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Question : Directions: In the following question a series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
3, 6, 18, 72, ?, 2160

Option 1: 144

Option 2: 216

Option 3: 288

Option 4: 360

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 360


Solution : Given:
3, 6, 18, 72, ?, 2160 

Multiply each previous term by a consecutive natural number starting from 2.
3 × 2 = 6; 6 × 3 = 18; 18 × 4 = 72; 72 × 5 = 360; 360 × 6 = 2160

So,

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Question : Directions: By interchanging the given two signs which of the following equations will be correct?
÷ and +

Option 1: 8 + 4 × 5 ÷ 2 – 6 = 7

Option 2: 16 + 8 × 2 ÷ 6 – 4 = 8

Option 3: 18 + 2 × 6 ÷ 3 – 7 = 50

Option 4: 11 + 8 × 16 ÷ 4 – 7 = 20

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 18 + 2 × 6 ÷ 3 – 7 = 50


Solution : Given:
÷ and +

Interchange the given signs in the options one by one with the original signs in the given equation.
First option: 8 + 4 × 5 ÷ 2 – 6 = 7

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Question : Ferns, horsetails and lycophytes belong to which of the following groups?

Option 1: Bryophyta

Option 2: Pteridophytes

Option 3: Algae

Option 4: Fungi

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Pteridophytes


Solution : The correct option is Pteridophytes.

Pteridophytes include ferns, horsetails (which are sometimes mistaken for ferns), and lycophytes, which include clubmosses, spikemosses, and quillworts. But ferns (and horsetails) are more closely related to seed plants than to lycophytes. Hence, they do not constitute a monophyletic

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Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).

I was greatly shocked by the most ruthless murder.

(1) gruesome

(2) shocking

(3) loathsome

(4) No improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: (1)


Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option​​​​​.

Gruesome means extremely disturbing or unpleasant in a particularly violent way, which fits the context of a murder. It is the correct choice because it provides a more appropriate adjective to describe the nature of

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Question : Iron Age is so named because during this time iron ___ was mostly replaced in implements and weapons, beginning in the Middle East and South-eastern Europe.

Option 1: wood

Option 2: brass

Option 3: bronze

Option 4: stone

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: bronze


Solution : The correct option is bronze.

The Middle East and Southeast Europe were the starting points of the Iron Age when iron mostly supplanted bronze in tools and weapons. Iron took over as the most common material for tools and weapons due to its greater strength

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Question : The external diameter of an iron pipe is 20 cm and its length is 12 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm, find the surface area of the pipe (take $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$ ) correct to two places of decimal.

Option 1: 1,662.67 cm2

Option 2: 1,552.57 cm2

Option 3: 1,442.48 cm2

Option 4: 1,772.76 cm2

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1,552.57 cm2


Solution :
The external radius of the iron pipe, R = $\frac{20}{2}$ = 10 cm
Internal radius of the iron pipe, r = 10 – 1 = 9 cm
Height, h = 12 cm
​According to the concept, Total surface area =
$2\pi Rh +

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Question : Stagflation refers to a situation which is characterised by

Option 1: Stagnant employment and deflation

Option 2: deflation and rising unemployment

Option 3: inflation and rising employment

Option 4: inflation and rising unemployment

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: inflation and rising unemployment


Solution : The correct option is inflation and rising unemployment.

Stagflation is a term used to describe an economic scenario that combines high unemployment, slow economic growth, and high inflation. Despite the lack of economic expansion, unemployment is still very high. This can be

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, BRIGHT is written as TTKIJB, and ROAST is written as TQCUR. How will AROUND be written in that language?

Option 1: DTQWPA

Option 2: RTQWPF

Option 3: TTQWRD

Option 4: CTQWPF

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: DTQWPA


Solution : Given:
BRIGHT is written as TTKIJB, and ROAST is written as TQCUR.

Interchange the place of the first and last letter and add 2 to the place value of the remaining middle letters to obtain the required code –

Thus, BRIGHT is coded as TTKIJB.

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