Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Direction: A bar graph showing the heights of six mountain peaks is given below. Study the bar graph and answer the question.
Which peak is the second highest?
Option 1: B
Option 2: C
Option 3: A
Option 4: E
Correct Answer: C
Solution : According to the provided bar graph, mountain peak C's height is 8600 metres after E's peak height of 8800 metres. So, C is the second-highest peak. Hence, the correct answer is C.
Question : Complete the following collocation. When I got the job, I knew what _______ money really is.
Option 1: effort-earned
Option 2: soft-earned
Option 3: hard-earned
Option 4: honest-earned
Correct Answer: hard-earned
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: Hard-earned is the appropriate collocation that emphasises the effort, work, or difficulty put into earning the money. It signifies money obtained through considerable effort or labour.
Therefore, the complete sentence would be: "When I got the
Question : Directions: Pointing towards a man, Ritika said, "He is the son of my grandfather's only son". How is she (Ritika) related to that man?
Option 1: Aunty
Option 2: Sister
Option 3: Mother
Option 4: Wife
Correct Answer: Sister
Solution : According to the given information, the family tree will be –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, Ritika is the sister of that man. Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Which is the smallest state of India in terms of area?
Option 1: Sikkim
Option 2: Goa
Option 3: Manipur
Option 4: Kerala
Correct Answer: Goa
Solution : The correct answer is Goa.
In terms of land area, Goa holds the distinction of being the smallest state in India, while Lakshadweep is the smallest union territory. Goa covers an expanse of 3,702 square kilometers and its capital is Panaji. Among the smallest states
Question : Direction: In the following question, two statements are given followed by three conclusions. You have to consider the statement to be true even if it seems to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow from the given statement.
Statement
1. Water has no shape, has volume.
2. Knowledge, like water, flows from one side to the other.
Conclusion
1. The knowledge is interdisciplinary
2. Knowledge is bound within a specific area.
3. Knowledge influences the core of mental activity directly.
Option 1: Only conclusion 1 follows.
Option 2: Only conclusion 2 follows.
Option 3: Both conclusions 1 and 2 follow.
Option 4: Both conclusions 1 and 3 follow.
Correct Answer: Both conclusions 1 and 3 follow.
Solution : Given:
Now, let's consider the conclusions:
1. The knowledge is interdisciplinary.
Just as water can flow and adapt to different shapes
Question : Which of the following sites do "not" have a nuclear power plant?
Option 1: Vijayawada
Option 2: Naraura
Option 3: Tarapur
Option 4: Rawat Bhata
Correct Answer: Vijayawada
Solution : The correct answer is Vijayawada.
After hydroelectric, thermal, and renewable energy sources, nuclear power is India's fourth-largest source of electricity. 22 nuclear reactors are in operation at seven nuclear power stations in India. Narla Tata Rao is the name of a thermal power plant in
Question : A landscape which is caused due to the fissure in the earth along which one side has moved down with reference to the other is known as
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct answer is Rift Valley.
The Earth's lithosphere is divided into multiple tectonic plates that move at different rates in relation to one another. Tectonic forces not only move plates, but they also have the capacity to rupture them, resulting in the formation of a
Question : The following bar graph shows the sales of books (in thousands) from six branches of a publishing company during two consecutive years 2018 and 2019. What is the average sales of all the branches (in thousands) for the year 2018?
Option 1: 84
Option 2: 78
Option 3: 80
Option 4: 86
Correct Answer: 80
Solution : Average sales of all the branches (in thousands) for the year 2018 = $\frac{80+75+95+85+75+70}{6}$ = $\frac{480}{6}$ = 80 Hence, the correct answer is 80.
Question : Two chords AB and CD of a circle meet inside the circle at point P. If AP = 12 cm, AB = 20 cm, and CP = 16 cm, find CD.
Option 1: 22 cm
Option 2: 15 cm
Option 3: 21 cm
Option 4: 24 cm
Correct Answer: 22 cm
Solution : Given: AB = 20 cm, AP = 12 cm, and CP = 16 cm Also, AB = AP + PB ⇒ 20 cm = 12 cm + PB ⇒ PB = 8 cm We know, AP × PB = CP × PD By substituting
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".
Good heavens! (1) / How has she (2) / grown! (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
The sentence, How she has grown! is grammatically accurate in terms of word order to express amazement at someone's growth or development since it is an exclamatory sentence and not an interrogative sentence.
Therefore, the
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