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Question : Direction: A man travels 4 kilometres due north, then travels 6 kilometres due east, and further travels 4 kilometres due north. How far is he from the starting point?

Option 1: 8 km

Option 2: 10 km

Option 3: 6 km

Option 4: 14 km

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 10 km


Solution : As per the given information, the movement of the man looks as follows –

 

The direct distance between his starting point and the endpoint is AD as shown below –

 

Produce DC to O and join AO to form a right-angled triangle at O,

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Question : In an election, a candidate secures 40% of the votes but is defeated by the only other candidate by a majority of 298 votes. Find the total number of votes recorded.

Option 1: 1580

Option 2: 1490

Option 3: 1470

Option 4: 1530

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1490


Solution : If one candidate received R% of total votes, the other candidates received (100 – R)% of total votes.
Let the total number of votes recorded be $x$.
60% of the votes went to the winning candidate.
According to the question,
(60 – 40)% of $x$

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Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.

A terrible disaster was witnessed by our country.

Option 1: Our country had witnessed a terrible disaster.

Option 2: Our country is witnessing a terrible disaster.

Option 3: Our country witnessed a terrible disaster.

Option 4: Our country witnesses a terrible disaster.

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Our country witnessed a terrible disaster.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.

The structure of

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Question : Absolute zero is a temperature at which

Option 1: Molecular motion in a gas would cease

Option 2: Water freezes

Option 3: All gases become liquid

Option 4: All gases become solid

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Molecular motion in a gas would cease


Solution : The answer is Molecular motion in a gas would cease.

Absolute zero is the temperature at which all molecular motion stops. It is the lowest temperature on the Kelvin scale and equals -273.15 degrees Celsius. At absolute zero,

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Question : Directions: Which figure should replace the question mark (?) if the series were to be continued?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : According to the given figures, two patterns are followed alternately.
1. From Box 1 to Box 2, elements placed in the left diagonal interchange their positions, and other elements shift their position in the anticlockwise direction.
2. From Box 2 to Box 3, elements placed in

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Question : In Networks, WEP stands for

Option 1: Wireless Equivalent Privacy

Option 2: Wired Extra Privacy

Option 3: Wired Equivalent Privacy

Option 4: Wireless Embedded Privacy

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Wired Equivalent Privacy


Solution : The correct answer is Wired Equivalent Privacy.

WEP known as Wired Equivalent Privacy, is a wireless network encryption method that employs 64-bit or 128-bit encryption keys to safeguard data during transmission. Nonetheless, WEP suffers from substantial security weaknesses and is no longer

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Question : Direction: 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.

AZ, CX, FU, ?

Option 1: IR

Option 2: IV

Option 3: JQ

Option 4: KP

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: JQ


Solution : Given:
AZ, CX, FU, ?

The first letter of the series:– AZ, CX, FU, ?
A + 2 = C; C + 3 = F; F + 4 = J

The second letter of the series:– AZ, CX,

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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".

I am (1) / looking forward for (2) / the day of my wedding. (3) / No error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

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Correct Answer: (2)


Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.

The phrase looking forward is followed by the preposition to and not for. It's the standard way to express anticipation or excitement about a future event or occasion.

Therefore, the correct sentence would be: I

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