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Question : Select the misspelt word.

Option 1: foreiner

Option 2: conjure

Option 3: summon

Option 4: intrigue

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: foreiner


Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

The word "foriener" is an incorrectly spelt word that misses the letter "g" in it. The correctly spelt word is foreigner, which refers to a person who belongs to a country that is not your own.

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Question : Directions: Which of the following is a leap year?

Option 1: 1076

Option 2: 1675

Option 3: 1354

Option 4: 1998

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1076


Solution : A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4 and a century year is a leap year if it is divisible by 400.

Let's check the options –
First option: 1076; 1076 ÷ 4 = 269; 1076 is divisible by 4.
Second

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Question : Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers a high court to issue a writ?

Option 1: Article 132

Option 2: Article 226

Option 3: Article 143

Option 4: Article 32

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Article 226


Solution : The correct answer is Article 226.

Article 226 gives the High Court the authority to make instructions, orders, or writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights.

A High Court has the authority to issue instructions, orders, or writs to enforce a fundamental right

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Question : Which organ gets affected by Weil's disease?

Option 1: Liver

Option 2: Lung

Option 3: Heart

Option 4: Kidney

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Kidney


Solution : The correct option is Kidney.

Weil's disease, known as leptospirosis, is a bacterial infection primarily spread to humans by contact with polluted water or soil from diseased animals, mainly rats. The kidneys are the primary organs affected by Weil's illness. It can cause renal

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Question : Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then, the increase or decrease in the expenditure of money is:

Option 1: 5% decrease

Option 2: 4% decrease

Option 3: No change

Option 4: 4% increase

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 4% decrease


Solution : Given: Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%
For $a$% increase and $b$% decrease,
the equivalent change is = $(a - b - \frac{a×b}{100})$%
So, the equivalent change in expenditure = (20 – 20 – $\frac{20×20}{100}$)% = –$\frac{400}{100}$%

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Question : The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60°. After flying for 30 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 4500 metres, then what is the speed (in m/s) of an aeroplane?

Option 1: $50\sqrt3$

Option 2: $100\sqrt3$

Option 3: $200\sqrt3$

Option 4: $300\sqrt3$

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $100\sqrt3$


Solution :
Given: The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60° and the height is 4500 metres.
Let the base length be $B_{1}$ when the elevation is 60° and the Base length is $B_{2}$ when the elevation is 30°.
$\tan

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Question : The first English Factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the River “Hooghly” in ______.

Option 1: 1671

Option 2: 1641

Option 3: 1661

Option 4: 1651

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1651


Solution : The correct answer is 1651.

The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hooghly in 1651. The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory for the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal in 1757, and

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Question : Describe how you will tell your friends that someone has picked Suman's pocket in the passive voice.

Option 1: Someone has being picked Suman's pocket.

Option 2: Suman's pocket had picked.

Option 3: Suman's pocket been picked.

Option 4: Suman's pocket has been picked.

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Suman's pocket has been picked.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice.

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

Her sudden arrival has disarranged my plans.

Option 1: Timing

Option 2: Entrance

Option 3: Departure

Option 4:  Appearance

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Departure


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

"Arrival" refers to the act of coming to a place or reaching a place.

"Departure" is the opposite of arrival, referring to the act of leaving or going away from a place.

The meanings of the other options

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