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Question : Select the most appropriate one-word substitution of the given group of words.
A person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.

Option 1: Astute

Option 2: Astronomer

Option 3: Astronaut

Option 4: Atrocious

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Astronaut


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

Explanation:
An astronaut is an individual who is trained for and participates in spaceflight. This term specifically refers to individuals who travel beyond Earth's atmosphere, typically as part of a space mission.

Therefore, the correct answer is astronaut.

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Question : Directions: While coming home from school at 5 p.m., Ketaki's shadow was falling to her left. In which direction is the school from her home?

Option 1: Northwest

Option 2: Northeast

Option 3: North

Option 4: South

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: North


Solution : According to the instructions given, the diagram is as follows –

As the sun sets in the West in the evening, i.e. 5 p.m., the shadow will be formed in the opposite direction of the sun.
Here, the shadow is formed to the left of

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Question : 3 men and 5 women together can complete a work in 6 days, whereas 4 men and 9 women together can do it in 4 days. How many women are required to do the same work in 7 days?

Option 1: 15

Option 2: 12

Option 3: 14

Option 4: 10

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 12


Solution : Given: 3 men and 5 women together can complete a work in 6 days, whereas 4 men and 9 women together can do it in 4 days.
Let the efficiency of 1 man and 1 woman be $x$ and $y$.
According to the question,
$(3x

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Question : Directions: Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the given words in the order in which they appear in an English dictionary.
1. Realistic
2. Readily
3. Reach
4. Really
5. Reactor
6. Realize

Option 1: 3, 5, 1, 2, 6, 4

Option 2: 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4

Option 3: 3, 2, 6, 1, 5, 4

Option 4: 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 3, 5, 2, 1, 6, 4


Solution : Given:
1. Realistic 2. Readily 3. Reach 4. Really 5. Reactor 6. Realize

Step 1: Compare the first, second, and third letters of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter R and are followed by e

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Part and parcel

Option 1: Passing blame to someone else

Option 2: Agreement with someone

Option 3: A payment system for parcels

Option 4: Basic or essential element

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Basic or essential element


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The idiom part and parcel means something that is an essential and integral component of a whole or an inseparable part of a larger situation. It implies that the mentioned element is inherent and cannot

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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
She has checked everything she needs before started work.

Option 1: before starts work

Option 2: before start to working

Option 3: before start working

Option 4: before starting work

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: before starting work


Solution : The correct option is the fourth option.

Explanation: This option is grammatically correct and maintains the proper tense and structure of the sentence. It uses the gerund form (starting) after before, indicating an action that occurs before the main action in the sentence

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Question : Which is the hottest place on Earth?

Option 1: Death Valley - California

Option 2: El Azizia - Libya

Option 3: Jacobabad - Pakistan

Option 4: Atacama - Peru

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: El Azizia - Libya


Solution : The correct answer is El Azizia - Libya.

El Azizia Desert is located in northern Libya and has recorded the highest temperature in the world. In 1922, it recorded a temperature of 58 degrees Celsius, the hottest temperature on the Earth. The

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Question : The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 10. The number formed by reversing the digits is 18 less than the original number. Find the original number.

Option 1: 81

Option 2: 46

Option 3: 64

Option 4: 60

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 64


Solution : Let the digit in one's place of the number be $x$ and the digit in ten's place be $y$.
So number = 10$y$ + $x$
By reversing that number = 10$x$ + $y$
According to the question,
$x$ + $y$ = 10 --------- (1)
So,

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Question :

Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives.
Eye : Ophthalmologist :: Music : ?

Option 1: Player

Option 2: Conductor

Option 3: Pianist

Option 4: Composer

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Composer


Solution : Given:
Eye : Ophthalmologist :: Music : ?

Like, an ophthalmologist is an expert in eye-related problems.
Similarly, one who is an expert in music is the composer.

Hence, the fourth option is correct.

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