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Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word.
Judge : Court :: Gambler : ?

Option 1: Casino

Option 2: Hangar

Option 3: Sea

Option 4: Station

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Casino


Solution : Given:
Judge : Court :: Gambler : ?

Like, a judge makes all the judgements in a courtroom.
Similarly, a gambler plays in the casino.

Hence, the first option is correct.

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Question : The moon moves around the Earth in about_______days.

Option 1: 21

Option 2: 23

Option 3: 27

Option 4: 25

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Correct Answer: 27


Solution : The correct answer is 27.

The moon takes 27 days to complete one orbit around the Earth. This period is known as the sidereal month. The moon's orbit around the Earth is not perfectly circular but elliptical. The moon goes through different phases as

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Question : Pandit Ravi Shankar is famous for playing which of the following instruments?

Option 1: Santoor

Option 2: Sarod

Option 3: Veena

Option 4: Sitar

Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Sitar


Solution : The correct option is Sitar.

Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian composer and performer. He was credited for making the sitar, an Indian classical instrument, widely known worldwide. A brilliant sitar player, he rose to prominence in the second half of the 20th century as

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Question : Directions: In the question, the 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.
As the bare mountains turned green, the people found ____ looking forward to spring.

Option 1: they

Option 2: them

Option 3: their

Option 4: themselves

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Correct Answer: themselves


Solution : The correct option will be the fourth option.

Themselves is the reflexive form of they and is appropriate because it emphasises that the people themselves (not someone else) are experiencing the anticipation of spring.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • They is
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Question : Ram walks at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches his school 12 minutes late. If he walks at 16 km/hr, then he reaches 8 minutes before the scheduled time. What is the distance of his school from his house?

Option 1: 16 km

Option 2: 30 km

Option 3: 20 km

Option 4: 24 km

Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 16 km


Solution : Let distance between Ram's school and his house is D km and the actual time taken by Ram to reach his school from his home is $t$ minutes.
Distance = 12 × $\frac{t+12}{60}$ -----------(i)
Distance = 16 × $\frac{t-8}{60}$ -----------(ii)
From (i) and (ii),

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Question : The minimum payment to a factor of production is called:

Option 1: quasi-rent

Option 2: rent

Option 3: wages

Option 4: transfer payment

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Correct Answer: transfer payment


Solution : The correct answer is transfer payment.

Transfer income is the minimal payment to a component of production. Transfer revenue is the bare minimum required to retain a factor of production in its current usage. It is also known as the potential cost of

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Question : Who among the following is a famous sitar player?

Option 1: Ustad Rehman Khan

Option 2: Kishan Maharaj

Option 3: Ali Ahmad Hussain

Option 4: Anoushka Shankar

Team Careers360 13th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Anoushka Shankar


Solution : The correct answer is Anoushka Shankar.

Anoushka Shankar, an Indian-American musician and sitar player of British descent born in 1981, is also an occasional writer and actor. Up to now, she has put out nine albums. She has given performances at several prestigious

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Question : Which of the following states does not share a border with Nepal?

Option 1: Uttarakhand

Option 2: Uttar Pradesh

Option 3: Bihar

Option 4: Himachal Pradesh

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Himachal Pradesh


Solution : The correct option is Himachal Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh does not share a border with Nepal. It is a northern Indian state surrounded by Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Tibet. Nepal shares borders with states like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and

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Question : What is that least perfect square, which is exactly divisible by each of 12, 84 and 24?

Option 1: 2304

Option 2: 7056

Option 3: 11664

Option 4: 1764

Team Careers360 8th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 7056


Solution : Let's find the correct least perfect square that is exactly divisible by each of 12, 84, and 24.
Prime factorization of 12 = ${2}^{2}×3$
Prime factorization of 84 = ${2}^{2}×3×7$
Prime factorization of 24 = ${2}^{3}×3$
Least Common Multiple = 2 × 2 × 2

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Question : Select the appropriate antonym for the underlined word.

Sunny turned to find his daughter's sweet, bright eyes close to his.

Option 1: gleaming

Option 2: dusky

Option 3: merry

Option 4: anxious

Team Careers360 8th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: dusky


Solution : The correct choice is the second option.

Explanation: The word bright in this context refers to the eyes being vivid, cheerful, or well-lit. The antonym that contrasts with this meaning is dusky which suggests darkness or dimness.

The meanings of the other options are

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