Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : If $\cos \theta=\frac{5}{13}$, then the value of $\tan ^2 \theta+\sec ^2 \theta$ is equal to:
Option 1: $\frac{303}{25}$
Option 2: $\frac{313}{25}$
Option 3: $\frac{233}{25}$
Option 4: $\frac{323}{25}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{313}{25}$
Solution : Given: The value of $\cos \theta=\frac{5}{13}$. Use the trigonometric identity, $\sin^2 \theta +cos^2 \theta=1$. $\tan ^2 \theta+\sec ^2 \theta=\frac{\sin^2 \theta}{\cos^2 \theta}+\frac{1}{\cos^2 \theta}$ = $\frac{\sin^2 \theta+1}{\cos^2 \theta}$ = $\frac{1–cos^2 \theta+1}{\cos^2 \theta}$ = $\frac{2–cos^2 \theta}{\cos^2 \theta}$ = $\frac{2–(\frac{5}{13})^2}{(\frac{5}{13})^2}$ = $\frac{2–\frac{25}{169}}{\frac{25}{169}}$ = $\frac{(338–25)\times 169}{169\times 25}$ = $\frac{313}{25}$ Hence,
Question : The term ' bully ' is connected with which sport ?
Option 1: Cricket
Option 2: Hockey
Option 3: Badminton
Option 4: Tennis
Correct Answer: Hockey
Solution : The correct option is - Hockey.
The term 'bully' is related to field hockey.
It refers to the set play, akin to a drop-ball in soccer, that is used to restart the game from the spot where the infraction occurred.
Question : By which Constitution Amendment Act, Right to Property ceased to remain a fundamental right?
Option 1: 44th
Option 2: 42nd
Option 3: 43rd
Option 4: 45th
Correct Answer: 44th
Solution : The correct answer is 44th.
Earlier Article 31 and Article 19(1)(f) gave Right to Property a constitutional status and was mentioned as a Fundamental right. According to 44th Constitutional Amendment Act 1978 the Right to Property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights. Now
Question : Simplify the given expression. $\frac{120 \times 120 \times 120-100 \times 100 \times 100}{120 \times 120+120 \times 100+100 \times 100}$
Option 1: 20
Option 2: 25
Option 3: 10
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 20
Solution : Use identity: a3 – b3 = (a – b)(a2 + ab + b2) $\frac{120 \times 120 \times 120-100 \times 100 \times 100}{120 \times 120+120 \times 100+100 \times 100}$ = $\frac{(120 -100) (120 \times 120+120 \times 100+100 \times 100)}{120 \times 120+120
Question : Denatured spirit is ethanol mixed with
Option 1: Petrol
Option 2: Kerosene
Option 3: Water
Option 4: Pyridine
Correct Answer: Pyridine
Solution : The correct option is Pyridine.
These denaturants are frequently added to ethanol to make it unfit for human consumption in order to discourage people from drinking it as an alcoholic beverage. Denaturants applied typically include Pyridine is a chemical molecule with a strong, unpleasant odour
Question : Potato was introduced to Europe by :
Option 1: Portuguese
Option 2: Germans
Option 3: Spanish
Option 4: Dutch
Correct Answer: Spanish
Solution : The correct option is Spanish
The potato's flavors were discovered in Peru by Spanish Conquistadors in 1536, and they were brought back to Europe. The vegetable wasn't immediately well-liked. Contingent tubers (and maize), according to historians, may have been transported and planted ashore. In 1589,
Question : Choose the correct statement from the following.
Option 1: HCF is the least common multiple of the given numbers.
Option 2: HCF of two or more numbers is the highest number which perfectly divides all the given numbers.
Option 3: HCF is also called the least common divisor.
Option 4: In the prime factorisation method of HCF, the multiples of all the given numbers are listed.
Correct Answer: HCF of two or more numbers is the highest number which perfectly divides all the given numbers.
Solution : HCF of two or more numbers is the highest number that perfectly divides all the given numbers. Hence, the correct answer is 'HCF of two or more numbers is
Question : Directions: In the following question, out of the four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".
(Looking my bad mental condition), I went forward for help and encouragement.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The second option is appropriate as in this sentence 'looking my bad mental condition' should be replaced with 'finding myself in a bad mental condition' which makes the sentence contextually correct.
The other options are grammatically incorrect and would be unfit for the sentence.
Therefore,
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.
When he was in college, a famous poet made a useful distinction for him. He had drunk (1)________ in the poet's company to be compelled to describe to him a poem he was (2)_____of. It would be a monologue of sorts, the self-contemplation of a student on a summer afternoon who is reading Euphues. The poem itself would be a subtle (3)_____ of euphuisms, translating the heat, the day, and the student's concerns, into symmetrical posies; translating even his (4) ______and boredom with that famously foolish book into a euphuism. The poet nodded his big head in a sympathetic, rhythmic way as this was (5)_____ to him, then told him that there are two kinds of poems. There is the kind you write; there is the kind you talk about in bars. Both kinds have value and both are poems, but it's fatal to confuse them.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 4.
Option 1: weightage
Option 2: haven
Option 3: stay
Option 4: contempt
Correct Answer: contempt
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Contempt means the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration. It also means disregard for something that should be considered, and this is the appropriate choice for the sentence.
Question : In equilateral $\triangle $ABC, D and E are points on the sides AB and AC, respectively, such that AD = CE. BE and CD intersect at F. The measure (in degrees) of $\angle $CFB is:
Option 1: 120°
Option 2: 135°
Option 3: 125°
Option 4: 105°
Correct Answer: 120°
Solution :
In $\triangle CBE$ and $ \triangle ACD$ AD = CE (Given) $\angle $B = $ \angle $C (each angle is 60º) BC = AC (sides of an equilateral triangle) $\triangle CBE \cong \triangle ACD$ [SAS congruency] So, the three angles of these two triangles are
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