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Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.

A place for ammunition and weapons

Option 1: Arena

Option 2: Abattoir

Option 3: Arsenal

Option 4: Aviary

Team Careers360 10th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Arsenal


Solution : The third option is the correct answer.

Arsenal refers to a specialised facility or storage place dedicated to the maintenance, production, and storage of military equipment, including firearms, ammunition, and other weaponry.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Arena refers to an

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Question : Evaluate: $6+6$ of $6 \div 6-\frac{6}{5}$

Option 1: $\frac{12}{5}$

Option 2: $\frac{54}{5}$

Option 3: $\frac{44}{5}$

Option 4: $\frac{6}{5}$

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $\frac{54}{5}$


Solution : Given: $6+6$ of $6 \div 6-\frac{6}{5}$
$=6+(6\times6) \div 6-\frac{6}{5}$
$=6+\frac{36}{6}-\frac{6}{5}$
$=6+6-\frac{6}{5}$
$=12-\frac{6}{5}$
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$=\frac{60-6}{5}$
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​$=\frac{54}{5}$
​​​​​​​Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{54}{5}$.

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Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
There has been a spate of some unfortunately events in Madurai.

Option 1: unfortunate events

Option 2: unfortunately event

Option 3: No improvement

Option 4: unfortunate some events

Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: unfortunate events


Solution : The first option is the correct answer.

The original sentence is grammatically incorrect and awkwardly phrased. The word "some" is unnecessary and incorrect in this context. The word "spate" means a large number of similar things coming in quick succession. "Unfortunate" is an adjective

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, RAUGHT is written as TYWEJR, and DOMINE is written as FMOGPC. How will BACKER be written in that language?

Option 1: DYEJIP

Option 2: DYEKGP

Option 3: DYEIHP

Option 4: DYEIGP

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: DYEIGP


Solution : Given:
RAUGHT is written as TYWEJR, and DOMINE is written as FMOGPC.

Add and subtract 2 alternatively from the place value of the letters of RAUGHT, and DOMINE to obtain the code –
RAUGHT→R + 2 = T; A – 2 = Y; U +

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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the missing number of the given series.
144, 140, 132, 116, 84, ?

Option 1: 30

Option 2: 20

Option 3: 29

Option 4: 25

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 20


Solution : Given:
144, 140, 132, 116, 84, ?

The pattern is as follows –
144 – 4 = 140;
140 – (4 × 2) = 140 – 8 = 132;
132 – (8 × 2) = 132 – 16 = 116;
116 – (16 × 2)

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Question : Directions: If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then out of the option figures which figure will be the right image of the question figure?

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer:


Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection.
Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear

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Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.

Provoke.

Option 1: Inhibit

Option 2: Slack

Option 3: Arouse

Option 4: Constrain

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Arouse


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Arouse is a synonym of provoke and means to awaken or excite a feeling or emotion in someone.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Inhibit means to hinder or restrain someone from doing something.
  • Stack
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Question : A rectangular LCD has an area of 480 cmand a perimeter of 92 cm. If the size of the LCD is defined in terms of the length of the diagonal, then what is the size of the LCD?

Option 1: 34 cm

 

Option 2: 39 cm

Option 3: 31 cm

Option 4: 35 cm

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 34 cm

 


Solution : The perimeter of a rectangular LCD is = 92 cm
Area is = 480 cm$^2$
Let the length = l and breadth = b
Then, 2(l + b) = 92
⇒ l + b = 46 … (1)
And lb = 480 ….(2)
Now

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Question : The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a class is 2 : 5. If 10 boys leave the class and 20 new girls join the class, then the new ratio of boys and girls in the class becomes 4 : 25. What is the number of boys in the class now?

Option 1: 12

Option 2: 8

Option 3: 9

Option 4: 22

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 12


Solution : Given,
The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls in a class is 2 : 5.
If 10 boys leave the class and 20 new girls join the class, then the new ratio of boys and girls in the class becomes

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Question : Who wrote the novel "Life of Pi"?

Option 1: Jonathan Safran Foer

Option 2: Khaled Hosseini

Option 3: Yann Martel

Option 4: Carol Birch

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Yann Martel


Solution : The correct option is Yann Martel.

"Life of Pi" was written by Yann Martel. The novel narrates the extraordinary journey of Pi Patel, a young Indian boy stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. It

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