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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. Stoop 
2. Stoke
3. Storage
4. Stock
5. Storey
6. Stomach

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

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

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

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

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

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


Solution : Given:
1. Stoop  2. Stoke 3. Storage 4. Stock 5. Storey 6. Stomach

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

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Question : Directions: In the following question a word is followed by four other words, one of which cannot be formed by using the letters of the given word. Find the word.
ESTRANGE

Option 1: GENERATE

Option 2: SERGEANT

Option 3: REAGENTS

Option 4: GREAT

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: GENERATE


Solution : Given:
ESTRANGE

Let's compare all the option words with the word ESTRANGE –

First option: GENERATE; is not present thrice in the word ESTRANGE. Thus, it is the odd one.
Second option: SERGEANT; All the letters of SERGEANT are present in the word ESTRANGE.

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Question : Directions: Select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
14, 17, 23, 32, 44, 59, ?

Option 1: 74

Option 2: 67

Option 3: 78

Option 4: 77

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 77


Solution : Given:
14, 17, 23, 32, 44, 59, ?

Add multiples of 3 in each number to obtain the next number.
14 + 3 = 17; 17 + 6 = 23; 23 + 9 = 32; 32 + 12 = 44; 44 + 15 = 59;

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Question : The first Satyagraha started in Champaran to oppose the cultivation of ____.

Option 1: cotton

Option 2: indigo

Option 3: silk

Option 4: kesar

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: indigo


Solution : The correct answer is indigo.

It was a peasant movement that pitted indigo farmers against indigo planters during the colonial era. In place of the crops, they preferred to grow, the farmers of Champaran were compelled to grow indigo. Gandhi started the first civil

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Question : What are the components of the nucleus of an atom?

Option 1: Only protons

Option 2: Protons and neutrons

Option 3: Neutrons and electrons

Option 4: Only neutrons

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Protons and neutrons


Solution : The correct option is Protons and neutrons

The core, a dense portion of an atom that contains positively charged protons and uncharged neutrons together with most of the atom's mass, is called nucleus. A cloud of negatively charged electrons occupying various energy levels

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Question : In the life cycle of a star, the stage nebula refers to:

Option 1: the stage when the outer layers expand, cool down and become less bright

Option 2: a cloud of dust and hydrogen

Option 3: the last stage of its life

Option 4: the outer shell of a star

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: a cloud of dust and hydrogen


Solution : The correct answer is a cloud of dust and hydrogen.

The first stage in the evolution of all stars involves the formation of a nebula. A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas which has been collected together

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Question : Two numbers are in the ratio 7 : 11. If their HCF is 28, then the difference between the two numbers is:

Option 1: 28

Option 2: 308

Option 3: 112

Option 4: 196

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 112


Solution : Ratio of two numbers = 7 : 11
HCF = 28
Let the numbers be $7x$ and $11x$.
HCF of $7x$ and $11x=x$
⇒ $x= 28$
Difference $=11x-7x=4x= 4 × 28= 112$
Hence, the correct answer is 112.

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

Boil the ocean

Option 1: Something very big

Option 2: Something which gets hot gradually

Option 3: Try to do something impossible

Option 4: To make someone very angry

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Try to do something impossible


Solution : The third option is correct.

The most appropriate meaning of the given idiom is try to do something impossible.

When someone says, don't try to boil the ocean, they are advising against attempting something unfeasible or attempting to solve

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