Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
The sun will not rise before an hour.
(1) arise in an hour
(2) rise in an hour
(3) rises for an hour
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the second option.
The prepositional phrase "in an hour" provides information about when the action will or will not occur. It specifies the time frame, indicating that the sun will not rise within the next hour.
Therefore, the correct
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
In spite of the roadblock (1) / the guards allowed us (2) / enter the restricted area to search for our friends (3) / No Error (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
The verb allowed should be followed by the infinitive form of the verb enter i.e. to enter.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: In spite of the roadblock, the guards allowed us to enter the restricted
Question : Directions: Which of the answer figures is the exact mirror image of the given problem figure when the mirror is held on the right side?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear close 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
Question : Directions: Figure A is related to B following a certain pattern. Following the same pattern, figure C is related to D. Study the pattern and select the figure that should be placed in place of D.
Solution : Given:
Interchange the positions of the given symbols –
By following the same pattern the required figure is –
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
We do not sell stationery at this shop.
Option 1: Stationery is not being sold at this shop.
Option 2: Stationery has not been sold at this shop.
Option 3: Stationery is not sold at this shop.
Option 4: Stationery will not sell at this shop.
Correct Answer: Stationery is not sold at this shop.
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the
Question : Investment and savings are kept equal through a change in the level of
Option 1: Consumption
Option 2: Investment
Option 3: Government expenditure
Option 4: Income
Correct Answer: Consumption
Solution : Correct Answer is Consumption
By reacting to changes in interest rates, preferred savings and investment are kept equal.Without any desire on the part of the business to increase investment, the change in inventories balances savings and investment. Saving equals investment is a basic tenet of
Question : A tank can be filled by pipe A in 2 hours and by pipe B in 6 hours. At 10 A.M., pipe A was opened. At what time will the tank be filled if pipe B is opened at 11 A.M.?
Option 1: 12.45 A.M.
Option 2: 5 P.M.
Option 3: 11.45 A.M.
Option 4: 12 P.M.
Correct Answer: 11.45 A.M.
Solution : Given: A tank can be filled by pipe A in 2 hours and by pipe B in 6 hours. Assume the tank's capacity is 6 units. (Least common multiple of 2 and 6) Efficiency of a pipe = $\frac{\text{capacity of the tank}}{\text{time taken by
Question : Directions: Study the histogram of the weight distribution of different men and answer questions based on it. Average number of men per interval who participated in this survey is:
Option 1: 200
Option 2: 180
Option 3: 214
Option 4: 194
Correct Answer: 214
Solution : Average number of men per interval who participated in this survey = $\frac{100+200+220+250+300}{5}$ = $\frac{1070}{5}$ = 214 Hence, the correct answer is 214.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Roman Empire covered a vast stretch of territory that included most of Europe as we know it today and a large part of the Fertile Crescent and North Africa. The Roman Empire embraced a wealth of local cultures and languages; women had a stronger legal position then than they do in many countries today; but also that much of the economy was run on slave labour, denying freedom to substantial numbers of persons. From the fifth century onwards, the empire fell apart in the west but remained intact and exceptionally prosperous in its eastern half. Roman historians have a rich collection of sources to go on, which we can broadly divide into three groups: (a) texts, (b) documents and (c) material remains. Textual sources include letters, speeches, sermons, laws, and histories of the period written by contemporaries. These were usually called ‘Annals’ because the narrative was constructed on a year-by-year basis. Documentary sources include mainly inscriptions and papyri. Inscriptions were usually cut on stone, so a large number survived, in both Greek and Latin. The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce sheets of writing material that was very widely used in everyday life. Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters, and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists’. Material remains include a very wide assortment of items that mainly archaeologists discover (for example, through excavation and field surveys), for example, buildings, monuments and other kinds of structures, pottery, coins, mosaics, and even entire landscapes. Each of these sources can only tell us just so much about the past, and combining them can be a fruitful exercise, but how well this is done depends on the historian’s skill!
Question:
Which of these are NOT material remains?
Option 1: Mosaics
Option 2: Coins
Option 3: Monuments
Option 4: Annals
Correct Answer: Annals
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Question : A and B together can complete a piece of work in 12 days. They worked together for 5 days and then A alone finished the rest of the work in 14 days. A single person can complete the work in:
Option 1: 24 days
Option 2: 22 days
Option 3: 20 days
Option 4: 18 days
Correct Answer: 24 days
Solution : A and B together can complete the work in 12 days. They work for 5 days. So, (12 – 5) = 7 days of work of A + B is left, which is done by A in 14 days. Let, A alone complete the
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