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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

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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

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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

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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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Question : The Preventive Detention Act curtailed

Option 1: Right to freedom

Option 2: Right to equality

Option 3: Right to property

Option 4: Right to education

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Right to freedom


Solution : The correct option is the Right to freedom.

The Preventive Detention Act restricts the right to freedom, which is guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The right to life and personal liberty is guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian

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

By whom were you pushed into the mud?

Option 1: Who pushed you into the mud?

Option 2: Who has pushed you into the mud?

Option 3: Whom did you push into the mud?

Option 4: Who was pushing you into the mud?

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Who pushed you into the mud?


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

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

Here, "by whom"

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Question : Directions: Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing 1.

Option 1: 2

Option 2: 4

Option 3: 6

Option 4: 3

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 3


Solution : While considering figures 1 and 2, it is seen that two faces 1 and 5 are common. So, the remaining numbers are 6 and 4. So, 6 and 4 are the opposite faces of each other in the given dice.

Similarly, while considering Figures 2

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