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Question : A narrow strip of land that connects two larger land masses is called

Option 1: Strait

Option 2: Peninsula

Option 3: Cape

Option 4: Isthmus

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Isthmus


Solution : The correct answer is Isthumus.

An Isthmus is a narrow stretch of land which connects two larger landmasses, which are otherwise separated by a large water body. For example- isthmus of Panama. It connects two continents i.e. the North America and the South America and

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Question : Which neighbouring country of India is not among the founding members of SAARC?

Option 1: Nepal

Option 2: Bangladesh

Option 3: Afghanistan

Option 4: Bhutan

Team Careers360 8th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Afghanistan


Solution : The correct option is Afghanistan.

The Heads of State or Government of India, Bangladesh, the Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan formally adopted the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation's Charter on December 8, 1985, establishing it as an organisation.

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Question : Iron and manganese present as pollutants in water can not be removed by ____.

Option 1: oxidation followed by settling and filtration

Option 2: chlorination

Option 3: ion exchange process

Option 4: lime soda process or manganese zeolite process

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: chlorination


Solution : The correct option is chlorination.

Iron and manganese are prevalent contaminants in water sources, and chlorination alone is usually ineffective in removing them. Chlorination is generally used to disinfect water by killing bacteria and diseases. While it can oxidise some dissolved metals, such as

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Question : Who was the Chairman of the Partition Council ?

Option 1: M.A. Jinnah 

Option 2: Lord Mountbatten 

Option 3: Jawaharlal Nehru 

Option 4: V.P. Menon

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Lord Mountbatten 


Solution : Correct Answer is Lord Mountbatten 

A Partition Committee was also set up before the Partition Council. Its members included Vallabhbhai Patel , Dr Rajendra prasad and Abdur Rab Nishtar .On 3 June 1947, Lord Mountbatten declared the Partition Plan. He declared that the British

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Question : What is the role of Pneumatophores?

Option 1: Protect plants from animals

Option 2: Get oxygen from respiration

Option 3: Supports plant in standing upright

Option 4: Helps plant for pollination

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Get oxygen from respiration


Solution : The correct option is to Get oxygen from respiration.

Pneumatophores are specialised aerial roots that sprout in certain plants, especially those that grow in marshy or wet conditions. Because oxygen availability is limited in wet soils, pneumatophores facilitate gas exchange between

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Question : Directions: Arrange the given words in the sequence in which they occur in the dictionary.
1. Flinching
2. Flintlock
3. Flinpites
4. Flintlocks
5. Flinchers

Option 1: 1, 5, 2, 4, 3

Option 2: 5, 1, 2, 4, 3

Option 3: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4

Option 4: 5, 1, 3, 4, 2

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 5, 1, 3, 2, 4


Solution : Given:
1. Flinching  2. Flintlock  3. Flinpites  4. Flintlocks  5. Flinchers

Step 1: Compare the first letter of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter F, move to the next letter.
Step 2: The second, third,

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Question : A shopkeeper marks his goods in such a way that after allowing a discount of 22%, he gains 20%. If the cost price of the article is Rs. 650, its marked price is:

Option 1: Rs. 900

Option 2: Rs. 1,000

Option 3: Rs. 850

Option 4: Rs. 950

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 1,000


Solution : Given: The cost price is Rs. 650.
$SP = \frac{100-\text{Discount%}}{100}×MP = \frac{100+ \text{Profit%}}{100}×CP$, where $MP$ = marked price, $CP$ = cost price, and $SP$ = selling price.
⇒ $\frac{MP}{CP} = \frac{100 + 20}{100 -22}$
⇒ $\frac{MP}{CP} = \frac{120}{78}$
⇒ $\frac{MP}{650} = \frac{120}{78}$
⇒ $MP

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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.

They have disposed all the old books.

Option 1: disposed of

Option 2: disposed out

Option 3: disposed on

Option 4: disposed by

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: disposed of


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Dispose of means to get rid of or throw away something. It conveys the idea that they have gotten rid of or discarded all the old books.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: They have disposed of

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