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Question : In which year was Sati banned in India?

Option 1: 1829

Option 2: 1824

Option 3: 1826

Option 4: 1831

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1829


Solution : The correct answer is 1829.

Sati was officially banned in India through the efforts of social reformers during the British colonial period. The practice of Sati, which involved a widow self-immolating on her husband's funeral pyre, was declared illegal by the British East India

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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.

We went to the mall; however, us only gone window-shopping.

Option 1: No improvement

Option 2: we only went

Option 3: they only going

Option 4: we only gone

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: we only went


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

We only went should replace us only gone, as it has the correct subjective pronoun that should be used. "went" should be used in place of "gone", as it denotes the simple past tense.

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Question : The value of 0.005 × [(0.08 ÷ 0.002) – (0.012 ÷ 0.04)] ÷ 0.01 is:

Option 1: 0.985

Option 2: 0.01985

Option 3: 0.1985

Option 4: 19.85

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 19.85


Solution : 0.005 × [(0.08 ÷ 0.002) – (0.012 ÷ 0.04)] ÷ 0.01
= 0.005 × [40 – 0.3] ÷ 0.01
= 0.005 × 39.7 × 100
= 19.85
Hence, the correct answer is 19.85.

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Question : Name the language that was designated as the 'Camp Language' during the Medieval Period

Option 1: Sanskrit 

Option 2: Pali

Option 3: Hindi

Option 4: Urdu 

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Urdu 


Solution : Correct Answer is Urdu 

A significant amount of literary text was produced in regional languages as they grew in popularity. Because of the support provided by regional kings, these languages have developed. The medieval Indian language of camps was Urdu. The Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526) and

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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.
POND : WMLK :: RAMP : ?

Option 1: KZNI

Option 2: KMZI

Option 3: KNZI

Option 4: IZNK

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: KNZI


Solution : Given:
POND : WMLK :: RAMP : ?

Like, POND : WMLK→On reversing the letters of the word POND, we get – DNOP
Opposite letters of D = W; N = M; O = L; P = K
Similarly, for RAMP→On reversing the letters of

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Question : The selling price of an article is Rs. 616. If the loss percentage is 30%, then what is the cost price of the article?

Option 1: Rs. 850

Option 2: Rs. 800

Option 3: Rs. 880

Option 4: Rs. 900

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 880


Solution : The selling price of an article is Rs. 616.
Loss percentage = 30%
$\therefore$ Cost price = $\frac{100}{100-30}×616=880$
Hence, the correct answer is Rs. 880.

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Question : Out of the following, which political party has not been recognised as a National Political Party?

Option 1: Indian National Congress

Option 2: Bharatiya Janata Party

Option 3: Bahujan Samaj Party

Option 4: Samajwadi party

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Samajwadi party


Solution : The correct answer is the Samajwadi Party.

The Election Commission of India accords national-level and state-level political party status based on its criteria. A reserved party emblem, free airtime on state-run radio and television, and other benefits accorded to recognised parties by the Election

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Question : Five years from now, the ratio of the ages of A, B and C will be 3 : 5 : 2. The sum of the squares of their present ages is 525. What is the present age of B?

Option 1: 10 years

Option 2: 15 years

Option 3: 25 years

Option 4: 20 years

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 20 years


Solution : The ratio of ages of A, B and C after 5 years = 3 : 5 : 2
Let the ages of A, B and C after 5 years be $3x, 5x$ and $2x$ respectively.
Present ages of A, B and C = $(3x-5),

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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.
AP : CN : RT : ?

Option 1: RT

Option 2: TS

Option 3: TR

Option 4: SR

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: TR


Solution : Given:
AP : CN :: RT : ?

Add and subtract 2 alternatively from the place value of the letters, to get the required missing term –
Like, AP : CN→A + 2 = C; P – 2 = N
Thus, AP is coded as

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