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Question : How does La-Nina affect the Pacific Ocean?

Option 1: Decreases \; salinity\; of\; ocean

Option 2: Cools\: downs\: the\: temperature \: of\: water

Option 3: Maintains \: stable\: temperature\: of\: water

Option 4: Increases\: \: salinity \: \: of\: \: ocean

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Cools\: downs\: the\: temperature \: of\: water


Solution : The correct answer is cools down the temperature of earth. 

The "cool phase" of El Nino Southern Oscillation, La Nina, is a trend that depicts the anomalous cooling of the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean. La Nina occurrences occur when sea surface temperatures in the east-central Equatorial

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Question : Simplify the following expression.
$(4 x + 1)^2 - (4 x + 3)(4 x - 1)$

Option 1: $(4 x + 1)$

Option 2: $4$

Option 3: $(4x- 3)$

Option 4: $4x$

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $4$


Solution : $(4x + 1)^2 - (4x + 3)(4x - 1)$
$=16x^{2} + 1 + 8x-(16x^{2} -4x + 12x - 3)$
$=16x^{2} + 1 + 8x - 16x^{2} + 4x - 12x + 3$
$=4$
Hence, the correct answer is 4.

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Question : The Headquarters of International Atomic Energy Agency is in:

Option 1: Geneva

Option 2: Paris

Option 3: Vienna

Option 4: Washington

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Vienna


Solution : The correct option is Vienna.

The Headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is located in Vienna, Austria. The agency enforces safeguards to ensure that nuclear materials are utilized exclusively for peaceful applications, preventing their diversion for military or weaponized purposes. This entails conducting

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Question : Who was the first to accurately describe the rings of Saturn as a disc around the planet in 1655?

Option 1: Hideki Yukawa

Option 2: Galileo Galilei

Option 3: Christiaan Huygens

Option 4: Giovanni Domenico Cassini

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Christiaan Huygens


Solution : The correct answer is Christiaan Huygens.

The first person to correctly characterise Saturn's rings as a disc encircling the planet was the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1655. Huygens finds Titan, the first moon of Saturn, seven months before the ring plane crosses that

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Question : The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of _____________.

Option 1: Eid al-Fitr

Option 2: Ramadan

Option 3: Eid-ul-Adha

Option 4: Mawlid al-Nabi

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Mawlid al-Nabi


Solution : The correct option is Mawlid al-Nabi.

The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of Mawlid al-Nabi, or simply Mawlid. It is an important religious and cultural celebration in Islam that marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Question : Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence.
If she had begun earlier, she might have suceeded in finishing the extremely intricate project before the deadline.

Option 1: deadline

Option 2: intricate

Option 3: suceeded

Option 4: earlier

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: suceeded


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

The incorrectly spelled word in the given sentence is suceeded. The correct spelling is succeeded, which means to have achieved the desired result or outcome; to have attained success.

The meanings of other options are as follows:

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Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.

She came home to meet I and mine family.

Option 1: myself and mine

Option 2: No improvement

Option 3: me and mine

Option 4: me and my

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: me and my


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

I and mine should be replaced with me and my to make the sentence grammatically accurate. Me is the correct object pronoun to be used, as it is being used as the object of the

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Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Belief

Option 1: Faith

Option 2: Promise

Option 3: System

Option 4: Religion

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Faith


Solution : The first option is the correct answer.

Belief refers to a conviction or acceptance that something is true or exists. Faith means confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept, often associated with religious beliefs or strong convictions.

The meanings of other options are

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Question : Which of the following is called the "ecological hot spot of India" ?

Option 1: Western Ghats

Option 2: Eastern Ghats

Option 3: Western Himalayas

Option 4: Eastern Himalayas

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Western Ghats


Solution : The correct answer is Western Ghats.

Ecological hotspots are the regions of high biodiversity. As per the Conservation International, biodiversity hotspots are the region having at least 1500 endemic vascular plants and it must be threatened but it should be having 30% of its

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