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Question : How many languages are recognized in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

Option 1: 22

Option 2: 16

Option 3: 20

Option 4: 14

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 22


Solution : The correct answer is 22

Three amendment acts added eight languages to the original Constitution's list of 14. The 21st Amendment Act added the Sindhi language, the 71st Amendment Act added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali & 92nd Amendment Act added Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, and Dogri

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Question : If 60 is subtracted from 30 percent of a number, then the result is 120. What is the value of the number?

Option 1: 550

Option 2: 600

Option 3: 700

Option 4: 630

Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 600


Solution : Let the number be $x$.
According to the question,
$30$% of $x - 60 = 120$
⇒ $\frac{30x}{100} =120+60$
⇒ $\frac{3x}{10}=180$
⇒ $3x =1800$
⇒ $x = 600$
Hence, the correct answer is 600.

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Question : In 1867, Keshab Chandra Sen helped Atmaram Pandurang found the Prarthana Samaj in_____.

Option 1: Calcutta

Option 2: Bombay

Option 3: Poona

Option 4: Chennai

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bombay


Solution : The correct answer is Bombay.

In the 1860s, a Hindu reform group called the Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay. Dr. Atmaram Pandurang founded it in Maharashtra in 1867, influenced by Brahmo leader Keshab Chandra Sen. It encouraged widow remarriage, intercaste marriage, widow remarriage,

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Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
It's ____ too late to start your own business.

Option 1: never

Option 2: no

Option 3: neither

Option 4: nor

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: never


Solution : The first option is the correct choice.

The sentence suggests a sense of opportunity or timing, and the word never fits in this context to convey that there is no point in time that is too late to start your own business.

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Get cold feet

Option 1: To get no results

Option 2: To be in a bad mood

Option 3: To feel nervous about doing something

Option 4: To escape from something

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: To feel nervous about doing something


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Explanation: The idiomatic expression get cold feet is a figurative way of expressing nervousness or apprehension about a forthcoming action or event. The phrase is often used to describe a sudden loss

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Question : What is the average of the first six (positive) odd numbers each of which is divisible by 7?

Option 1: 42

Option 2: 43

Option 3: 47

Option 4: 49

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 42


Solution : The first six positive odd numbers that are divisible by 7 are 7, 21, 35, 49, 63 and 77.
So, the average of these six numbers is:
$\text{Average}=\frac{\text{Sum of all the observations}}{{\text{Total number of observations}}}=\frac{7 + 21 + 35 + 49 + 63 + 77}{6}

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Question : Which state government launched the Udaan Project in collaboration with IPE Global which attempts to keep girls in schools through their enrolment at the secondary level while ensuring that the eligible ones among them get their scholarships?

Option 1: Maharashtra

Option 2: Assam

Option 3: Rajasthan

Option 4: Punjab

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Rajasthan


Solution : The correct answer is Rajasthan

The Udaan project, a collaborative effort between the Rajasthan government and the development consulting group 'IPE Global,' aims to promote girls' education by focusing on their enrollment and retention at the secondary level.

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Question : A man sold his bike for INR 18,600 at 55% profit. At what price would he have sold to incur a loss of 10%?

Option 1: INR 10,800

Option 2: INR 15,000

Option 3: INR 11,200

Option 4: INR 16,600

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: INR 10,800


Solution : Selling price = INR 18,600
Profit = 55% of cost price
Cost price = Selling price – profit
Cost price = 18600 – 55% of cost price
155% of cost price = 18,600
Cost price = $\frac{18600}{1.55}$ = INR 12,000
Loss = 10% of

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