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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The audience sneered at the monologue uttered by the veteran actor.

Option 1: Waved

Option 2: Lauded

Option 3: Unleashed

Option 4: Ascribed

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Correct Answer: Lauded


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Sneer means to express contempt or scorn through a facial expression or a manner of speaking. The antonym, lauded, means to praise or commend someone or something highly.

The meanings of other options are as follows:

  • Waved 
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Question :

An instrument for measuring blood pressure is called
 

Option 1:

Barometer

Option 2:

Spirometer

Option 3:

Sphygmomanometer

 

Option 4: Haemocytometer

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Correct Answer:

Sphygmomanometer

 


Solution : The correct option is - sphygmomanometer

 

The instrument used for measuring blood pressure is called a sphygmomanometer. It consists of an inflatable cuff to collapse and then release the artery under the cuff in a controlled manner, and a mercury or aneroid manometer to measure

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Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
TQT, ZSB, FUJ, LWR, ?

Option 1: RYZ

Option 2: RMZ

Option 3: RYA

Option 4: RNZ

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Correct Answer: RYZ


Solution : Given:
TQT, ZSB, FUJ, LWR, ?

In the given series, add 6, 2, and 8 to the place value of the first, second, and third letters of the previous term to get the next term.
TQT→T + 6 = Z; Q + 2 = S;

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Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".

(Except him), no one could answer the question.

(1) Exception of him

(2) Excepting him

(3) Except for him

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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Correct Answer: (3)


Solution : The sentence can be improved using the third option. 

"Except for" means "with the exception of" or "excluding" and is the right choice for this sentence to convey the intended meaning that apart from him, no one could answer the question.

Therefore, the correct sentence

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Question : The mountain range that divides North and South India is

Option 1: Himalayas

Option 2: Western Ghats

Option 3: Vindhyas

Option 4: Satpura

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Vindhyas


Solution : The correct answer is Vindhyas.

In west-central India, the Vindhya Range is a complex, discontinuous network of mountain ridges, hill ranges, highlands, and plateau escarpments. It divides India geographically into northern and southern parts. It spans Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh.

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Question : A trader allows a trade discount of 20% and a cash discount of $6\frac{1}{4}$% on the marked price of the goods and gets a net gain of 20% of the cost. By how much above the cost should the goods be marked for sale?

Option 1: 40%

Option 2: 50%

Option 3: 60%

Option 4: 70%

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 60%


Solution : Given: A trader allows a tread discount of 20% and a cash discount of $6\frac{1}{4}=\frac{25}{4}$% on the marked price of the goods and gets a net gain of 20% of the cost.
Substitute the given values in the formula, net discount = $x+y-\frac{xy}{100}$% 
$=20+\frac{25}{4}-\frac{20\times25}{100\times4}$
=

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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The audience is applauding the wonderful performance.

Option 1: The wonderful performance was being applauded by the audience.

Option 2: The wonderful performance is being applauded by the audience.

Option 3: The wonderful audience is being applauded by the performance.

Option 4: The wonderful performance is applauded by the audience.

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Correct Answer: The wonderful performance is being applauded by the audience.


Solution : The second option is the correct answer

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

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