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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Care

Option 1: Concern

Option 2: Disregard

Option 3: Worry

Option 4: Attention

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Disregard


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

The word care implies a sense of concern, attention, or consideration for something or someone. Its opposite would be a lack of concern or attention. Disregard is the correct antonym in this context. It means to pay

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Question : Shovana Narayan was awarded which of the following awards in 2013?

Option 1: Guru Deba Prasad

Option 2: Sangam Kala

Option 3: Kalidas Samman

Option 4: Bharat Muni Samman

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Guru Deba Prasad


Solution : The correct answer is Guru Deba Prasad.

The Indian Audit and Accounts Service's career officer, Shovana Narayan, is also a Kathak dancer. In addition to performing in India and beyond, she was awarded the Padma Shri. Her guru was Birju Maharaj. Shovana

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Question : A group of boys has an average weight of 36 kg. One boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group. If the average now becomes 35.7 kg, then how many boys are there in the group?

Option 1: 30

Option 2: 32

Option 3: 40

Option 4: 56

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 40


Solution : Let the number of boys be $x$.
The total weight of the boys is $36x$ kg.
Now one boy weighing 42 kg leaves the group and another boy weighing 30 kg joins the group,
⇒ Total weight of the boys = $(36x - 42 +

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Question : A man can do a piece of work in 30 hours. If he works with his son, then the same piece of work is finished in 20 hours. If the son works alone, he can do the work in:

Option 1: 60 hours

Option 2: 50 hours

Option 3: 25 hours

Option 4: 10 hours

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 60 hours


Solution : Using: If a man can do the work in $n$ hours, then 1 hour's work of the man $=\frac{1}{n}$. Man's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{30}$
Man and son's work in an hour = $\frac{1}{20}$
Son can complete the work = $\frac{1}{20}-\frac{1}{30}$
⇒ $\frac{3-2}{60}$

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Question : Directions: Looking at the family picture, Sneha said, "She is my brother's wife's son's father's mother-in-law's only daughter.' How is the girl in the photo related to Sneha?

Option 1: Daughter-in-law

Option 2: Brother's wife

Option 3: Mother

Option 4: Sister

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Brother's wife


Solution : According to the above information, the family tree will be as follows –

Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.

So, the lady in the family picture is Sneha's brother's wife. Hence, the second option

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Question : Direction: In the following question, select the missing number from the given responses.

5 2 3
3 6 5
4 7 2
60 84 ?

 

Option 1: 10

Option 2: 25

Option 3: 30

Option 4: 40

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 30


Solution : Given: 

5 2 3
3 6 5
4 7 2
60 84 ?

In the first column, 5 × 3 = 15 → 15 × 4 = 60

In the second column, 2 × 6 = 12 → 12 × 7 = 84 

In the

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Question : Why is P. C. Mahalanobis' name talked about in the context of five-year plans?

Option 1: He was the chairman of the Planning Commission.

Option 2: He established the Institute of Economic Growth.

Option 3: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.

Option 4: He was the finance minister during the First Five-Year Plan period.

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.


Solution : The correct option is He conceptualised the framework for the Second Five-Year Plan.

P. C. Mahalanobis is linked to India's Five-Year Plans, notably the Second Plan (1956–1961), for his pioneering Mahalanobis Model. As an influential statistician,

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Question : Directions: Which of the following interchanges of numbers would make the given equation correct?
7 × 4 ÷ 14 + 12 + 30 = 50

Option 1: 12, 14

Option 2: 7, 14

Option 3: 4, 7

Option 4: 30, 50

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 7, 14


Solution : Given:
7 × 4 ÷ 14 + 12 + 30 = 50

Let's check the given options –
First option: 12, 14
On interchanging the numbers, we get –
⇒ 7 × 4 ÷ 12 + 14 + 30 = 50
Solving the L.H.S.

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Question : In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi travelled to _____ to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system.

Option 1: Dandi

Option 2: Sabarmati

Option 3: Champaran

Option 4: Chauri Chaura

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Champaran


Solution : The correct answer is Champaran.

In 1917, Mahatma Gandhi travelled to Champaran, a district in the state of Bihar, to inspire the peasants to struggle against the oppressive plantation system. This event marked one of the earliest campaigns of nonviolent resistance led by Gandhi in

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Question : Who is the 1st Indian female amputee to climb Mount Everest ?

Option 1: Arunima Sinha

Option 2: Bachendri Pal

Option 3: Santosh Yadav

Option 4: Premlata Agarwal

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Arunima Sinha


Solution : The correct option is - Arunima Sinha.

Arunima Sinha is a mountaineer and sportswoman from India. She is the first female amputee to climb Mount Everest in Asia, Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mount Elbrus in Europe, Mount Kosciusko in Australia, Mount Aconcagua in South

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