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Question : Direction: A bar graph showing the heights of six mountain peaks is given below. Study the bar graph and answer the question.

Which peak is the second highest?

Option 1: B

Option 2: C

Option 3: A

Option 4: E

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: C


Solution : According to the provided bar graph, mountain peak C's height is 8600 metres after E's peak height of 8800 metres.
So, C is the second-highest peak.
Hence, the correct answer is C.

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Question : Complete the following collocation.
When I got the job, I knew what _______ money really is.

Option 1: effort-earned

Option 2: soft-earned

Option 3: hard-earned

Option 4: honest-earned

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: hard-earned


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation:
Hard-earned is the appropriate collocation that emphasises the effort, work, or difficulty put into earning the money. It signifies money obtained through considerable effort or labour.

Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "When I got the

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Question : Directions: Pointing towards a man, Ritika said, "He is the son of my grandfather's only son". How is she (Ritika) related to that man?

Option 1: Aunty

Option 2: Sister

Option 3: Mother

Option 4: Wife

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Sister


Solution : According to the given information, the family tree will be –

Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.

So, Ritika is the sister of that man. Hence, the second option is correct.

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Question : Which is the smallest state of India in terms of area?

Option 1: Sikkim

Option 2: Goa

Option 3: Manipur

Option 4: Kerala

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Goa


Solution : The correct answer is Goa.

In terms of land area, Goa holds the distinction of being the smallest state in India, while Lakshadweep is the smallest union territory. Goa covers an expanse of 3,702 square kilometers and its capital is Panaji. Among the smallest states

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Question : Which of the following sites do "not" have a nuclear power plant?

Option 1: Vijayawada

Option 2: Naraura

Option 3: Tarapur

Option 4: Rawat Bhata

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Vijayawada


Solution : The correct answer is Vijayawada.

After hydroelectric, thermal, and renewable energy sources, nuclear power is India's fourth-largest source of electricity. 22 nuclear reactors are in operation at seven nuclear power stations in India. Narla Tata Rao is the name of a thermal power plant in

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Question : A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as

Option 1: Rift\; \; Valley

Option 2: U\: Shaped\: Valley

Option 3: V\: Shaped \: Valley

Option 4: Hanging \: \: Valley

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rift\; \; Valley


Solution : The correct answer is Rift Valley.

The Earth's lithosphere is divided into multiple tectonic plates that move at different rates in relation to one another. Tectonic forces not only move plates, but they also have the capacity to rupture them, resulting in the formation of a

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Question : Two chords AB and CD of a circle meet inside the circle at point P. If AP = 12 cm, AB = 20 cm, and CP = 16 cm,  find CD.

Option 1: 22 cm

Option 2: 15 cm

Option 3: 21 cm

Option 4: 24 cm

Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 22 cm


Solution :
Given: AB = 20 cm, AP = 12 cm, and CP = 16 cm
Also, AB = AP + PB
⇒ 20 cm = 12 cm + PB
⇒ PB = 8 cm
We know, AP × PB = CP × PD
By substituting

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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".

Good heavens! (1) / How has she (2) / grown! (3) / No error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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Correct Answer: (2)


Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.

The sentence, How she has grown! is grammatically accurate in terms of word order to express amazement at someone's growth or development since it is an exclamatory sentence and not an interrogative sentence.

Therefore, the

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