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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the missing number of the given series.
2, 20, 38, 56, 74, ?

Option 1: 91

Option 2: 90

Option 3: 92

Option 4: 88

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 92


Solution : Given:
2, 20, 38, 56, 74, ?

Add 18 to each number, to get the required missing number in the series –
2 + 18 = 20; 20 + 18 = 38; 38 + 18 = 56; 56 + 18 = 74; 74 + 18

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Question : A nation's population in the working age group is generally grouped between ______.

Option 1: 18-62 years

Option 2: 16-60 years

Option 3: 15-59 years

Option 4: 14-58 years

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 15-59 years


Solution : The correct answer is 15-59 years.

A nation's population is commonly divided into three main groups. Children, usually under 15, depend on support for basic needs like education and healthcare. The working-age population, aged 15 to 59, is economically productive and biologically reproductive,

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, MARS is written as 51 and COLD is written as 34. How will ACID be written in that language?

Option 1: 18

Option 2: 16

Option 3: 19

Option 4: 17

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 17


Solution : Given:
MARS is written as 51 and COLD is written as 34.

Add the position values of the letters of the word to obtain the required code –Position values of the letters of MARS; M→13; A→1; R→18; S→19
Now, add the position values→13 + 1

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Question : Anusha purchased a television and a camera for INR 12,000 and INR 8,000, respectively. She sold the television at a loss of 10 percent, and the camera at a profit of 12 percent. What was her overall loss/profit?

Option 1: INR 240 profit

Option 2: INR 450 loss

Option 3: INR 240 loss

Option 4: INR 450 profit

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: INR 240 loss


Solution : Given: Anusha purchased a television and a camera for INR 12,000 and INR 8,000, respectively.
She sold the television at a loss of 10 percent, and the camera at a profit of 12 percent.
The selling price of the television =  $\frac{100– 10}{100}\times

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Question : Shivani purchased five pens for INR 600. She sells these five pens at the rate of INR 50 per pen. What is the approximate loss percentage that Shivani incurred on selling the five pens?

Option 1: 58.33%

Option 2: 48.33%

Option 3: 53.33%

Option 4: 61.66%

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 58.33%


Solution : Shivani purchased five pens for INR 600
She sells these five pens at the rate of INR 50 per pen
Cost Price (CP) of five pens = INR 600
CP of 1 pen = $\frac{600}{5}$ = INR 120
Selling Price (SP) of 1 pen =

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Question : Vitamin C is also known as

Option 1: Amino acid

Option 2: Ascorbic acid

Option 3: Acetic acid

Option 4: Azelaic acid

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Ascorbic acid


Solution : The correct answer is Ascorbic acid.

Vitamin C is also known as ascorbic acid. It is found in citric fruits. Protection of the immune system, cardiovascular disease, prenatal health issues, eye disease and even skin ageing are just a few of the advantages

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Question : Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any errors, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
When I reached there she have already started eating.

Option 1: No error

Option 2: When I reached

Option 3: there she have

Option 4: already started eating

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: there she have


Solution : The error lies in the third option.

Explanation:
When narrating events in the past, the past perfect tense is used to indicate an action that occurred before another past action. In this case, had should replace have to indicate that she had already

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Question : The growth rate of population refers to the:

Option 1: Difference between birth rate and GDP

Option 2: Addition of birth rate and death rate

Option 3: Difference between birth rate and death rate

Option 4: Difference between death rate and GDP

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Difference between birth rate and death rate


Solution : The correct answer is the difference between birth rate and death rate.

The population growth rate is the difference between the birth and mortality rates. The average annual rate of change in population size for a specific nation,

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