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Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam

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Question : Percentage of lead in lead pencil is

Option 1: 0

Option 2: 31-66

Option 3: 40

Option 4: 80

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Correct Answer: 0


Solution : The correct option is 0.

Lead pencils, is a misnomer as it do not contain lead. The "lead" in a pencil is actually a combination of graphite and clay, with no actual lead present. As a result, the proportion of lead in a lead pencil

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Question : When m12 – 1 is divided by (m + 1), the remainder is:

Option 1: 1

Option 2: 2

Option 3: 0

Option 4: –1

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Correct Answer: 0


Solution : (m12 – 1) will be divisible by (m + 1).
As we can write 
(m12 – 1) = (m2$\times$6 – 12$\times$6) will be divisible by (m + 1) because there will be a factor of (m + 1).
So, the

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Directions: In the following question, select the related word from the given alternatives.
Currency : Yen :: Nationality : ?

Option 1: Person

Option 2: Nation

Option 3: Indian

Option 4: Patriotism

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Correct Answer: Indian


Solution : Given:
Currency : Yen :: Nationality : ?

Like, the yen is the currency.
Similarly, Indian is the nationality.

Hence, the third option is correct.

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Question : Direction: In the following questions, identify the diagram that best represents the relationship among the classes given below.

Duck, Penguin, Bird

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : Both ducks and penguins are birds. But, ducks and penguins are not related to each other in any way.

So, All ducks are birds; All penguins are birds; No ducks are penguins.

Based on the above statements, the Venn diagram will be

Hence, first option is

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Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given options that will complete the series.
Nature, Ensure, Tense, Spent, Spurn,?

Option 1: Pushup

Option 2: Thrash

Option 3: Upturn

Option 4: Asset

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Correct Answer: Upturn


Solution : Given:
Nature, Ensure, Tense, Spent, Spurn,?

In the given series, note the position of the letter N in each given word.
Nature (1st place), Ensure (2nd place), Tense (3rd place), Spent (4th place), Spurn (5th place).
Therefore,

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Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that will complete the letter series when placed from left to right in the following blanks.
CL_VEC_ _WECLO_ _C_O_E

Option 1: OLPXELY

Option 2: OLOYELZ

Option 3: OLOXFMY

Option 4: OLOXELY

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Correct Answer: OLOXELY


Solution : Given:
CL_VEC_ _WECLO_ _C_O_E

To complete the series, divide the series into equal parts as shown below –
CL_VE/C_ _WE/CLO_ _/C_O_E
Let's check each option —
First option: OLPXELY; CLOVE / CLPWE / CLOXE / CLOYE

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Question : A goods train 350 m long passes through a tunnel of length 1250 m in 80 seconds. What is the speed of the train?

Option 1: 64 km/hr

Option 2: 56 km/hr

Option 3: 78 km/hr

Option 4: 72 km/hr

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Correct Answer: 72 km/hr


Solution : Total distance = 1250 + 350 = 1600 m
Total time = 80 seconds
Speed = $\frac{1600}{80}$ = 20 m/s
= 20 × $\frac{18}{5}$
= 4 × 18
= 72 km/hr
Hence, the correct answer is 72 km/hr.

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Question : Who discovered the first antibiotic?

Option 1: W Fleming

Option 2: C Waksman

Option 3: Louis Pasteur

Option 4: A Fleming

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Correct Answer: A Fleming


Solution : The correct option is - A Fleming.

The world's first widely successful antibiotic, penicillin, was discovered by Scottish doctor and microbiologist Alexander Fleming. Together with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, he shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for this discovery.

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