Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. GAR, AXS, UUT, ORU, ?
Option 1: IOV
Option 2: MOV
Option 3: QRT
Option 4: IMR
Correct Answer: IOV
Solution : Given: GAR, AXS, UUT, ORU, ?
Subtract 6 and 3 from the positional values of the first and the second letters and add 1 to the positional value of the third letter of the previous term to obtain the next term in the series –
Question : In a factory, utensils are manufactured in three plants, plants A, B, and C. How many plates are manufactured by plant B if the total plates are 3260?
Option 1: 1467
Option 2: 1304
Option 3: 1254
Option 4: 1141
Correct Answer: 1304
Solution : Let total plates = 100% Here 100% is equivalent to 3260 Number of plates manufactured by the plant B = 60% – 20% = 40% Now, 40% is equivalent to $=3260×\frac{40}{100}=1304$ So, the number of plates manufactured by plant B is 1304. Hence, the correct
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 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
As you grow older, you will find that these all difficulties may be overcome by patience.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The original sentence has a problem with the word order. These all difficulties should be replaced with all these difficulties to form a meaningful sentence. All is used as an adverb, modifying the demonstrative adjective these.
Question : Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
No one have ever paid me such a nice compliment.
Option 1: nice compliment
Option 2: such a
Option 3: have ever paid me
Option 4: No one
Correct Answer: have ever paid me
The subject is singular, so the verb should also be singular to maintain the subject-verb agreement. In this case, the correct verb form is has instead of have.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: No one
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, FRISK is written as THLIQ, and MOADS is written as QODQB. How will WAGER be written in that language?
Option 1: CUJBC
Option 2: CYJBD
Option 3: CYJPC
Option 4: CUJPG
Correct Answer: CYJPC
Solution : Given: FRISK is written as THLIQ, and MOADS is written as QODQB.
Add 2 in the place value of the first two letters, subtract 2 from the place value of the last 2 letters and add 3 in the place value of the third letter
Question : Directions: In the given question, select the related letter cluster from the given alternatives. AEDM : ZQRN :: FLMO : ?
Option 1: BZYS
Option 2: CZYS
Option 3: SZYB
Option 4: YZBC
Correct Answer: BZYS
Solution : Given: AEDM : ZQRN :: FLMO : ?
Add 13 to each letter of AEDM and then reverse the letters to get the required code – A + 13 = N; E + 13 = R; D + 13 = Q; M + 13 =
Question : Direction: Which one of the given responses is the meaningful order of the following?
1. Police 2. Punishment 3. Crime 4. Judge
5. Judgment
Option 1: 1, 2, 4, 3, 5
Option 2: 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Option 3: 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Option 4: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Correct Answer: 3, 1, 4, 5, 2
Solution : Given:
1. Police 2. Punishment 3. Crime 4. Judge 5. Judgment
The person who commits the crime will be caught by the police. After that, he will be presented before the Judge, then a judgment will be passed to
Question : Directions: From the given alternative words, select the word that cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. INTROSPECTION
Option 1: INSPECTION
Option 2: SCOPE
Option 3: SECTOR
Option 4: ROUTE
Correct Answer: ROUTE
Solution : Given: INTROSPECTION
Now, let's compare all the option words with the word INTROSPECTION – First option: INSPECTION; All the letters of the word INSPECTION are present in the word INTROSPECTION. Second option: SCOPE; All the letters of the word SCOPE are present in the word
Question : Which is used as an Air pollution indication?
Option 1: Algae
Option 2: Fungi
Option 3: Bacteria
Option 4: Lichens
Correct Answer: Lichens
Solution : The correct option is Lichens.
Lichens are frequently used as bioindicators to measure levels of air pollution. These one-of-a-kind organisms, generated by a symbiotic relationship between fungus and photosynthetic algae, are extremely susceptible to pollutants such as sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, heavy metals, and particle
Question : Who authored the book titled 'Jinnah Often Came to Our House', which won the 2016 The Hindu Prize?
Option 1: Kiran Doshi
Option 2: Salman Rushdie
Option 3: K. Vijay Kumar
Option 4: Yasser Usman
Correct Answer: Kiran Doshi
Solution : The correct option is Kiran Doshi.
The Hindu Prize for the best piece of fiction written in India was given to Kiran Doshi, a former Indian diplomat and educator, in 2016 for his book Jinnah Often Came to Our House. His prior works
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