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Question : In how many years will the simple interest on a sum of Rs. 6000 lent at 5% per annum be equal to the simple interest on a sum of Rs. 2000 lent for 30 years at 4% per annum?

Option 1: 6 years

Option 2: 12 years

Option 3: 20 years

Option 4: 8 years

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 8 years


Solution : Simple interest = $\frac{\text{Principal × Rate × Time}}{100}$
We are given that the simple interest on Rs. 6000 at 5% per annum is equal to the simple interest on Rs. 2000 at 4% per annum for 30 years. 
So, we can set up the

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Question : Directions: Which one of the given responses will be a meaningful order of the following?
1. Cutting  2. Dish  3. Vegetable  4. Market  5. Cooking

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

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

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

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

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


Solution : Given:
1. Cutting   2. Dish   3. Vegetable   4. Market   5. Cooking

The stages of cooking a dish involve –
First, a person has to go to the market, from where he will buy vegetables. Then he will cut the vegetables and

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Question : The length, breadth, and height of a cuboid are 4 cm, 6 cm, and 10 cm respectively. Find the total surface area.

Option 1: $248\ \text{cm}^2$

Option 2: $244\ \text{cm}^2$

Option 3: $144\ \text{cm}^2$

Option 4: $222\ \text{cm}^2$

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $248\ \text{cm}^2$


Solution : Given: The length, breadth, and height of a cuboid are 4 cm, 6 cm, and 10 cm respectively.
The total surface area of the cuboid of the length $l$, breadth $b$, and height $h$
$=2(lb+bh+lh)$.
$=2(4\times 6+6\times 10+10\times 4)$
$=2(24+60+40)$
$=2\times 124 = 248

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Question : X and Y together can do a piece of work in 30 days. Z alone can do it in 60 days. If they worked together, then in how many days they can finish the work?

Option 1: 50

Option 2: 25

Option 3: 45

Option 4: 20

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 20


Solution : X and Y together can do a piece of work in 30 days.
⇒ 1 day's work of X + Y = $\frac{1}{30}$
Z alone can do it in 60 days.
⇒ 1 day's work of Z = $\frac{1}{60}$
So, 1 day's work of X

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Question : Which of the following tribes belongs to the Indo-European Linguistic family?

Option 1: Garo

Option 2: Gondi

Option 3: Korwa

Option 4: Bhil

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bhil


Solution : The correct answer is Bhil.

An ethnic group in western India is called Bhil or Bheel. A subgroup of the Western Zone of the Indo-Aryan languages, they speak the Bhil languages. Bhils belong to a tribe called the Indo-Aryan Group. This language family is a

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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

The water leaked in with a hole in the roof.

Option 1: No improvement

Option 2: by a holed

Option 3: through a holes

Option 4: through a hole

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: through a hole


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The prepositional phrase "with a hole" suggests a simultaneous association of the hole in the roof with the water that leaked in, but it lacks clarity in explaining how the water entered through the hole.

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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".

Smoking is undoubtedly (1) / very injurious (2) / for health. (3) / No error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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Correct Answer: (3)


Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.

An appropriate preposition should be used after the adjective "injurious". The correct preposition to use is "to," so the correct phrase is "very injurious to health." In English, the adjective "injurious" requires the preposition "to"

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, AJDM is written as JDMA. How will SKWM be written in that language?

Option 1: KMMS

Option 2: KSMW

Option 3: KWMS

Option 4: KMWS

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: KWMS


Solution : Given: 
AJDM is written as JDMA.

The last three letters are written first of the word AJDM, and then the first letter is written, to obtain the required code –
AJDM→JDM/A→JDMA
Thus, AJDM is coded as JDMA.
Similarly, follow the same pattern for SKWM→
SKWM→KWM/S→KWMS

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Question : Which protein-sugar pair is present in milk?

Option 1: Casein, sucrose

Option 2: Casein, lactose

Option 3: Ferritin, maltose

Option 4: Albumin,glucose

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Casein, lactose


Solution : The correct answer is Casein, Lactose.

Lactose is formed by one molecule of glucose and one molecule of galactose. It is a disaccharide of milk sugar. While casein is a milk protein. It is also found in other milk products like yoghurt, cheese,

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Question : Directions: Select the option related to the fifth word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word and the fourth word is related to the third word.
Vehicle :Car :: Food : Pizza :: Crockery : ?

Option 1: Language

Option 2: Plate

Option 3: Table

Option 4: Stove

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Plate


Solution : Given:
Vehicle : Car :: Food : Pizza :: Crockery : ?

The second term gives the representation of the first word.
Like in, Vehicle : Car → The car is a type of vehicle.
And in, Food : Pizza → The pizza is a

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