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Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Disregard

Option 1: Hidden

Option 2: Curiosity

Option 3: Demote

Option 4: Split

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Curiosity


Solution : The second option is correct.

Disregard means to ignore or pay no attention to something. In contrast, curiosity represents a keen interest or eagerness to know or learn about something.

The meanings of the other options are as follows:

  • Hidden means concealed or not easily
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Question : Successive discounts of 15% and 35% are equivalent to a single discount of:

Option 1: 42.28%

Option 2: 12.5%

Option 3: 44.75%

Option 4: 33.33%

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 44.75%


Solution : We know, single equivalent discount = $(a+b-\frac{a×b}{100}$)%, where $a$% and $b$% are successive discounts.
⇒ Single equivalent discount = $15+35-\frac{15×35}{100}=50-5.25=44.75$%
Hence, the correct answer is 44.75%.

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Question : The average of 9 numbers is 47. If a number is removed, then the average becomes 48. Which number was removed?

Option 1: 39

Option 2: 42

Option 3: 45

Option 4: 40

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 39


Solution : Given that the average of 9 numbers is 47, the sum of these 9 numbers = 47 × 9 = 423
If one number is removed and the average becomes 48, the sum of the remaining 8 numbers = 48 × 8 = 384
Required

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

To____ your self-worth, write down some things that are positive about yourself.

Option 1: sanctify

Option 2: overlook

Option 3: affirm

Option 4: repudiate

Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: affirm


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

The word affirm means to assert strongly or to declare positively. In the context of the sentence provided, affirm is the best fit because it suggests the action of acknowledging or confirming one's self-worth by focusing on

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Question : A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell his goods at a cost price but uses false weights and gains 10%. How much false weight he is using instead of 1 kg weight?

Option 1: 909.09 g

Option 2: 900 g

Option 3: 920.30 g

Option 4: 911.12 g

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 909.09 g


Solution : Let the false weight as $x$ kg.
The shopkeeper is gaining 10% by using this false weight, which means that when he claims to sell 1 kg of goods, he is only giving away $x$ kg. 
The cost price of $x$ kg of goods

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Question : In which year did Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun at Kannauj?

Option 1: 1541

Option 2: 1543

Option 3: 1540

Option 4: 1542

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 1540


Solution : The correct answer is 1540.

In May 1540, Sher Shah Suri, also known as Sher Khan, defeated the Humayun army in the Battle of Kannauj because the gunpowder that the Humayun's army was carrying was left out in the open and grew wet from

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Question : A plant cell has a big central _______, unlike several small ______ in animal cells.

Option 1: vacuole, vacuoles

Option 2: cell wall, cell walls

Option 3: tissue, tissues

Option 4: cell membrane, cell membranes

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: vacuole, vacuoles


Solution : The correct answer is vacuole, vacuoles.

Animal cells lack a cell wall, a big central vacuole, chloroplasts, and other specialised plastids. In contrast, plant cells do. Animal cells contain a structure called the centrosome that organises microtubules close to the nuclei. It has two

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Question : The Bhagirathi river originates from Gomukh Glacier. It meets the Alaknanda at Devprayag to form river _______.

Option 1: Ganga

Option 2: Ravi

Option 3: Saraswati

Option 4: Yamuna

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Ganga


Solution : The correct answer is Ganga.

The Alaknanda River originates at the confluence of the Satopanth and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in Uttarakhand, near the Tibet border. The Bhagirathi River begins at Gaumukh, situated at the base of the Gangotri and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal

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