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Question : Directions: Five friends Mahi, Mili, Milan, Manas and Monika sit on a beach facing north. Only Mahi is sitting between Mili and Monika. Manas sits to the immediate left of Mili. Manas is not at the end. Who sits to the immediate right of Milan?

Option 1: Manas

Option 2: Monika

Option 3: Mahi

Option 4: Mili

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Manas


Solution : Given:
(I) Manas sits to the immediate left of Mili, Manas is not at the end.


(II) Only Mahi is sitting between Mili and Monika.

So, Manas sits to the immediate right of Milan. Hence, the first option is correct.

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Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No error.'
Sorry, I will be late as a flight / has been delayed due / to bad weather.

Option 1: No error

Option 2: Sorry, I will be late as a flight

Option 3: To bad weather

Option 4: Has been delayed due

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Sorry, I will be late as a flight


Solution : The correct option will be the second option.

Explanation:

In the corrected version, the definite article "the" is used before "flight" to indicate a specific flight that has been delayed due to bad weather. 

Therefore, the correct sentence

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Question : What is the Highest Common Factor of $\frac{3}{8}$ and $\frac{4}{9}$?

Option 1: $\frac{1}{18}$

Option 2: $\frac{1}{108}$

Option 3: $\frac{1}{36}$

Option 4: $\frac{1}{72}$

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $\frac{1}{72}$


Solution : We know,
HCF of fraction = $\frac{\text{HCF of numerator}}{\text{LCM of denominator}}$
Now, HCF of 3 and 4 = 1
and LCM of 8 and 9 = 8 × 9 = 72
⇒ HCF of $\frac{3}{8}$ and $\frac{4}{9}$ = $\frac{1}{72}$
Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{1}{72}$.

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Question : The price of a bicycle is marked by a trader at Rs. 1000. He sold the bicycle allowing successive discounts of 20%, 10% and 5%. Thus the trader gained 14%, then the cost price of the bicycle (in rupees) is:

Option 1: Rs. 790

Option 2: Rs. 600

Option 3: Rs. 560

Option 4: Rs. 510

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 600


Solution : Let the marked price be MP, the cost price be CP, the selling price be SP, and the $D_1, D_2,$ and $D_3$ be successive discount percentages.
Given that the marked price of the bicycle is Rs. 1000.
MP = Rs. 1000
The trader sold

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Question : Which harvest festival is famously celebrated in Assam?

Option 1: Bhogali Bihu

Option 2: Lohri

Option 3: Makar Sankranti

Option 4: Onam

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bhogali Bihu


Solution : The correct answer is Bhogali Bihu.

Magh Bihu, also known as Bhogali Bihu, is celebrated as the festival of food in Assam, marking the culmination of the harvest season. The night before Magh Bihu, called Uruka, is a time for families and

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Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (rotation is NOT allowed.)

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : Since the rotation is restricted, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the second option figure.

Hence, the second option is correct.

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Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
Then Bheeshma entered their lives with his _________ lion's laugh.

Option 1: narrow

Option 2: large

Option 3: moment

Option 4: elephantine

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: large


Solution : The second option is correct.

  • Bheeshma entered their lives suggests that Bheeshma is a new character in the story.
  • Lion's laugh is a metaphorical description of Bheeshma's laugh, implying that it is loud and powerful.
  • Large is the most appropriate option to describe Bheeshma's laugh,
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Question : Which among the following straits divides Sri Lanka from India?

Option 1: Yucatan Strait

Option 2: Malacca Strait

Option 3: Palk Strait

Option 4: Sunda Strait

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Palk Strait


Solution : The correct answer is Palk Strait.

Southern India and northern Sri Lanka are separated by the strait. Palk Bay also refers to the southwest section of the strait. Robert Palk, a Madras governor during the Company Raj era, is honoured by having his strait

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Question : What is the tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022?

Option 1: Five years

Option 2: Three years

Option 3: Six years

Option 4: Two years

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Six years


Solution : The correct answer is Six years.

The tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022 is six years, and one-third of the members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution.

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

The girl ran into the house to get some ______ of bread, cold potatoes and other such morsels as were suitable for the fowls.

Option 1: heaps

Option 2: shells

Option 3: crumbs

Option 4: bars

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: crumbs


Solution : The third option is correct.

The meanings of the given words are:

Heaps mean an untidy pile of something.

Shells are a hard covering that protects eggs, nuts, and some animals.

Crumbs mean a very small, dry piece of bread, cake, or biscuit.

Bars

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