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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Move the goalposts

Option 1: Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course

Option 2: To do your research and understand clearly what your goals are

Option 3: To put a lot of effort into something

Option 4: To move the goalpost after an attempt has been made to score a goal

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course


Solution : The correct choice will be the first option.

This idiom is often used metaphorically to describe a situation where the criteria or conditions for achieving a goal are changed or adjusted in a way

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Question : Odissi classical dance originated in

Option 1: Odisha

Option 2: Andhra Pradesh

Option 3: Rajasthan

Option 4: Gujarat

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Odisha


Solution : The correct answer is Odisha.

Odissi is a classical dance form that originated in the temples of Odisha. It is one of the nine classical dance forms recognised by Sangeet Natak Akademi. It is performed on the principles of Natya Shastra. Chowk and Tribhanga

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Question : In the sport of ____________, two teams of five players each attempt to score points by putting the ball into a hoop that is 10 feet off the ground.

Option 1: badminton

Option 2: rugby

Option 3: basketball

Option 4: lawn tennis

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: basketball


Solution : The correct answer is basketball.

Basketball is a team sport that is typically played indoors on a rectangular court between two teams of five players each. Every team attempts to score by launching the ball through the net and elevated horizontal hoop, known as

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Question : As the river enters the plain, it twists and turns, forming large bends known as________.

Option 1: ox-bow

Option 2: levees

Option 3: meanders

Option 4: stack

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: meanders


Solution : The correct answer is meanders.

As a river enters the plain, it twists and turns, forming large bends known as "meanders." These are sinuous or winding curves in a river's course, typically occurring in the lower course or floodplain. They develop through a combination

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Question : A train having a length of 330 metres takes 11 seconds to cross a 550 metres long bridge. How much time will the train take to cross a 570 metres long bridge?

Option 1: $\frac{45}{4}$ seconds

Option 2: $\frac{47}{4}$ seconds

Option 3: $20$ seconds

Option 4: $16$ seconds

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $\frac{45}{4}$ seconds


Solution : Given: A train having a length of 330 metres takes 11 seconds to cross a 550 metres long bridge.
So, in 11 seconds the train covers (550 + 330) = 880 metres
The speed of the train = $\frac{880}{11}$ = 80 m/s
Now to

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Question : Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
The small farmers often need at borrow money to meet high expenses.

Option 1: No improvement required

Option 2: needs to

Option 3: need to

Option 4: needing to

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: need to


Solution : The third option is the correct answer.

The reason for this improvement is that "need to" is the correct phrase to express the necessity or requirement for small farmers to borrow money. "Need at" is not the appropriate construction in this context.

Therefore, the

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Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed.)

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : As there is a restriction on the rotation of the figure, we will check where the question figure can exactly fit itself in the given option figures.
By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the second option figure.


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Question : Direction: In the given question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.

The mother parted ____ her married daughter in sorrow.

Option 1: for

Option 2: off

Option 3: away

Option 4: from

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: from


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The preposition from is the correct choice in this sentence because it is commonly used to indicate the separation of one person or thing from another. In this context, it conveys that the mother and her married

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Question : Directions: Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : According to the given question figure –
In each figure number of lines decreased by one and this created a new geometrical shape.
So, following the above pattern, the required figure will be as follows –

Hence, the second option is correct.

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Question : The atmospheric layer reflecting radio waves is called

Option 1: ozonosphere

Option 2: ionosphere

Option 3: stratosphere

Option 4: mesosphere

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: ionosphere


Solution : The correct answer is ionosphere.

The atmospheric layer that reflects radio waves is called the ionosphere. The ionosphere is a region of Earth's upper atmosphere, located between about 48 km and 965 km above the Earth's surface.

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