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Question : Select the most appropriate word for the given group of words.

People who belong to the same country.

Option 1: Natives

Option 2: Soldiers

Option 3: Folks

Option 4: Communists

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Natives


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Explanation:

Natives refer to individuals who are born in or belong to a particular place or country. It signifies people who are inherently tied to a specific region or country due to birth or long-term residency.

The meanings

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

He held the railing as he walked downed the stairs.

Option 1: No improvement

Option 2: walk down

Option 3: walked downs

Option 4: walked down

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: walked down


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Walked downed is not grammatically accurate, as walked already implies the action happening in the past, and downed is not the correct verb form. To imply the action of walking down in the past, walked down 

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Question : A farmer's land is in the shape of a trapezium which has parallel sides measuring 7.58 yards and 6.42 yards and the distance between the parallel sides is 6.50 yards. The cost of ploughing the land is Rs. 2000 per square yard. What amount has to be spent in order to plough the entire land?

Option 1: Rs. 85000

Option 2: Rs. 91000

Option 3: Rs. 72000

Option 4: Rs. 102000

Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rs. 91000


Solution : We know, the area of a trapezium
= $\frac{\text{Sum of its parallel sides}\ ×\ \text{Distance between parallel sides}}{2}$
= $\frac{(7.58+6.42)\times(6.50)}{2}$
= $\frac{14\times6.50}{2}$
= 45.5 sq. yards
$\therefore$ Amount spent to plough land = 45.5 × 2000 = Rs. 91000
Hence, the correct answer is

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Question : Annie Besant was associated with which of the following socio-religious movements?

Option 1: Indian Reform Association

Option 2: Tattwabodhini Sabha

Option 3: Brahmo Samaj

Option 4: Theosophical Society

Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Theosophical Society


Solution : The correct answer is Theosophical Society.

Annie Besant was associated with the Theosophical Society. She was from Ireland and came to India in 1893 and joined the Theosophical Society. The Theosophical Society was founded by Madame Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Colonel Olcott in New

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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the one different from the other three alternatives.

Option 1: 3 – 9 

Option 2: 4 – 8 

Option 3: 9 – 3

Option 4: 7 – 6 

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 7 – 6 


Solution : Let's check the options –
First option: 3 – 9; 3 × 3 = 9; 9 is the multiple of 3.
Second option: 4 – 8; 4 × 2 = 8; 8 is the multiple of 4.
Third option: 9 – 3; 3

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Question : The New Economic Policy was introduced by:

Option 1: Lenin

Option 2: Stalin

Option 3: Kerensky

Option 4: Khrushchev

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Lenin


Solution : The correct answer is Lenin.

Vladimir Lenin suggested the New Economic Policy (NEP), a Soviet economic strategy, in 1921 as a short-term remedy for the Russian economy. The National Economic Plan (NEP) was a short-term retreat from War Communism, which had destroyed the country's

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

What customs officials are asking for are not things that_____ their own personal titles.

Option 1: aggrandize

Option 2: accede

Option 3: acerbic

Option 4: advocate

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: aggrandize


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Explanation: In this context, the sentence is discussing what customs officials are asking for, and the verb needed here should convey the idea of enhancing or exaggerating personal titles. Aggrandize is the correct choice, as it means

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Directions: 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.

Mr. Sen is absent today. He ________ sick.

Option 1: has to be

Option 2: could have been

Option 3: might be

Option 4: must have been

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: might be


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Might is the simple past form of "may", which is used to express the possibility that the given condition can be true, although not very likely. "Might be" is used here to indicate the possibility that

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Question : Directions: Select the option that is 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.
PAN : IFK :: TEA : VJO :: FOR : ?

Option 1: NTA

Option 2: MUB

Option 3: MTB

Option 4: MTA

Team Careers360 11th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: MTA


Solution : Given:
PAN : IFK :: TEA : VJO :: FOR : ?

Subtract and add 5 alternatively from the letters of PAN and TEA and then reverse the order of the letters obtained to get the required letter clusters.
PAN→P – 5 = K; A

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Question : The festival of Navroz or Nowruz is celebrated as a new year of which community?

Option 1: Buddhist

Option 2: Parsi

Option 3: Sindhi

Option 4: Jainism

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Parsi


Solution : The correct answer is Parsi.

Navroz, also known as Nowruz or Parsi New Year, is celebrated by Parsi people following Zoroastrianism, marking the onset of spring and nature's renewal. Derived from the Persian king Jamshed's name, the festival signifies the creation of the Shahenshahi calendar.

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