXPL


Solution : Given:
NUMERICAL is written as ICALRNUME and SCATTERED is written as EREDTSCAT.

The last four letters become the first four letters and the first four letters become the last four letters and the middle letter is a constant of NUMERICAL, to obtain the required code

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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.

Seldom had he been so joyous in other's happiness.

Option 1: Hardly

Option 2: Rarely

Option 3: Frequently

Option 4: Occasionally

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Frequently


Solution : The correct answer is the third option.

Frequently means happening often or regularly, which contrasts with the infrequent nature of seldom.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Hardly means barely or scarcely; often used to indicate that something happens only to

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Question : Directions: If a mirror is placed on line AB, which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : As per mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in reflection.
According to the information provided, if the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB), the right of the reflected image will appear as the left,

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Question : Applied to a bill for INR 50,000, the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of 36% and 4% is:

Option 1: INR 875

Option 2: INR 1,440

Option 3: INR 1,250

Option 4: INR 720

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: INR 720


Solution : The bill is INR 50,000.
After a 40% flat discount, the new bill is for  $\frac{50000×60}{100}=30000$
After successive discounts of 36% and 4%, the new bill is for $\frac{50000×64×96}
{100×100}=30720$
The difference is (30720 – 30000) = INR 720
Hence, the correct answer is

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Question : In 1893, which Swiss chemist was the first to understand the molecular structures of inorganic substances – chemical compounds that do not contain carbon?

Option 1: Alfred Werner

Option 2: William Ramsay

Option 3: George de Hevesy

Option 4: John Dalton

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Alfred Werner


Solution : The correct option is Alfred Werner.

The first person to comprehend the molecular structures of inorganic substances, especially coordination compounds, was the Swiss chemist Alfred Werner in 1893. His groundbreaking work in coordination chemistry led to his proposal of the coordination theory, earning

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Question : If A : B = $\frac{1}{2}:\frac{1}{3}$, B : C = $\frac{1}{5}:\frac{1}{3}$ ,then (A + B) : (B + C) is equal to:

Option 1: 5 : 8

Option 2: 9 : 10

Option 3: 15 : 16

Option 4: 6 : 15

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 15 : 16


Solution : Given:
A : B = $\frac{1}{2}:\frac{1}{3}$
⇒ A : B = 3 : 2
B : C = $\frac{1}{5}:\frac{1}{3}$
⇒ B : C = 3 : 5
A : B = 3 : 2 is multiplied by 3 and B : C =

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