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Question : Direction: Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?

AZB _, AZ _ Y, A _BY, _ ZBY

Option 1: YBZA

Option 2: BYAZ

Option 3: BZYA

Option 4: AZBY

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: YBZA


Solution : Given:

AZB _, AZ _ Y, A _BY, _ ZBY

Let's check the given options –

First option: YBZA

The series becomes AZBY, AZBY, AZBY, AZBY 

The pattern in the series becomes AZBY / AZBY

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Question : Warming Ammonium chloride with sodium hydrochloride in a test tube is an example of

Option 1: Open system

Option 2: Closed system

Option 3: Isobaric system

Option 4: Isothermal system

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Open system


Solution : The correct option is open system.

Warming ammonium chloride with sodium hydroxide in a test tube is a common example of an open system. In an open system, both matter and energy may be exchanged with the environment. When ammonium chloride is burned with

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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.

Lateral thinking method is ___ with the creation of new ideas that is a procedure and readiness to look at things in a diverse approach.

Option 1: regressive

Option 2: neoconservative

Option 3: aggressive

Option 4: apprehensive

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: apprehensive


Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.

The word "apprehensive" means intuition of some future mishap and it goes contextually correct with the sentence.

The meanings of other options are as follows:

  • Regressive means to return to a less developed or worse state.
  • Neoconservative 
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Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at PQ as shown below.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection.
So, according to the above property and the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line PQ). So, the left side of the

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Question : If the perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is $8(\sqrt{2}+1)$ cm, then the length of the hypotenuse of the triangle is:

Option 1: 8 cm

Option 2: 12 cm

Option 3: 10 cm

Option 4: 24 cm

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 8 cm


Solution : Given: The perimeter of an isosceles right triangle is $8(\sqrt{2}+1)$ cm.

The total of a triangle's sides is its perimeter.
Let the isosceles right triangle have equal sides of $x$ cm, then its hypotenuse is $\sqrt2x$ cm.
According to the question,
$x+x+\sqrt 2x=8(\sqrt{2}+1)$
⇒

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Question : Directions: Select the correct combination of mathematical signs to sequentially replace the @ signs and balance the given equation.
72 @ 9 @ 3 @ 6 @ 6 @ 6 @ 6

Option 1: ÷, ×, +, =, –, +

Option 2: ÷, ×, +, =, ×, –

Option 3: ×, ÷, =, –, +, ×

Option 4: +, ×, =, –, ÷, +

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Correct Answer: ÷, ×, +, =, ×, –


Solution : Given: 
72 @ 9 @ 3 @ 6 @ 6 @ 6 @ 6

Replace the @ signs with the assigned mathematical signs in the options one by one –
First option: ÷, ×, +, =, –, +
72 ÷

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Question : What percentage of a day is 36 minutes?

Option 1: 25%

Option 2: 2.5%

Option 3: 3.6%

Option 4: 0.25%

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 2.5%


Solution : 1 day = 24 hours = (24 × 60) minutes = 1440 minutes
So, the required percentage = $\frac{\text{36 }}{\text{1440}}$ × 100 = 2.5%
Hence, the correct answer is 2.5%.

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Question : By selling 90 pens for INR 80, a man loses 20%. What should be the selling price (in INR) of 90 pens for 20% profit?

Option 1: 90

Option 2: 100

Option 3: 110

Option 4: 120

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 120


Solution : Loss = 20% of cost price when the selling price of 90 pens is INR 80
Selling price = Cost price – Loss
⇒ INR 80 = cost price – 20% of cost price
⇒ INR 80 = 80% of cost price
⇒ Cost price

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Question : In September 2022, which high court declared the “Duare Ration” scheme as illegal and against the National Food Security Act?

Option 1: Delhi

Option 2: Calcutta

Option 3: Patna

Option 4: Allahabad

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Calcutta


Solution : The correct answer is Calcutta.

On November 16, 2021, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee introduced the "Duare Ration" (ration at doorstep) programme.

 

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Question : Blood cancer is otherwise called as

Option 1: Anaemia

Option 2: Polycythemia

Option 3: Leucopenia

Option 4: Leukaemia

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Leukaemia


Solution : The correct answer is Leukemia.

Leukemia is known as blood cancer or cancer in blood forming tissues, i.e. bone marrow and lymphatic system. It is one of the most lethal type of cancer which remains largely unknown in its initial stages because of no or

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