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Question : Which of the following was the major export item from India in 2021?

Option 1: Automobiles

Option 2: Jewellery

Option 3: Petroleum products

Option 4: Pharmaceuticals

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Petroleum products


Solution : The correct option is Petroleum products.

The major export item from India in 2021, according to various sources like the Observatory of Economic Complexity and India's official trade data, was refined petroleum products. These products, including gasoline, diesel, and other refined fuels, accounted

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
High time

Option 1: well in time for something

Option 2: time to fly high

Option 3: past the appropriate time

Option 4: time to celebrate something

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: past the appropriate time


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The idiom high time is often used to express that something should have happened or should be done already because it is overdue or long-awaited. It implies a sense of urgency or necessity due to

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Question : The average mark of a class of 35 children is 35. The marks of one of the students, who got 35, were incorrectly entered as 65. What is the correct average of the class?

Option 1: 33.76

Option 2: 34.14

Option 3: 35.24

Option 4: 36.50

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 34.14


Solution : Given: The average mark of a class of 35 children is 35.
The marks of one of the students, who got 35, were incorrectly entered as 65.
The sum of their marks = (35 × 35) = 1225
After correcting the mistake, the new sum

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Question : What is the ratio of inradius and circumradius of an equilateral triangle?

Option 1: 1 : 2

Option 2: 1 : 3

Option 3: 1 : 4

Option 4: 3 : 2

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1 : 2


Solution : Let $a$ be the side of the equilateral triangle.
Circumradius = $\frac{abc}{4 \times \text{Area of triangle}}$, where $a,b,c$ are sides
In Case of equilateral triangle, abc = a3 and area of triangle = $\frac{\sqrt{3}a^{2}}{4}$
$\therefore$ Circumradius = $\frac{a^{3}}{4 \times \frac{\sqrt3a^{2}}{4}}=\frac{a}{\sqrt{3}}$
Inradius =

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Question : Which Indian player won the most medals at Commonwealth Games 2022?

Option 1: Pusarla Venkata Sindhu

Option 2: Amit Panghal

Option 3: Sharath Kamal

Option 4: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Sharath Kamal


Solution : The correct option is Sharath Kamal.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Sharath Kamal stood out as India's most successful athlete, clinching three gold medals in men's singles, men's doubles (with Sathiyan Gnanasekaran), and mixed doubles (with Manika Batra), along with a silver in men's

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Question : Study the given pie chart and answer the question that follows. The pie chart shows the sale of different fruits in a shop in a day.

If a total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day, find the difference between sales of grapes and oranges (in kg).

Option 1: 60

Option 2: 55

Option 3: 65

Option 4: 45

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 60


Solution : Given: A total of 1200 kg of fruits were sold in a day.
The difference between sales of grapes and oranges
= $\frac{15–10}{100}\times 1200$
= $\frac{5}{100}\times 1200$
= $60$ 
Hence, the correct answer is 60.

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Question : Directions: Pointing to a man, a lady said "His mother is the only daughter of my mother". How is the lady related to the man?

Option 1: Mother

Option 2: Daughter

Option 3: Sister

Option 4: Aunt

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Mother


Solution : According to the given information, the family tree is as follows –

Here, the circular figure represents the female, and the quadrilateral represents the male in the figure.

So, from the above family tree, the lady is the mother of the man. Hence, the first

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Question : A man bought an article and sold it at a gain of 10%. If he had bought the article at 20% less and sold it for Rs. 1,000 more, he would have made a profit of 40%. The earlier selling price of the article (in Rs.) is:

Option 1: 55,000

Option 2: 60,000

Option 3: 50,000

Option 4: 40,000

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 55,000


Solution : Let the cost price of the article as C and the selling price as S.
The man sold the article at a gain of 10%.
⇒ S = 1.1C
If he had bought the article at 20% less, the cost price would be 0.8C. If

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Question : The average of the first 7 integers in a series of 13 consecutive odd integers is 37. What is the average of the entire series?

Option 1: 37

Option 2: 39

Option 3: 41

Option 4: 43

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 43


Solution : Given: The average of the first 7 integers in a series of 13 consecutive odd integers is 37.
The average of the first 7 integers is 37.
So, the $(\frac{7+1}{2})$ = 4th term is 37.
Thus, the series of integers = 31, 33, 35,

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