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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.

These types of insects are usually very difficult to eradicate.

Option 1: emancipate

Option 2: annihilate

Option 3: conserve

Option 4: devastate

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: conserve


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

The word eradicate means to completely destroy or get rid of something. Conserve is the most appropriate antonym, as it means to protect and preserve something from harm or destruction.

The meanings of the other options

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Question : Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.

From start to finish, the treatment of the defendants was a (travesty) of legal due process.

Option 1: magic

Option 2: mockery

Option 3: tribute

Option 4: slurry

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: mockery


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation: The word travesty refers to a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. Mockery is the synonym that closely aligns with this sense of distortion and absurdity.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
For better or (for) worse

Option 1: Become out of control

Option 2: Extreme enthusiasm

Option 3: To be in trouble

Option 4: To accept whatever results, good or bad

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: To accept whatever results, good or bad


Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.

The most appropriate meaning of the idiom, for better or (for) worse, is to accept whatever results, good or bad. This idiom is often used in the context of marriage vows, indicating

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Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.

Apart from Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria during its business trip.

Option 1: also visited Italy and Austria

Option 2: during its business trip

Option 3: Apart from Germany, they

Option 4: No error.

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: during its business trip


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation: "Its" should be replaced with the third-person plural possessive pronoun "their" to make the sentence grammatically accurate, as it is the correct choice, which shows that they also visited Italy and Australia

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Question : A sentence has been given a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.

Your presence______ both my brother and sister.

Option 1: affecting

Option 2: effect

Option 3: effects

Option 4: affects

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: affects


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation: In this sentence, "presence" is the subject, and since it is singular, the verb that follows should also be singular. Affects, is the third-person singular form of the verb affect, and correctly agrees with the singular

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, TYPE is written as SXOD. How will SING be written in that language?

Option 1: RMHF

Option 2: RFHM

Option 3: RHMF

Option 4: MRHF

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: RHMF


Solution : Given:
TYPE is written as SXOD.

Subtract one from the place value of each alphabet of a given word to obtain the required code.
TYPE→T = 20 – 1 = 19; Y = 25 – 1; P = 16 – 1; E = 5 –

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Question : A train passes by a lamp post on a platform in 7 seconds and passes by the platform completely in 28 seconds. If the length of the platform is 390 m, the length of the train (in metres) is:

Option 1: 120

Option 2: 130

Option 3: 140

Option 4: 150

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 130


Solution : We have,
Length of the platform = 390 m
The time taken to cross a lamp post is 7 seconds.
The time taken to cross the platform is 28 seconds.
Let the length of the train be $x$ m.
Speed of the train = $\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}$

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