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Question : Devaluation makes import:

Option 1: competitive

Option 2: inelastic

Option 3: cheaper 

Option 4: dearer

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: dearer


Solution : The correct answer is dearer.

Devaluating one's currency makes exports cheaper by manufacturing goods for the same amount of money but selling at higher prices because exchange rates are not changed. Conversely, it can be related to imports which become dearer if currency is

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Question : The author of the book "Zest for Life" is :

Option 1: Emile Zola

Option 2: H.G. Walls

Option 3: Virginia Wolf

Option 4: Mark Twain

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Correct Answer: Emile Zola


Solution : The correct answer is  Emile Zola.

‘Zest for Life’ is a famous book by Emile Zola. It was originally published in 1884 as ‘La Joie de vivre.’

It was translated into English by Ernest A. Vizetelly as How Jolly Life Is! in 1888 (reissued

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Question : The single discount equivalent to two successive discounts of 15% and 12% on an article is:

Option 1: 3%

Option 2: 25.2%

Option 3: 74.8%

Option 4: 27%

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 25.2%


Solution : Given:
Two successive discounts of 12% and 15%
We know, Net discount = $(D_1+D_2-\frac{D_1D_2}{100})$%,
Where $D_1$ and $D_2$ are successive discounts respectively
⇒ Net discount = $[15 + 12 - \frac{15\times12}{100}]$%
= $[27 - \frac{18}{10}]$%
= $(27 - 1.8)$%
= $25.20$%
Hence, the correct answer

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Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Many companies displaced paying income tax last year.

Option 1: hedged to paying

Option 2: circumvent to paying

Option 3: hedged in paying

Option 4: evaded paying

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: evaded paying


Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.

In the context of income tax, the word evaded is commonly used to describe the act of avoiding or escaping the obligation to pay taxes. It accurately conveys the idea that many companies found a way to

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Question : Direction: Ram cycled 10 km towards south from his home, turned right and cycled 6 km, then turned right and cycled 10 km and finally turned left and cycled 15 km. How many kilometres will he have cycled to get straight home?

Option 1: 16 km

Option 2: 20 km

Option 3: 10 km

Option 4: 21 km

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 21 km


Solution : As per the given information, the movement of Ram will look as follows –

 

The distance that he has to travel to get back home = AE = ED + DA = 15 + 6 = 21 km.

Hence, the fourth option is

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Question : Article 323 of the Indian Constitution deals with_____.

Option 1: Expenses of Public Services Commissions

Option 2: Reports of Public Services Commissions

Option 3: Functions of Public Services Commissions

Option 4: Power to extend functions of Public Services Commissions

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Reports of Public Services Commissions


Solution : The correct answer is Reports of Public Services Commissions.

Article 323 of the Indian Constitution, which is found in Part XIV of the Constitution and is titled Services Under the Union and the States, deals with the reports of Public

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Question : Select the most appropriate one word substitution for the given words.

An extreme fear of darkness

Option 1: Hydrophobia

Option 2: Acrophobia

Option 3: Nyctophobia

Option 4: Hemophobia

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Nyctophobia


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Nyctophobia specifically refers to an extreme fear of darkness or the night. It comes from "nycto-", which is related to night, and "-phobia", which indicates a fear or aversion.

The meanings of the other options are as

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Question : The tops of two poles of height 60 metres and 35 metres are connected by a rope. If the rope makes an angle with the horizontal whose tangent is $\frac{5}{9}$ metres, then what is the distance (in metres) between the two poles?

Option 1: 63

Option 2: 30

Option 3: 25

Option 4: 45

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Correct Answer: 45


Solution :
In the figure, two poles AB and PQ of height 60 m & 35 m are connected by rope BQ.
Rope BQ is making angle θ with the horizontal whose tangent is $\frac{5}{9}$metre;
$\therefore$ BO = 60 – 35 = 25 metres
Now, tan θ

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Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that, when sequentially placed from left to right in the blanks below, will complete the letter series.
R_ _ODRMN_ _ _MN_DR_NO_

Option 1: MNODROMD

Option 2: MNODRODM

Option 3: NMODROMD

Option 4: MNDOROMD

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Correct Answer: MNODROMD


Solution : Given:
R_ _ODRMN_ _ _MN_DR_NO_

To fill the series we have to divide the series – R_ _OD / RMN_ _ / _MN_D / R_NO_

Let's check each option –
First option:
MNODROMD; RMNOD / RMNOD / RMNOD

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Question : FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup 2022 will be organised by ______.

Option 1: England

Option 2: Brazil

Option 3: US

Option 4: India

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: India


Solution : The correct option is India.

Odisha, Goa, and Maharashtra hosted the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup India 2022 from October 11 to October 30. This was the first FIFA competition organised by the state of Odisha and the first FIFA women's competition to take

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