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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

The dance performance was more beautifuler than I expected.

Option 1: was more beautiful

Option 2: was beautiful

Option 3: was most beautiful

Option 4: is being more beautiful

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: was more beautiful


Solution : The first option is correct.

Explanation: When using comparative adjectives, the correct structure is to use more before the adjective. In this case, beautiful is already a comparative adjective.

So, the correct sentence would be: "The dance performance was more beautiful than I

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Question : Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

Option 1: 00 longitude - Prime Meridian

Option 2: 00 longitude - Equator

Option 3: 00 latitude - Equator

Option 4: 23.50 North - Tropic of Cancer

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 00 longitude - Equator


Solution : The correct answer is 00 longitude - Equator.

The Equator is 00 latitude, which divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.00 latitude is known as the Prime Meridian.

Other important latitudes are-

1. Tropic of

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Question : _____ is a situation of a low rate of interest in the economy where every economic agent expects the interest rate to rise in future and consequently bond prices to fall, causing capital loss.

Option 1: Liquidity trap

Option 2: Revenue deficit

Option 3: Parametric shift

Option 4: Paradox shift

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Liquidity trap


Solution : The correct answer is the Liquidity trap.

A liquidity trap occurs when interest rates are low, and people would rather keep their money in cash or cash equivalents since they don't know how the country's economy will perform.

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Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Among the largest species of cats in the world, tigers are powerful hunters with (1)________ teeth, strong jaws, and agile bodies. They range across Asia, from Russia all the way to Sumatra and mainland Southeast Asia. Researchers still have much to learn (2) ________ these beautiful, endangered (3) ________.
There is currently one recognised species of tiger, Panthera tigris. Scientists have further (4) ________ the tiger into nine subspecies: the extinct Bali, Caspian, and Javan subspecies, and the living Malayan, Sumatran, South China, Indochinese, Bengal, and Amur (or Siberian) subspecies. Of these six subspecies, AZA-accredited zoos currently manage three: Amur, Malayan, and Sumatran. The Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute is home to Sumatran and Amur tigers; Sumatran tigers are (5) ________ as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List, and Amur tigers have been classified as endangered.

Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.

Option 1: with

Option 2: into

Option 3: about

Option 4: along

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: about


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The preposition about is appropriate in this context to indicate the subject or topic about which researchers have much to learn. It forms a complete and coherent sentence, indicating that researchers have much more to discover or understand

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Question : Which hill is not a part of the Meghalaya Plateau?

Option 1: Nilgiri Hills

Option 2: Jaintia Hills

Option 3: Khasi Hills

Option 4: Garo Hills

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Nilgiri Hills


Solution : The correct option is Nilgiri Hills.

The Nilgiri Hills are located in the Western Ghats, which is a mountain range in South India. These are not part of the Meghalaya Plateau. It runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. The Nilgiris

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
A plum job

Option 1: An easy and pleasant job

Option 2: A rare job

Option 3: A difficult job

Option 4: A job involving extensive travelling

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: An easy and pleasant job


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Explanation: A "plum job" is a position of employment that is considered highly desirable due to various factors such as good pay, favourable working conditions, prestige, or other attractive benefits.

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Question : The slope of the given line is:
:

Option 1: Positive

Option 2: Negative

Option 3: Undefined

Option 4: Zero

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Negative


Solution :
The slope of this graph will be negative.
Reason:
Slope = m = $\tan\theta$
Here the $\theta > 90^{\circ}$ i.e., in the second quadrant.
$\therefore\tan\theta$ is negative in the second quadrant.
Hence, the correct answer is negative.

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