Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is NOT allowed). (34, 23, 12) (71, 37, 3)
Option 1: (75, 50, 20)
Option 2: (20, 65, 50)
Option 3: (19, 55, 91)
Option 4: (14, 12, 16)
Correct Answer: (19, 55, 91)
Solution : Given: (34, 23, 12); (71, 37, 3)
Here, (34, 23, 12)→(34 + 12) ÷ 2 = 46 ÷ 2 = 23 (71, 37, 3)→(71 + 3) ÷ 2 = 74 ÷ 2 = 37
Let's check the options – First option: (75, 50,
Question : Which of the following industries is at Koraput ?
Option 1: Ship Building
Option 2: Aircrafts Building
Option 3: Iron and Steel
Option 4: Electric Locomotives
Correct Answer: Aircrafts Building
Solution : The correct option is Aircrafts Building.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Engine Division Koraput is India's largest aircraft engine manufacturer. It produces and overhauls aircraft engines for MiG and Sukhoi combat planes. The division was founded in 1964 and has since produced approximately 1500
Question : Directions: A series is given with one word missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given options that will complete the series. Money, Amity, Camera, Animal, Telomere,?
Option 1: Talisman
Option 2: Litmus
Option 3: Matter
Option 4: Shame
Correct Answer: Talisman
Solution : Given: Money, Amity, Camera, Animal, Telomere,?
In the given series, note the position of the letter M in each given word. Money (1st place), Amity (2nd place), Camera (3rd place), Animal (4th place), Telomere (5th place).
Question : For the election of President of India, a citizen should have completed the age of
Option 1: 25 years
Option 2: 30 years
Option 3: 35 years
Option 4: 18 years
Correct Answer: 35 years
Solution : The correct answer is 35 years.
As per Article 58 of the Constitution, no individual shall be eligible for election as President unless he is a citizen of India, has reached the age of thirty-five, and is qualified for election as a member of
Question : Directions: A % B means A is the daughter of B, A @ B means A is the son of B, A * B means A is the sister of B. If H % I @ J @ K* L, then how is H related to J?
Option 1: Son
Option 2: Son's daughter
Option 3: Son's son
Option 4: Daughter
Correct Answer: Son's daughter
Solution : Given: A % B means A is the daughter of B, A @ B means A is the son of B, A * B means A is the sister of B.
As per the given information, the family tree will be as follows –
Question : Rearrange the parts of the sentence in correct order. The Google doodle P. with a cup of green tea, beaker and Q. Tsujimura working in her laboratory R. some green tea leaves by the side S. features a graphical representation of
Option 1: RSPQ
Option 2: PQSR
Option 3: RPQS
Option 4: SQPR
Correct Answer: SQPR
Solution : The correct option is the fourth option.
The sentence in the correct order is: The Google doodle features a graphical representation ofTsujimura working in her laboratory with a cup of green tea, a beaker and some green tea leaves by the side.
This arrangement
Question : If the three numbers in the ratio 3 : 2 : 5 such that the sum of the squares is equal to 1862, then which number is the middle one?
Option 1: 16
Option 2: 14
Option 3: 13
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 14
Solution : Given: The ratio of three numbers is 3 : 2 : 5. The sum of the squares of the numbers = 1862 Let the numbers be $3x,2x,$ and $5x$. According to the given condition, $(3x)^{2}+(2x)^{2}+(5x)^{2}=1862$ ⇒ $9x^{2}+4x^{2}+25x^{2}=1862$ ⇒ $38x^{2}=1862$ ⇒ $x^{2}=\frac{1862}{38}$ ⇒ $x=\sqrt{49}$ ⇒ $x=7$
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
The first time that Agha Shahid Ali spoke to me about his approaching death was on 25 April 2001. The conversation began routinely. I had telephoned to remind him that we had been invited to a friend’s house for lunch. Although he had been under treatment for cancer for some fourteen months, Shahid was still on his feet and perfectly lucid, except for occasional lapses of memory. I heard him thumbing through his engagement book and then suddenly he said: ‘Oh dear. I can’t see a thing.’ There was a brief pause and then he added: ‘I hope this doesn’t mean that I’m dying...’ I did not know how to respond: his voice was completely at odds with the content of what he had just said, light to the point of jocularity. I mumbled something innocuous: ‘No Shahid — of course not. You’ll be fine.’ He cut me short. In a tone of voice that was at once quizzical and direct, he said: ‘When it happens I hope you’ll write something about me.’
I was shocked into silence and a long moment passed before I could bring myself to say the things that people say on such occasions. ‘Shahid you’ll be fine; you have to be strong...’From the window of my study, I could see a corner of the building in which he lived, some eight blocks away. It was just a few months since he moved there: he had been living a few miles away, in Manhattan, when he had a sudden blackout in February 2000. After tests revealed that he had a malignant brain tumour, he decided to move to Brooklyn, to be close to his youngest sister, Samantha, who teaches at the Pratt Institute—a few blocks away from the street where I live. Shahid ignored my reassurances. He began to laugh and it was then that I realised that he was dead serious. I understood that he was entrusting me with a quite specific charge: he wanted me to remember him not through the spoken recitatives of memory and friendship, but through the written word.
He knew that my instincts would have led me to search for reasons to avoid writing about his death: I would have told myself that I was not a poet; that our friendship was of recent date; that there were many others who knew him much better and would be writing from greater understanding and knowledge. All this Shahid had guessed and he had decided to shut off those routes while there was still time. ‘You must write about me.’ Finally, I said: ‘Shahid, I will: I’ll do the best I can.’
Question:
Which of these was NOT an excuse that the narrator thought of to decline the request?
Option 1: That others knew Shahid better
Option 2: That their friendship was quite recent
Option 3: That he was too busy
Option 4: That he was not a poet
Correct Answer: That he was too busy
Solution : The third option is correct.
Question : The following sentence has been divided into three segments, A, B, C. One of them may contain a grammatical error. Select the segment that contains the error, from the given options. If you don't find any error, mark 'No error' as your answer.
It was (A) / by a chance (B) / he saw a movie in a theatre. (C)
Option 1: (A)
Option 2: (C)
Option 3: (B)
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: (B)
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
By chance means something that happens unexpectedly. "By a chance" is not common use. There is no use for the article "a".
Therefore, the correct sentence is: It was by chance he saw a movie in a theatre.
Question : Mohammed Shahid , who recently passed away , was associated with which sport ?
Option 1: Badminton
Option 2: Hockey
Option 3: Football
Option 4: Cricket
Correct Answer: Hockey
Solution : The correct option is - Hockey.
Mohammed Shahid was a field hockey player from India who is regarded as one of the best to have ever played the sport and was noted for his dribbling abilities. He was a part of the Indian team that
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