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Question : A can do a piece of work in 5 days and B in 4 days. How long will they take to do the same work when working together?

Option 1: $9$ days

Option 2: $2\frac{2}{9}$ days

Option 3: $4\frac{1}{3}$ days

Option 4: $3\frac{2}{9}$ days

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $2\frac{2}{9}$ days


Solution : Given: A can do a piece of work in 5 days and B in 4 days.
If a man can do the work in $n$ days, then one day's work of the man $=\frac{1}{n}$.
1 day work of A $=\frac{1}{5}$
1 day work of

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Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.

If broadly beneficial immigration is to be sustained, destination countries must acknowledge and_______ the real risks that it raises.

Option 1: address

Option 2: speak

Option 3: perform

Option 4: disregard

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: address


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Address (verb) means a formal speech. It means to discuss and deal with a situation. It helps convey that the destination countries of immigration must accept and deal with the real risks that it raises.

The meanings

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, if star is called moon, moon is called planet, planet is called sun, sun is called solar system, and solar system is called galaxy, then what is the Earth's only natural satellite?

Option 1: Galaxy

Option 2: Sun

Option 3: Planet

Option 4: Moon

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Planet


Solution : Here, as per the given instructions –

  • The Star represents the moon 
  • The moon represents the planet
  • The planet represents the sun
  • The sun represents the solar system
  • The solar system represents the galaxy

⇒Since, in the real world, the Earth's only natural satellite is

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Question : Which of the following is not an example of "viviparous" animals?

Option 1: Bird

Option 2: Dog

Option 3: Cat

Option 4: Cow

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bird


Solution : The correct answer is Bird.

Birds are not viviparous; they are oviparous. Birds lay eggs, and the development of the embryos occurs outside the mother's body. In contrast, viviparous animals give birth to live offspring after the internal development of embryos.

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Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'.
Tax dispute settlement might not work out in the desired scale.

Option 1: might not work out in

Option 2: the desired scale

Option 3: tax dispute settlement

Option 4: No Error

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: might not work out in


Solution : The error lies in the first option.

The phrase "work out" is followed by the preposition "on" rather than "in" when denoting the achievement of something on a particular scale or level.

Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "Tax dispute

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Question : Which of the following is not an example of an inflammable substance?

Option 1: Glass

Option 2: Alcohol

Option 3: LPG

Option 4: Petrol

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Glass


Solution : The correct option is Glass.

Glass is not an example of an inflammable substance. Inflammable substances are those that can easily catch fire and burn. In contrast to LPG (liquefied petroleum gas), petroleum, and alcohol, glass does not combust or catch fire. The glass

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence.

I had never seen him lose his temper, and he governed our company with an iron hand.

Option 1: In anxiety

Option 2: At the service

Option 3: To any degree

Option 4: strict and harsh control

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: strict and harsh control


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The idiom iron hand means stern or rigorous control. In this context, it means he ruthlessly governed the company. Thus, the fourth option is the correct meaning of the idiom, which states, strict and

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Question : A boy can row upstream at 12 km/hr and downstream at 23 km/hr. What is the speed of the stream?

Option 1: 3.5 km/hr

Option 2: 4.5 km/hr

Option 3: 6.5 km/hr

Option 4: 5.5 km/hr

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 5.5 km/hr


Solution : Speed of the boat rowing upstream = Speed of the boat – Speed of the stream
Speed of the boat rowing downstream = Speed of the boat + Speed of the stream
Let the speed of the boat as b and the speed of

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Question : Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.
Confession had always rested on a clear distinction between mortal and (venial) sins.

Option 1: Genial

Option 2: Pardonable

Option 3: Major

Option 4: Intolerable

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Pardonable


Solution : The second option is correct.

Venial: In the context of sins, venial sins are considered to be less serious offences and are forgivable without the need for sacramental confession. 

Pardonable: This term means capable of being pardoned. In the context of sins, it aligns with

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Question : Directions: Select the option related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term.
RK46 : TJ51 :: PJ129 : RI134 :: SR53 : ?

Option 1: VS58

Option 2: VR58

Option 3: VQ58

Option 4: UQ58

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: UQ58


Solution : Given:
RK46 : TJ51 :: PJ129 : RI134 :: SR53 : ?

Add 2 to the place value of the first letter, subtract 1 from the place value of the second letter, and add 5 to the number, to obtain the second term –
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