Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. The doctor came / after the patient / had / pass away.
Option 1: The doctor came
Option 2: pass away
Option 3: after the patient
Option 4: had
Correct Answer: pass away
Solution : The segment that contains a grammatical error is the second option.
The correct phrase should be had passed away not "had pass away". "Had passed" is the past perfect tense form, which is the correct way to express that the patient died before the
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
The article had not been posted by Mr. Gupta.
Option 1: Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.
Option 2: Mr. Gupta has not posted the article.
Option 3: Mr. Gupta have not been posted the article.
Option 4: Mr. Gupta still had not posted the article.
Correct Answer: Mr. Gupta had not posted the article.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Active voice is the voice where the subject performs the action. When converting a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice, the subject performs the action rather than the action
Question : Suez Cannal connects
Option 1: Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Ocean
Option 2: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Option 3: Lake Huron and Lake Erie
Option 4: Lake Erie and Lake Ontario
Correct Answer: Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Solution : The correct option is - Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea.
Africa and Asia are divided by the Suez Canal, an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt that spans the Isthmus of Suez and connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea. Suez
Question : Which blood group is the universal donor?
Option 1: O+
Option 2: O-
Option 3: AB-
Option 4: AB+
Correct Answer: O-
Solution : The correct option is O-.
Blood type O negative (O-) is known as the "universal donor" because people with this blood type can donate blood to people with any ABO or Rh blood type without experiencing a severe immunological reaction. Because O- blood lacks antigens
Question : At present, Indian is following
Option 1: Fixed exchange rate
Option 2: Floating exchange rate
Option 3: Pegged up an exchange rate
Option 4: Pegged down the exchange rate
Correct Answer: Floating exchange rate
Solution : The correct answer is Floating exchange rate.
India has undergone major economic reforms in 1991 also known as LPG reforms of Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation. Since 1993 India is managing a floating exchange rate regime in which currency of the nation is set
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, TEACHER is written as AETCREH, and STUDENT is written as UTSDTNE. How will CLASSES be written in that language?
Option 1: ALCSSES
Option 2: SESSALC
Option 3: ALCSESS
Option 4: CLASESS
Correct Answer: ALCSSES
Solution : Given: TEACHER is written as AETCREH, and STUDENT is written as UTSDTNE.
Here, in the given words the position of the letters before and after the middle letter gets reversed. TEACHER is written as AETCREH→ STUDENT is written as UTSDTNE→ Similarly, follow the same pattern
Question : Who was the Indian women President of the United Nations General Assembly ?
Option 1: Sarojini Naidu
Option 2: Margret Thatcher
Option 3: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Option 4: Golda Mayer
Correct Answer: Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Solution : The correct answer is Vijayalakshmi Pandit.
Vijayalakshmi Pandit was elected as the President of United Nations General Assembly in 1953. She was the 8th president of UNGA. She was the first female President of United Nations general assembly and also the first Indian
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
Sooner had he come (1) / his colleagues (2) / organised a get together. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The first part of the sentence contains an error.
The phrase "as soon as" is used to indicate that one event happens immediately after another. "Sooner had he come" is not the correct phrase in this context.
The correct sentence would be: "As soon
Question : According to WHO, the bird flue virus cannot be transmitted through food cooked beyond
Option 1: 60 degrees celsius
Option 2: 70 degrees celsius
Option 3: 90 degrees celsius
Option 4: 100 degrees celsius
Correct Answer: 70 degrees celsius
Solution : The correct option is 70 degrees celsius.
The bird flu virus (also known as avian influenza) cannot be spread through food cooked beyond 70 degrees Celsius, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). This is due to the virus becoming inactive at high
Question : If 3 coconuts are offered free on the purchase of 12 coconuts, priced INR 25 each, what is the effective discount on each coconut?
Option 1: 20%
Option 2: 24%
Option 3: 20.83%
Option 4: 15%
Correct Answer: 20%
Solution : Profit% = $\frac{\text{Discount}}{\text{Selling Price}}\times 100$ If one is buying 12 coconuts, he's getting another 3 for free. Total coconuts purchased = 12 + 3 = 15 Now, Discount % = $\frac{3\times 25}{15\times25}\times 100$% = 20% ∴ The effective discount is 20%. Hence, the correct answer
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