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Question : The ratio between monthly income and expenditure of Vaidic is 8 : 5. If his income increases by 20% and his expenditure increases by 30%, then find the percentage increase or decrease in his monthly savings.

Option 1: $5 \frac{2}{3}$% increase

Option 2: $5 \frac{2}{3}$% decrease

Option 3: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% increase

Option 4: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% decrease

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% increase


Solution : Let the income of Vaidic be 800 and expenditure be 500
Saving = income – expenditure = 800 – 500 = 300
When income is increased by 20%
= 800 × $\frac{120}{100}$ = 960
When expenditure is increased by 30%
= 500 ×

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Question : 4 women or 6 boys can finish a work in the same number of days. A boy can finish it in 60 days. In how many days can 5 women finish the work, working together every day?

Option 1: 4

Option 2: 10

Option 3: 8

Option 4: 6

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 8


Solution : Given: 4 Women = 6 Boys
The ratio of efficiency of Woman : Boy = 3 : 2
Let the efficiency of a Woman and a Boy be 3 units and 2 units
Boys can complete work in = 60 days
Then, total work =

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Question : What annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs.9,600 due in 5 years at 10% simple interest?

Option 1: Rs. 1450

Option 2: Rs. 1550

Option 3: Rs. 1500

Option 4: Rs. 1600

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 1600


Solution : Assume the annual instalment as $x$.
First-year ⇒ installment = 100% of $x$
Second year ⇒ installment = 110% of $x$
Third year ⇒ installment = 120% of $x$
Fourth year ⇒ installment = 130% of $x$
Fifth year ⇒ installment = 140% of

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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.

She might have completed her research by that time.

Option 1: Her research might be completed by her by that time.

Option 2: Her research might had been completed by her by that time.

Option 3: Her research might have been completed by her by that time.

Option 4: Her research might have completed by her by that time.

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Her research might have been completed by her by that time.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence

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Question : An office opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. The lunch interval is 30 minutes. The ratio of the lunch interval to the total period of office hours is:

Option 1: 1 : 7

Option 2: 1 : 14

Option 3: 7 : 1

Option 4: 14 : 1

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1 : 14


Solution : The office opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m.
Total office hours = 7 hours = 420 minutes
The lunch interval is 30 minutes.
So, the required ratio = 30 : 420 = 1 : 14
Hence, the correct answer is

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Question : Who coined the term 'zeroth law of thermodynamics' in 1931, which asserts that two bodies in equilibrium with a third are in equilibrium with each other?

Option 1: James Clerk Maxwell

Option 2: Max Planck

Option 3: Josiah Willard Gibbs

Option 4: Ralph H. Fowler

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Ralph H. Fowler


Solution : The correct option is Ralph H. Fowler.

In 1931, Ralph H. Fowler introduced the concept of the zeroth law of thermodynamics. A system is in thermal equilibrium with another system when it is individually in thermal equilibrium with a third system, according

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Question : Select the most appropriate active form of the given sentence.

Rani's car is twelve years old but it has not been used much.

Option 1: Rani's car is twelve years old but she isn't using it much.

Option 2: Rani's car is twelve years old but she hasn't used it much.

Option 3: Rani's car is twelve years old but she didn't use it much.

Option 4: Rani's car is twelve years old but it hasn't used her much.

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rani's car is twelve years old but she hasn't used it much.


Solution : The second option is the correct answer.

Active voice is a grammatical construction in which the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.

The structure of the active voice sentence

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