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Question : By selling 100 notebooks, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 notebooks. What is his gain percentage?

Option 1: 62.4%

Option 2: 22.5%

Option 3: 50.4%

Option 4: 25%

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 25%


Solution : Given: By selling 100 notebooks, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 notebooks.
Use the formula, Profit = SP – CP where SP is the selling price and CP is the cost price.
Let the CP of the notebook be INR $x$.
According to

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Question : Who gave the slogan, 'Dilli Chalo' ?

Option 1: Lal Bahadur Shastri

Option 2: Jawaharlal Nehru

Option 3: Subhash Chandra Bose

Option 4: G.K. Gokhale

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose


Solution : Correct Answer is Subhash Chandra Bose

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose is credited with creating the "Dilli chalo" slogan, which he uttered during the Indian National Army (INA) movement. The address served as a rallying cry for the Indian National Army (INA), which Bose

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Question : The price of sugar increases by 15%. By what percentage should the consumption of sugar be decreased so that the expenditure on the purchase of sugar remains the same? [Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.]

Option 1: 11.11%

Option 2: 12.5%

Option 3: 14.16%

Option 4: 13.04%

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 13.04%


Solution : Given that the price of sugar is raised by 15%
Price = $\frac{\text{Expenditure}}{\text{Consumption}}$
Let the original price be 100x
New price after increase in price = $100\text{x}+ 100\text{x} \times \frac{15}{100}$ = 115x 
As expenditure remains same.
Then, $\frac{\text{New consumption}}{\text{Original consumption}} = \frac{\text{Original Price}}{\text{New price}} =

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Question : If the radius of a cylinder is decreased by 16 percent, then by how much percent its height must be increased so that the volume of the cylinder remains the same.

Option 1: 32.96 percent

Option 2: 41.72 percent

Option 3: 45.28 percent

Option 4: 36.43 percent

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 41.72 percent


Solution : Let the initial radius be r and height be 100 and the final height be h
⇒ Final radius = r$({1 - \frac{16}{100})}$ = 0.84r
 Initial volume = Final volume
⇒ $\pi r^{2}$ × 100 = $\pi (0.84r)^{2}$h
⇒ h = $\frac{100}{0.7056}$ = 141.72

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Question : Select the correctly spelt word.

Option 1: Propensity

Option 2: Constituensy

Option 3: Demoalish

Option 4: Patranise

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Propensity


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Propensity is correctly spelt, and it refers to a natural inclination, tendency, or preference for something.

Other words are incorrectly spelt, and their correct spelling are as follows:

  • Incorrect spellling: Patranise. Correct spelling: Patronise
  • Incorrect spelling:
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Question : Which of the following statements is correct?

I. Rolling friction is greater than the sliding friction.

II. The frictional force exerted by fluids is called drag.

Option 1: Only I is correct.

Option 2: Neither I nor II is correct.

Option 3: Both I and II are correct.

Option 4: Only II is correct.

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Only II is correct.


Solution : The correct option is Only II is correct.

Rolling friction is generally less than sliding friction. The frictional force exerted by fluids, such as air or water, is called drag. It opposes the motion of an object through the fluid, affecting

Question : Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required.'

Amoeba is a microscopic single-celled organism found in pond water.

Option 1: organisms founding in

Option 2: No improvement required

Option 3: organism find in

Option 4: organisms found with

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: No improvement required


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

The sentence "Amoeba is a microscopic single-celled organism found in pond water" is grammatically correct and clear.

Therefore, in the given sentence, there is no improvement required.

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Question : The average of 24 observations is 41. The average of the first 9 observations is 42. The average of the last 16 observations is 39. What is the value of the 9th observation?

Option 1: 14

Option 2: 24

Option 3: 18

Option 4: 20

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 18


Solution : Given,
Average of 24 observations = 41
⇒ Sum of 24 observations = 41 $\times$ 24 = 984
Also, The average of the first 9 observations is 42.
⇒ Sum of first 9 observations = 42 $\times$ 9 = 378 ......(1)
And, The average of

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