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Question : Two numbers are in the ratio 12 : 7. If their HCF is 25, find the numbers.

Option 1: 225 and 135

Option 2: 300 and 175

Option 3: 300 and 50

Option 4: 175 and 120

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 300 and 175


Solution : The numbers in the ratio 12 : 7 can be represented as $12x$ and $7x$, where $x$ is a common factor. 
Given that their Highest Common Factor (HCF) is 25, we can say that $x = 25$.
Therefore, the two numbers are,
First

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

Emulate

Option 1: Respect

Option 2: Neglect

Option 3:  Spoilt

Option 4: Bash

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Neglect


Solution : The second option is correct.

Emulate means to imitate or strive to match or surpass someone, whereas neglect refers to the act of failing to give proper attention. These both represent opposite actions, as one aims to imitate or follow, while the other involves overlooking

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Question : By selling 24 items, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 4 items. His gain percentage is:

Option 1: $16 \frac{1}{3} \%$

Option 2: $20 \%$

Option 3: $33 \frac{1}{3} \%$

Option 4: $16 \frac{2}{3} \%$

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $20 \%$


Solution : The profit made by the shopkeeper is the selling price of 4 items.
If the shopkeeper sells 24 items, the profit is $\frac{4}{24} = \frac{1}{6}$ of the total selling price.
This means the cost price is $1 - \frac{1}{6} = \frac{5}{6}$ of the total

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Question : The immunisation technique was developed by

Option 1: Joseph Lister

Option 2: Louis Pasteur

Option 3: Edward jenner

Option 4: Robert Koch

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Louis Pasteur


Solution : The correct option is Louis Pasteur.

The principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurisation, which bear his name, were discovered by French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur. Through the creation of rabies and anthrax vaccines, Pasteur's work is credited with saving millions of

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Question : Find the LCM of 28 and 92.

Option 1: 464

Option 2: 644

Option 3: 161

Option 4: 322

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 644


Solution : Factors of 28 = 2 × 2 × 7
Factors of 92 = 2 × 2 × 23
$\therefore$ LCM of 28 and 92 = 2 × 2 × 7 × 23 = 644
Hence, the correct answer is 644.

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Question : Who among the following was the Vice President of the Interim Government formed by Congress in 1946?

Option 1: Vallabhbhai Patel

Option 2: Baldev Singh

Option 3: John Matthai

Option 4: Jawaharlal Nehru

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru


Solution : The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

Jawaharlal Nehru was the Vice President of India's first temporary government. On September 2, 1946, the Interim Government of India was established. The temporary administration was in charge until August 15, 1947.

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Question : In the Indian political system, the real executive power is vested in:

Option 1: The Governor

Option 2: The President

Option 3: The Vice President

Option 4: The Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: The Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers


Solution : The correct option is the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers.

In the Indian political system, the real executive power is vested in the Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers at the national level. The

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Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution'.
Rahul thinks that this is quite the cheap restaurant.

Option 1: so the cheap

Option 2: No substitution

Option 3: quite a cheap

Option 4: so a cheap

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: quite a cheap


Solution : The third option is the correct answer.

When using the adjective cheap, it is more grammatically correct to use the indefinite article a rather than the definite article the before it. 

The use of quite a is a common construction in English when

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