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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 books has become enormously popular with students who do not like to read.

Option 1: have become enormous

Option 2: No improvement required

Option 3: have became enormously

Option 4: have become enormously

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: have become enormously


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation: According to subject-verb agreement, the verb tense needs to match the subject ("books"), which is plural. "Have become" is the correct present perfect tense for plural subjects. "Enormously" correctly modifies "popular" to convey the extent

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Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster.
WOR : WSZ :: CLW : ?

Option 1: BPF

Option 2: BOF

Option 3: BOE

Option 4: BPG

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: BPF


Solution : Given:
WOR : WSZ :: CLW : ?

Reverse the letters of WOR and then add 5, 4, and 3 to the place value of the letters of the resultant, to get the next term –
Like, WOR : WSZ→On reversing, we get – ROW

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Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.
Meteorologists are still ______ to understand sting jets.

Option 1: on work

Option 2: working

Option 3: worked

Option 4: works

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: working


Solution : The correct option will be the second option.

In this context, working suggests that meteorologists are actively engaged in efforts to comprehend or understand sting jets, as per the present continuous tense.

Therefore, the correct answer will be working.

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Question : Which of the following is an artificial sweetener?

Option 1: Saccharin

Option 2: Glucose

Option 3: Lactamase

Option 4: Sodium benzoate

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Saccharin


Solution : The correct answer is Saccharin.

Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that lacks nutrients. It is made in a laboratory by oxidising o-toluene sulfonamide or phthalic anhydride. In the 1870s, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named Constantine Fahlberg, made the discovery.

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Question : Super Bowl, an annual championship game of Football, is held in _____country.

Option 1: Canada

Option 2: Peru

Option 3: United States of America

Option 4: Mexico

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: United States of America


Solution : The correct answer is the United States of America.

The Super Bowl is an annual Championship game of football in the United States of America. The game is hosted by a different city each year. It is a Championship game of the

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Question : The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price. What is the gain or loss percentage?

Option 1: 5% gain

Option 2: 5% loss

Option 3: 1% loss

Option 4: 1% gain

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1% loss


Solution : Given: The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price.
Let the cost price (CP) = 100
So, the marked price (MP) = (100 + 100 × $\frac{10}{100}$) = 110
After a 10%

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Question : Fraternity means_______.

Option 1: Spirit of brotherhood

Option 2: Fatherly treatment

Option 3: Unity and integrity

Option 4: Elimination of economic justice

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Unity and integrity


Solution : The correct option is Unity and integrity

The term fraternity, originating from the French language, signifies brotherhood, friendship, community and cooperation. An emphasis on fraternity was inserted in the Preamble by the Indian Constitution drafting committee. The commitment to brotherhood safeguarding the

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Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".

He asked me (1) / what I am doing (2) / out in the street at that hour. (3) / No error (4)

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: (2)


Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.

The sentence contains tense inconsistency as this is the case of a reported speech, which in this case is the past tense. Thus, am should be replaced with was to make the sentence grammatically accurate.

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Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number.
5 : 125 :: 8 : ?

Option 1: 512

Option 2: 576

Option 3: 343

Option 4: 216

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 512


Solution : Given:
5 : 125 :: 8 : ?

Cube the first number, to get the second number in each number pair –
Like, 5 : 125→(5)3 = 125
Similarly, follow the same pattern for 8 : ?→
(8)3 = 512

So, the required

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Question : Which of the following period is referred to as the period of population explosion in India?

Option 1: 1951-1981

Option 2: Post-1981 till present

Option 3: 1901-1921

Option 4: 1921-1951

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1951-1981


Solution : The correct answer is 1951-1981.

India's population boom is said to have occurred between 1951 and 1981. The country's high fertility rate, combined with a sharp decline in the death rate, was the cause. The yearly growth rate, on average, reached 2.2 per cent.

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