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

Profitable, yielding financial gain

Option 1: Ludicrous

Option 2: Lucrative

Option 3: Luddite

Option 4: Lugger

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Lucrative


Solution : The first option is correct.

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

Explanation:

Lucrative: It is an adjective that specifically describes something that is profitable or produces financial gain.
Ludicrous: It means absurd or

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Question : Who is the author of the book "Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army and the War Within?"

Option 1: J. N. Dixit

Option 2: Shuja Nawaz

Option 3: S. D. Muni

Option 4: Shashi Tharoor

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Shuja Nawaz


Solution : The correct option is Shuja Nawaz.

"Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the War Within" is a book co-authored by Shuja Nawaz. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the Pakistan Army and its role in the country's history, mainly focusing on the

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Question : Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
A study of metaphysics is the study of the nature of realty, of what exists in the world, what it is like and how it is ordered.

Option 1: metaphysics

Option 2: Study

Option 3: Nature

Option 4: Realty

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Realty


Solution : The correct choice will be the fourth option.

The incorrectly spelt word in the given sentence is realty. The correct spelling is reality.

Realty refers to real estate or property, while reality refers to the state of things as they exist, the nature of the

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Question : In $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$, AB = AC, and D is a point on side AC such that BD = BC. If AB = 12.5 cm and BC = 5 cm, then what is the measure of DC?

Option 1: 2 cm

Option 2: 2.5 cm

Option 3: 3 cm

Option 4: 1.8 cm

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 2 cm


Solution : $\triangle $ABC, AB = AC
and D is a point on side AC such that BD = BC.
Here,  AB = 12.5 cm and BC = 5 cm
⇒ $\triangle$ABC ~ $\triangle$BDC
⇒ $\frac{DC}{BC}$ = $\frac{BC}{AC}$
⇒ $\frac{DC}{5}$ = $\frac{5}{12.5}$
⇒ DC = 2

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Question : The ratio of monthly income and expenditure of a man is 7 : 3. If his expenditure is INR 5,400, find his monthly income.

Option 1: INR 12,600

Option 2: INR 13,300

Option 3: INR 11,500

Option 4: INR 10,400

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: INR 12,600


Solution : Given: The ratio of monthly income and expenditure of a man = 7 : 3
Expenditure = INR 5,400
Let monthly income be $7x$ and monthly expenditure be $3x$
According to the question:
$3x=5400$
⇒ $x=1800$
Thus, monthly income $=7x=7\times1800 = 12600$
Hence, the

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Question : A trader buys an article at 80% of its marked price and sells it at a 10% discount on its marked price. His percentage profit is:

Option 1: $10 \frac{1}{2}$

Option 2: $10$

Option 3: $12 \frac{1}{2}$

Option 4: $15$

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $12 \frac{1}{2}$


Solution : Given: A trader buys an article at 80% of its marked price and sells it at a 10% discount on its marked price.
Profit percentage = $\frac{\text{SP – CP}}{\text{CP}}\times 100$, where $SP$, $CP$ are the selling price and the cost price.
Let the marked

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Question : Blood group was discovered by:

Option 1: William Harvey

Option 2: Landsteiner

Option 3: Pavlov

Option 4: Alexander Fleming

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Landsteiner


Solution : The correct answer is Landsteiner.

Karl Landsteiner has been credited for the discovery of the ABO blood group system in 1900. His extensive research on serology based on simple reasoning led to the identification of major blood groups such as O, A, and B types,

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Question : The ______ water utilization is very high in the states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and Tamil Nadu.

Option 1: sea

Option 2: rain

Option 3: ground

Option 4: river

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: ground


Solution : The correct answer is ground.

Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Haryana, and Rajasthan have extremely high groundwater usage rates. Groundwater resources are being used moderately by Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tripura, and Maharashtra. Slightly more groundwater than could be found in states like Kerala, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh

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Question : Directions: Four letter clusters have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner, while one is different. choose the odd one.

Option 1: PENAL

Option 2: PIOUS

Option 3: QUAIL

Option 4: AEONS

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: PENAL


Solution : Given:
PENAL, PIOUS, QUAIL, AEONS

Let's check each option 
First Option: PENAL→The word has two vowels E and A
Second Option: PIOUS→ The word has three vowels I, O, and U
Third Option: QUAIL→The word has three vowels U, A, and I
Fourth Option: AEONS→The

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