Tag: softskills

Arachnophobia is derived from the Greek 'arachne' (spider) and 'phobos' (fear). It is one of the most common phobias globally. Fear of numbers is arithmophobia, and fear of thunder is brontophobia.

Arithmophobia comes from the Greek 'arithmos' meaning number. It's the irrational fear of numbers, calculations, or dealing with mathematics. This is distinct from astraphobia (fear of thunder/lightning) or apiphobia (fear of bees).

Arrhenphobia (or androphobia) is the abnormal and persistent fear of men or adult males. This specific phobia can cause significant distress and avoidance behaviors. It differs from symmetrophobia (fear of symmetry) or other anxiety-related conditions.

If you overtake the person in second place, you take their position. Therefore, you are now in second place. You have not yet passed the person in first place.

It is logically impossible to overtake the 'last' runner, because if you are behind them, they are not the last runner—you are. If you were to pass the person who was previously last, they would then become the last runner, and you would be second to last.

Adding sequentially: 1000+40=1040, +1000=2040, +30=2070, +1000=3070, +20=3090, +1000=4090, +10=4100. The pattern is 4000 + (40+30+20+10) = 4100. This tests attention to detail in mental arithmetic.

The question states 'Marie's father has five daughters' - this means Marie herself is one of the daughters. The pattern of names (Chacha, Cheche, Chichi, Chocho) is a distractor. Since Marie is not listed in the options, 'None of the Above' is correct.

While the mathematical pattern suggests 5 to the power of 5 (3125), the riddle starts with '1=5'. In such logic puzzles, if 1 equals 5, then by the symmetric property of equality, 5 must equal 1. This is a common trick question.

To 'keep someone at arm's length' means to deliberately maintain emotional or physical distance, avoiding close intimacy or friendship. This idiom suggests being cautiously distant rather than warmly engaged. Option B is opposite in meaning, while C and D take the phrase too literally.

This idiom means to work with great effort, determination, and physical or mental energy. It implies wholehearted commitment to a task. Options A, C, and D are completely unrelated meanings.