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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Invigorate

Option 1: Deform

Option 2: Energise

Option 3: Tire

Option 4: Grow

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Tire


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation: Invigorate means to fill with energy or vitality, to refresh and stimulate. The word typically conveys a sense of renewal and increased vigour. On the other hand, the antonym tire refers to the state of becoming

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Question : Alla Rakha left home at age 12 to learn a musical instrument mider, the great master (ustad) Mian Qadir Bakhsh. He became a renowned player of__________.

Option 1: Sarod

Option 2: Sarangi

Option 3: Tabla

Option 4: Sitar

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Tabla


Solution : The correct option is Tabla.

Alla Rakha left home at 12 to learn the tabla under Ustad Mian Qadir Bakhsh. He became a renowned player of the tabla, which is a traditional Indian percussion instrument widely used in classical, devotional, and popular music.

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

No spring chicken

Option 1: A person who is courageous

Option 2: A person who steals

Option 3: A person who is no longer young

Option 4: A person who lies

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: A person who is no longer young


Solution : The correct choice will be the third option.

The phrase spring chicken is a metaphor for a young chicken, and saying someone is no spring chicken implies they are no longer in the early stages of life.

Therefore, the

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Question : Which one of the following is an 'Air-to-Air' missile?

Option 1: Prithvi

Option 2: Agni

Option 3: Akash

Option 4: Astra

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Astra


Solution : The correct option is Astra.

India developed the Astra Air-to-air missile system. It is intended to engage and destroy aerial targets, such as hostile aircraft and drones, and may be launched from aircraft, especially fighter planes. The Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile known as the

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Question : Select the appropriate synonym for the underlined word.

My parents have been lying to me since I was a kid.

Option 1: framing

Option 2: stopping

Option 3: crying

Option 4: misleading

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: misleading


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

In the context provided, the word lying refers to the act of not telling the truth or providing false information. The synonym misleading aligns closely with this meaning. This refers to something that gives the wrong idea

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Question : What causes the day and night cycle on Earth?

Option 1: Rotation

Option 2: Revolution

Option 3: Rotation and revolution both

Option 4: None of these

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rotation


Solution : The answer is Rotation.

Earth revolves on its axis, which is called rotation. It takes 24 hours to complete one rotation. Day and night are caused by the rotation of the Earth. When a portion of the Earth faces the sun, day prevails, and the

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Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.
The need to take theatre online _____ in global collaborations.

Option 1: has resulted

Option 2: result

Option 3: have resulted

Option 4: resulting

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: has resulted


Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

The sentence is in the present perfect tense, and when expressing an action that started in the past and has relevance to the present, has resulted, is the correct form. It indicates that the need to take

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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the missing number of the given series.
500, 497, 488, 461, 380, ?

Option 1: 130

Option 2: 137

Option 3: 140

Option 4: 141

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 137


Solution : Given:
500, 497, 488, 461, 380, ?

In the above-given series, subtract 3, 9, 27, 81 and 243 from the numbers.
500 – 3 = 497
497 – (3 × 3) = 497 – 9 = 488
488 – (9 × 3) = 488 –

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

He had to brake suddenly to avoiding hitting the deer.

Option 1: no improvement

Option 2: avoided hitting

Option 3: avoided hits

Option 4: avoid hitting

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: avoid hitting


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation: The underlined part to avoiding hitting contains a grammatical error. After the modal verb had to, the base form of the verb should be used. In this case, the correct form is to avoid

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Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

He ruled well but_________, making closer friends with justice than with mercy.

Option 1: watch

Option 2: watching

Option 3: watchfully

Option 4: watches

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: watchfully


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

This choice aligns with the sentence structure, indicating that he ruled well while being attentive and cautious, leaning towards justice rather than mercy. The sentence requires an adverb to modify the verb. Thus, watchfully is the appropriate choice.

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