Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Which of the following high dignitaries, who are not members of Parliament , has the right to address it ?
Option 1: Chief Justice of India
Option 2: Attorney General of India
Option 3: Solicitor General of India
Option 4: Chief Election COmmissioner of India
Correct Answer: Attorney General of India
Solution : The correct option is Attorney General of India.
Even though they are not members of Parliament, the Attorney General of India has the power to address both Houses of Parliament (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha). The Attorney General can participate in legislative
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. Information technology has developed by leaps and bounds.
Option 1: at a rapid pace
Option 2: very gradually
Option 3: through unfair means
Option 4: in far off places
Correct Answer: at a rapid pace
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Hence, the correct meaning is, at a rapid
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
In ancient times, Hieun Tsang, a Chinese traveller came to India during the (1)______ of King Harsha. He praised the Indians (2)______ 'people with pure moral principles’. In 2014, India (3)______ 85th in the corruption perception index of the Transparency International. What (4)______ downfall! Isn’t it ironical that we Indians (5)______ by the ideals of honesty and integrity, self-denial and (6)______ but in practice willingly resort to the (7) ______ forms of corruption to promote our interests? The (8)______ of corruption is eating into the (9) ______ of our society and we have become helpless (10)______ of our own degradation.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.
Option 1: ranked
Option 2: piled
Option 3: graded
Option 4: stacked
Correct Answer: ranked
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Ranked means to give someone or something a rank or place within a grading system. It helps convey the intended meaning that India was placed at 85th position in the corruption perception index.
Question : The daily wages of A and B, respectively, are Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50. When A finishes a certain work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 63. When B does the same work, he gets a total wage of Rs. 75. If both of them do it together, what is the cost of the work?
Option 1: Rs. 67.50
Option 2: Rs. 27.50
Option 3: Rs. 60.50
Option 4: Rs. 70.50
Correct Answer: Rs. 67.50
Solution : The daily wages of A and B are Rs. 3.50 and Rs. 2.50, respectively. A gets a total wage of Rs. 63. So, time taken by A = $\frac{63}{3.5}$ = 18 days B gets a total wage of Rs. 75. So, time taken by
Question : Direction: In a code language TEMPORARY is written as EPRSAYOYM and EXCUSE as PGNVXP. How is ASSURE written in that code?
Option 1: OPPVYP
Option 2: OXXVYP
Option 3: OPPVXP
Option 4: OXXYVP
Correct Answer: OXXVYP
Solution : From TEMPORARY to EPRSAYOYM, following correspondence are seen:
From
Question : A communication network which is used by large organizations over regional, national or global area are called:
Option 1: LAN
Option 2: WAN
Option 3: MAN
Option 4: VAN
Correct Answer: WAN
Solution : The correct option is WAN.
A "Wide Area Network" (WAN) is a communication network used by big organisations to connect across regional, national, or worldwide boundaries. WANs connect geographically scattered locations and allow data and information to be transferred between them. They frequently employ a
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Intense
Option 1: Thrifty
Option 2: Moderate
Option 3: Stately
Option 4: Lavish
Correct Answer: Moderate
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: Intense means extreme, strong, or highly concentrated. Moderate is the antonym, as it refers to something that is average, not extreme, or not excessive.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
The dog was terrified by the unexpected noise.
Option 1: The unexpected noise had terrified the dog.
Option 2: The unexpected noise terrified the dog.
Option 3: The unexpected noise has terrified the dog.
Option 4: The unexpected noise terrifies the dog.
Correct Answer: The unexpected noise terrified the dog.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.
The structure of
Question : A glass jar contains 6 white, 8 black, 4 red, and 3 blue marbles. If a single marble is chosen at random from the jar, what is the probability that it is black or blue?
Option 1: $\frac{8}{21}$
Option 2: $\frac{11}{21}$
Option 3: $\frac{5}{21}$
Option 4: $\frac{1}{7}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{11}{21}$
Solution : Given: A glass jar contains 6 white, 8 black, 4 red, and 3 blue marbles. Number of total marbles = (6 + 8 + 4 + 3) = 21 Number of total black and blue marbles = (8 + 3) = 11 So, the probability
Question : The area of a sector of a circle is 66 cm2 and the angle of the sector is 60°. Find the radius of the circle.
Option 1: $5 \sqrt{15} \mathrm{~cm}$
Option 2: $6 \sqrt{14} \mathrm{~cm}$
Option 3: $7 \sqrt{19} \mathrm{~cm} $
Option 4: $3 \sqrt{14} \mathrm{~cm} $
Correct Answer: $3 \sqrt{14} \mathrm{~cm} $
Solution : The area \(A\) of a sector of a circle with radius \(r\) and central angle \(\theta\) (in degrees), $A = \frac{\theta}{360} \times \pi r^2$ Given that \(A = 66\;\mathrm{cm^2}\) and \(\theta = 60^{\circ}\). $⇒66 = \frac{60^{\circ}}{360^{\circ}} \times \frac{22}{7} \times r^2$ $⇒66=\frac{11}{21}r^2$ $⇒r^2
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