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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.

The students decided to surprise their teacher on her birthday.

Option 1: their teacher at her birthday

Option 2: there teacher on her birthday

Option 3: her teacher on her birthday

Option 4: No substitution

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Correct Answer: No substitution


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The original sentence is grammatically correct and conveys the intended meaning. It implies that the students planned to surprise the teacher on her birthday.

Therefore, the given sentence needs no substitution.

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Question : Which causes rainfall during winters in the north-western part of India?

Option 1: Western disturbances

Option 2: Cyclonic depression

Option 3: Southwest monsoon

Option 4: Retreating monsoon

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Western disturbances


Solution : The correct answer is Western disturbances.

Western disturbances are extratropical weather phenomena that typically affect the Indian subcontinent, especially its northern and northwest parts. They are storms that originate in the Caspian or Mediterranean Seas and provide non-monsoonal rainfall to northwest India during

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Question : Which of the following statements about the cell cycle is false?

Option 1: Preparation of mitosis takes place in the G2 phase.

Option 2: In the M phase, the cell grows physically larger and copies organelles.

Option 3: In the S phase, replication of DNA takes place.

Option 4: In the G1 phase, the cell grows physically larger and copies organelles.

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Correct Answer: In the M phase, the cell grows physically larger and copies organelles.


Solution : The correct option is In the M phase, the cell grows physically larger and copies organelles.

The M phase of the cell cycle primarily involves mitosis, where the cell divides into two daughter

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Question : Direction: Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following?

1. Absorption

2. Digestion

3. Nutrition

4. Excretion

Option 1: 3, 1, 2, 4

Option 2: 2, 1, 3, 4

Option 3: 3, 4, 2, 1

Option 4: 3, 2, 1, 4

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Correct Answer: 3, 2, 1, 4


Solution : Given:

1. Absorption

2. Digestion

3. Nutrition

4. Excretion

First, start with Nutrition

  1. Nutrition: This is the first step where an organism acquires nutrients from its external environment.

  2. Digestion: Once the food is ingested, the process of digestion begins with the mechanical

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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.
He ran so fast____.

Option 1: that he fell

Option 2: so he fell

Option 3: he fell

Option 4: that he is falling

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: that he fell


Solution : The first option is the correct answer: that he fell.

"so...that" is a correlative conjunction, which are words that join two sentences but are not written together. Also, observe that "He ran so fast" is set in

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Question : What is the average of all numbers between 100 and 200 which is divisible by 13?

Option 1: 147.5

Option 2: 145.5

Option 3: 143.5

Option 4: 149.5

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Correct Answer: 149.5


Solution : Numbers between 100 and 200 which are divisible by 13 are 104, 117, 130, 143, 156, 169, 182, 195
This forms an arithmetic progression, So the average = $\frac{104+195}{2}$ = 149.5 [Using arithmetic mean = $\frac{\text{First term + Last Term}}{2}$]
Hence, the correct answer is

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Question : The final boundary between the Earth and the outer space is called ____.

Option 1: magnetosphere

Option 2: ionosphere

Option 3: mesopause

Option 4: magnetopause

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: magnetopause


Solution : The correct answer is magnetopause.

The magnetopause is a line that separates the Earth's magnetic field from the solar wind. Solar winds are a component of outer space, although Earth's atmosphere extends up to the magnetosphere. Chapman and Ferraro first proposed this boundary in 1931.
 

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Question : 20% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code, the customer wins 30% cashback. What is the effective discount?

Option 1: 44%

Option 2: 30%

Option 3: 32%

Option 4: 22%

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 44%


Solution : Let the marked price be Rs. 100.
Discount = 20%
Selling price = 80% of marked price = 80% of Rs. 100 = Rs. 80
Amount discounted = Rs. 100 — Rs. 80 = Rs. 20
Cashback = 30% of selling price
Amount got as

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Question : What is the maximum water vapour content in the atmosphere?

Option 1: 2 to 3 percent

Option 2: 3 to 4 percent

Option 3: 4 to 5 percent

Option 4: 5 to 6 percent

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 3 to 4 percent


Solution : The correct option is 3 to 4 percent.

In general terms, at 20 degrees Celsius, which is a fairly common room temperature, the maximum water vapor content the air can hold is approximately 17 grams of water vapor per cubic meter of

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