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Question : A trader marked the price of a commodity to include a profit of 25% but allowed a discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit will be:

Option 1: $16\%$

Option 2:

$25\%$

Option 3:

$5\%$

Option 4:

$9\%$

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:

$5\%$


Solution : Let the cost price as $\mathrm{Rs.}\;\mathrm{C}$ and the marked price as $\mathrm{Rs.}\;\mathrm{M}$.
The trader marked the price of the commodity to include a profit of $25\%$.
$\mathrm{M = C + 0.25C = 1.25C}$
The trader allowed a discount of $16\%$ on the marked price.
The

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

She was bored because she didn't have any work to does.

Option 1: work to done

Option 2: No improvement

Option 3: work to do

Option 4: works to do

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: work to do


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

In the sentence provided, the segment "to does" contains an error.

The word "do" in this context is the base form of the verb and is used after the preposition "to". When using the infinitive

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

She was trying to help that little boy in the grocery_______.

Option 1: road

Option 2: asylum

Option 3: store

Option 4: park

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: store


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation:

A store refers to a grocery store, a place where food and other household items are sold. It fits the context of someone helping a little boy in a grocery store. The sentence suggests that the woman

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Question : Which Guru of Kuchipudi dance form received Padma Bhushan in the year 1998?

Option 1: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam

Option 2: Uday Shankar

Option 3: Kelucharan Mohapatra

Option 4: Guru Bipin Singh

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam


Solution : The correct answer is Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam received Padma Bhushan in 1998 for his contributions to Kuchipudi dance. Chinna Satyam started the Kuchipudi Art Academy at Madras in 1963. Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian

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Question : Select the correctly spelt word.

Option 1: Connievence

Option 2: Conniavance

Option 3: Connivance

Option 4: Conivance

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Connivance


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation:

Connivance is the correct spelling of the word, which refers to the act of secretly cooperating or conspiring, especially in wrongdoing.

Therefore, the word that is correctly spelt is connivance.

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Question : Who among the following revived Kuchipudi, started his own 'Kuchipudi Dance Academy' in Chennai and received 'Padma Bhushan' in 1998?

Option 1: Kelucharan Mohapatra

Option 2: Uday Shankar

Option 3: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam

Option 4: Guru Bipin Singh

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam


Solution : The correct option is Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.

Indian classical dancer and choreographer Vempati Chinna Satyam was a well-known figure who was instrumental in bringing Kuchipudi back to life and popularizing it. In 1963, he established the Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai,

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Question : Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
To enter unlawfully upon the land of another

Option 1: Trespass

Option 2: Delinquent

Option 3: Transgression

Option 4: Culprit

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Trespass


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

Trespass refers to the act of entering someone else's property or land without permission or legal right. It involves crossing a boundary or entering a place where one does not have the authorisation to do so.

The

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Question : Vinegar used in cooking contains which of the following compounds?

Option 1: Methanol

Option 2: Sodium sulphate

Option 3: Ammonia

Option 4: Acetic acid

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Acetic acid


Solution : The correct option is Acetic acid.

Acetic acid (CH3COOH), water, and trace amounts of other chemicals, which could include flavourings, make up vinegar. There is variation in the acetic acid content. Acetic acid usually makes up 5% to 8% of the

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