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Question : Choose the word that means the same as the given word.
Edacious

Option 1: Solvent

Option 2: Gluttonous

Option 3: Insolvent

Option 4: Satiated

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Gluttonous


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Edacious: This word refers to having an eager and voracious appetite, often used to describe someone who is hungry or has a strong desire to eat.

Gluttonous: This is the correct synonym for edacious. It describes someone

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Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
Due to heavy rains, the match was called____.

Option 1: of

Option 2: off

Option 3: down

Option 4: out

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: off


Solution : The second option is the correct answer.

"Call off" means to cancel something, especially an event. This is the only phrasal verb that fits the sentence appropriately.

"Call down" means to request or order someone to come down from a higher place.

"Call out" means

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I am commerce student studying class 11 with mathematics and want to study bsc economics

Tanya Gupta 19th Jan, 2024

Hello,


If you are planning to pursue BSc in Economics from college other than DU, then you won't face any issue as other colleges don't have the eligibility criteria to have maths as a subject in class 12th but if you are planning to pursue from Delhi University or colleges

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Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.

"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.

An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.

Question:
How many mathematicians won the Michael Sheila Prize for 2021?

Option 1: Four

Option 2: Two

Option 3: Three

Option 4: One

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Three


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

As stated in the first paragraph, the prize was won by Nikhil Srivastava, Adam W. Marcus, and Daniel Alan Spielman, which makes this a total of three prize winners. 

Therefore, the correct answer is three.

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I am giving my 10th boards this year on Basic mathematics. But I am aspiring to give my Standard mathematics exam in the compartment exam. Will my school and the boards will allow me to give the compartment exams?

Tanya Gupta 20th Jan, 2024

Hello,

If a student fails in Standard Math in the CBSE Class 10 Board Exam, CBSE offers the option to appear in the Compartment Examination.HTe student can choose to appear in either Basic Math or Standard Math. By choosing Basic Math, their Standard Math subject will be switched to Basic

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Question : Comprehension:

In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

The world is undergoing rapid changes in the knowledge landscape. With various dramatic scientific and technological advances, such as the rise of big data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, many unskilled jobs worldwide may be taken over by machines, while the need for a skilled workforce, particularly involving mathematics, computer science, and data science, in conjunction with multidisciplinary abilities across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities, (1)________ increasingly in greater demand. With climate change, increasing pollution, and depleting natural resources, there will be a sizeable shift in how we (2)_______ the world's energy, water, food, and sanitation needs, again resulting in the need for new skilled labour, particularly in biology, chemistry, physics, agriculture, climate science, and social science. The growing (3)________ of epidemics and pandemics will also (4)_______ collaborative research in infectious disease management and development of vaccines, and the resultant social issues heighten the need for multidisciplinary learning. There will be a growing (5)__________ for humanities and art as India moves towards becoming a developed country as well as among the three largest economies in the world.

Question:

Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.

Option 1: wane

Option 2: dissolution

Option 3: emergence

Option 4: need

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: emergence


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The context of the sentence suggests that there is something growing related to epidemics and pandemics. Emergence fits well in this context, indicating the increasing occurrence or appearance of epidemics and pandemics.

The meanings of the other options

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Question : Comprehension:

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.

Indian mathematician Nikhil Srivastava, working at the University of California in Berkeley, is among the winners of the Prestigious 2021 Michael and Sheila Held Prize, announced last week by the US National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Adam W. Marcus, EPFL (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne), and Daniel Alan Spielman, Yale University, are the other two winners.

"Marcus, Spielman, and Srivastava solved longstanding questions on the Kadison-Singer problem and on Ramanujan graphs, and in the process, they uncovered a deep new connection between linear algebra, the geometry of polynomials, and graph theory that has inspired the next generation of theoretical computer scientists," the NAS said in a statement.

An Indian national, Nikhil was born in New Delhi in November 1983 and has attended educational institutions across the world—Syria, the UK, Saudi Arabia, and the US—as his father was an Indian Foreign Services officer, who has served as the Indian ambassador to Uganda and Denmark. At present, Nikhil is an associate professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley. The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential research in the area of combinatorial mathematics.

Question:
The Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented:

Option 1: every two years to honour the best researchers in mathematics

Option 2: twice every year to honour young and influential researchers in mathematics

Option 3: every year to honour new thinking and research in a specific area of mathematics

Option 4: every year to honour those who solve longstanding problems in graph theory and linear algebra

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: every year to honour new thinking and research in a specific area of mathematics


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

As stated in the last line of the passage, the Michael and Sheila Held Prize is presented annually to honour outstanding, innovative, creative, and influential

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My class 12 total marks is 62% , mathematics 46, physics 61, chemistry 60 . which branch can I get in jadavpur university if I score 100 in wbjee

Sanjana 19th Jan, 2025

Hello,

With your WBJEE score of 100 and Class 12 marks (62% overall, with Mathematics 46, Physics 61, and Chemistry 60), your chances of getting admission to Jadavpur University (JU) depend on several factors, including:

WBJEE Rank: A WBJEE score of 100 could place you within a rank range of

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