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Question : The sum of two numbers is 16 and the difference is 2. What is the product of the two numbers?

Option 1: 35

Option 2: 56

Option 3: 63

Option 4: 42

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 63


Solution : Given: The sum of the two numbers is 16 and their difference is 2.
The bigger number = $\frac{\text{Sum + Difference}}{2}$ = $\frac{16 + 2}{2}$ = 9
The smaller number = 16 – 9 = 7
Therefore, the product of the two numbers = 9

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined segment in the given sentence.

Ms. Tina could finish the assignment by Friday - at a push, Wednesday.

Option 1: try very hard to do something, usually something nice

Option 2: probably possible, but it will be difficult

Option 3: make more of an effort

Option 4: using whatever methods are necessary

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: probably possible, but it will be difficult


Solution : The second option is the correct answer.

The phrase at a push is an idiom used to convey that something is possible but with difficulty or effort. In this context, it suggests that Ms. Tina could potentially finish the

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Question : Who among the following invented a device called PM 2.5 which when fitted near the silencer pipe in vehicles will curb air pollution?

Option 1: Debayan Saha

Option 2: Deepak Gupta

Option 3: Nikesh Arora

Option 4: Asha Sharma

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Debayan Saha


Solution : The correct answer is Debayan Saha.

Debayan Saha created the PM 2.5 gadget, which reduces air pollution when installed next to a vehicle's silencer pipe. An IIT-Kharagpur graduate has developed a tool called "-2.5" to combat the pollution that bears the same name to

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Question : Directions: Which figure from the given options would replace the question mark (?) if the following figure series were to be continued?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : According to the given figures –
1. D, 2, A, and the star are being shifted one position along the corners in the clockwise direction.
2. The arrow in the centre rotates 45° in the anti-clockwise direction.

So, following the above pattern, the required figure will

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Question : Who started the first English newspaper in India ?

Option 1: Bal Gangadhar Tilak .

Option 2: Raja Rammohan Roy .

 

 

 

 

Option 3: J.A.Hickey.

Option 4: Lord William Bentinck.

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: J.A.Hickey.


Solution : Correct Answer is J.A.Hickey.

A two-sheet newspaper, it was published weekly. The Bengal Gazette, the first Indian newspaper, was published in India by James Augustus Hicky in 1780. Even though it was also known as the Calcutta General Advertiser, it was often referred to as

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Question : Directions: Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following words?
(a) Plant
(b) Tree
(c) Soil
(d) Fruit
(e) Seed

Option 1: c, d, a, b, e

Option 2: c, e, a, b, d

Option 3: c, b, e, d, a

Option 4: e, b, a, d, c

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: c, e, a, b, d


Solution : Given:
(a) Plant (b) Tree (c) Soil (d) Fruit (e) Seed

The process of fruit production includes several stages, beginning with the ploughing of the soil to prepare it for planting. Once the soil is ready, the seeds are sown and

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Question : Directions: The line chart given below represents the runs scored by Kohli and Sharma against 5 teams.

Total runs scored by Sharma against 5 teams is what percentage of total runs scored by Kohli against 5 teams?

Option 1: 104.16%

Option 2: 96%

Option 3: 98.13%

Option 4: 108.24%

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 104.16%


Solution : Using the given line chart:
Total runs scored by Kohli against 5 teams = 1000 + 1100 + 1400 + 500 + 800 = 4800
Total runs scored by Sharma against 5 teams = 800 + 700 + 1000 + 1200 + 1300 = 5000

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Question : A retailer wants to sell an item for Rs. 2700 after granting a 10% discount. What is the marked price of the item?

Option 1: Rs. 2850

Option 2: Rs. 3000

Option 3: Rs. 3050

Option 4: Rs. 3110

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 3000


Solution : The retailer wants to sell the item for Rs. 2700 after a 10% discount.
Now, the marked price = selling price × $\frac{100}{100-\text{discount percentage}}$
= 2700 × $\frac{100}{100-10}$
= 2700 × $\frac{100}{90}$
= 3000
Hence, the correct answer is Rs. 3000.

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Question : Coup is _____.

Option 1: The sudden overthrow of a government illegally

Option 2: A system of rules that takes effect when a military authority takes control of normal administration and justice

Option 3: Territory under the immediate political control of another state

Option 4: All options are correct

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: The sudden overthrow of a government illegally


Solution : The correct answer is The sudden overthrow of a government illegally.

A "coup" is a rapid, unlawful and frequently violent seizure of government power, usually by a portion of an army. Usually, a small group of individuals, such as

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Question : In July 2018, an experiment aboard the International Space Station cooled a cloud of atoms of which chemical element to one ten-millionth of one Kelvin above absolute zero, forming a Bose-Einstein Condensate in space.

Option 1: Rubidium

Option 2: Plutonium

Option 3: Radium

Option 4: Thorium

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rubidium


Solution : The correct option is Rubidium.

In July 2018, scientists aboard the orbiting lab used the Cold Atom Laboratory to chill a cloud of rubidium atoms to a temperature just one-tenth of a degree above absolute zero, achieving the fifth state of matter known as

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