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Question : If $2x+\frac{9}{x}=9$, what is the minimum value of $x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}$?

Option 1: $\frac{95}{36}$

Option 2: $\frac{97}{36}$

Option 3: $\frac{86}{25}$

Option 4: $\frac{623}{27}$

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $\frac{97}{36}$


Solution : Given:
$2x+\frac{9}{x}=9$
Multiplying both sides by $x$, we get,
$⇒2x^2-9x+9=0$
$⇒(2x-3)(x-3)=0$
So, $x= \frac{3}{2},3$
Putting the values of $x$ in the equation, we get
When $x=\frac{3}{2}$, 
$x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=(\frac{3}{2})^2+\frac{1}{(\frac{3}{2})^2}=\frac{97}{36}=2.69$
When $x=3$,
$x^2+\frac{1}{x^2}=3^2+\frac{1}{3^2}=\frac{82}{9}=9.11$
So, the minimum value is $\frac{97}{36}$.
Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{97}{36}$.

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Question : If $\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=2 \sqrt{2}$ and $x>1$, what is the value of $\left(x^6-\frac{1}{x^6}\right)$?

Option 1: $140\sqrt{2}$

Option 2: $116\sqrt{2}$

Option 3: $144\sqrt{2}$

Option 4: $128\sqrt{2}$

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $140\sqrt{2}$


Solution : $\left(x+\frac{1}{x}\right)=2 \sqrt{2}$
Squaring both sides.
⇒ $ (x+\frac{1}{x})^2= 8$
⇒ $(x-\frac{1}{x})^2 = (x+\frac{1}{x})^2-4$
⇒ $(x-\frac{1}{x})^2=8-4=4$
⇒ $(x-\frac{1}{x})= 2$
So, $(x^2-\frac{1}{x^2})=(x+\frac{1}{x})(x-\frac{1}{x})= 2\sqrt{2}×2=4\sqrt{2}$
Cubing both sides, we get
⇒ $x^6-\frac{1}{x^6}-3(x^2-\frac{1}{x^2})=64×(2\sqrt{2})$
⇒ $x^6-\frac{1}{x^6}-3(4\sqrt{2})=128\sqrt{2}$
⇒ $x^6-\frac{1}{x^6}=140\sqrt{2}$
Hence, the correct answer is $140\sqrt{2}$.

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Question : Directions: How many rectangles are there in the given figure?

Option 1: 9

Option 2: 10

Option 3: 11

Option 4: 12

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 11


Solution : The given figure can be labeled as shown below –

There are a total of 11 rectangles in the above figure. They are ABCD, EFGH, IJKL, MFNQ, EMQR, EFNR, QNOD, NJPO, QJPD, RNGH, MFOD.

Hence, the third option is correct.

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Question : A television and a refrigerator were sold for Rs. 12,000 each. If the television was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost and the refrigerator at a gain of 20% of the cost, the entire transaction resulted in:

Option 1: no loss or gain

Option 2: loss of Rs. 1000

Option 3: gain of Rs. 1,000

Option 4: loss of Rs. 2,000

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: loss of Rs. 1000


Solution : Let the cost price of the television be $x$ and the cost price of the refrigerator be $y$.
Given that the television was sold at a loss of 20% of the cost.
$⇒12000 = x - 0.20x = 0.80x$
$⇒x = \frac{12000}{0.80}

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Question : Select the incorrect statement about Gymnosperms.

Option 1: Gymnosperms are found as woody shrubs, trees or lianas and include no true aquatics and few epiphytes.

Option 2: Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants.

Option 3: Gymnosperms are typically slow in terms of reproduction; up to a year may pass between pollination and fertilisation and seed maturation may require 3 years.

Option 4: Gymnosperms exhibit cones or strobili and naked seeds, but not flowers.

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants.


Solution : The correct answer is Gymnosperms are seedless flowering plants.

  • They consist of woody shrubs, trees, or lianas, with very few epiphytes and no true aquatics. The tallest, largest, and longest-living individual plants on Earth are within the gymnosperm family, which
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Question : Which of the following states has become India's first carbon-free state?

Option 1: Himachal Pradesh

Option 2: Madhya Pradesh

Option 3: Uttar Pradesh

Option 4: Maharashtra

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Himachal Pradesh


Solution : The correct answer is Himachal Pradesh.

A city must use only renewable energy and eliminate all other non-renewable energy sources to achieve zero carbon emissions; thus, a zero-carbon city is one with a renewable energy economy. Himachal Pradesh wants to be the second carbon-free

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Question : A train travelling at 36 km/h crosses a pole in 25 seconds. How much time (in seconds) will it take to cross a bridge 350 m long?

Option 1: 72

Option 2: 48

Option 3: 60

Option 4: 56

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 60


Solution : Speed of train = $36 × \frac{5}{18}$
= 10 m/s
Time taken = 25 seconds
Length of train = 25 × 10
= 250 m
Length of bridge = 350 m
Total length = length of tran + length of bridge
Total length = 250

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Question : certain substances loose their electrical resistance completely at super low temperature. such substance are called

Option 1: super conductors

Option 2: semi conductors

Option 3: dilectrics

Option 4: perfect conductors

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: super conductors


Solution : The correct option is superconductors.

Superconductors are substances that fully loose their electrical resistance at very low temperatures. When Heike Kamerlingh Onnes saw that the electrical resistance of mercury dropped to zero at temperatures close to absolute zero (around 273.15 degrees Celsius), he made

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Question : Direction: In the following question, select the one which is different from the other three alternatives.

Option 1: 222

Option 2: 10

Option 3: 68

Option 4: 125

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 125


Solution : Let's check the options —

First option: 222; 222 ÷ 2 = 111. 222 is an even number.

Second option: 10; 10 ÷ 2 = 5. 10 is an even number.

Third option: 68; 68 ÷ 2 = 34. 68 is an even number.

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