Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Imad Shahi's family was known for the foundation of which state?
Option 1: Berar
Option 2: Bidar
Option 3: Ahmednagar
Option 4: Golkonda
Correct Answer: Berar
Solution : The correct option is Berar.
The Imad Shahi family was famous for establishing the Berar Sultanate, one of five Deccan sultanates that arose following the dissolution of the Bahmani Sultanate in 1490.
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Roman Empire covered a vast stretch of territory that included most of Europe as we know it today and a large part of the Fertile Crescent and North Africa. The Roman Empire embraced a wealth of local cultures and languages; women had a stronger legal position then than they do in many countries today; but also that much of the economy was run on slave labor, denying freedom to substantial numbers of persons. From the fifth century onwards, the empire fell apart in the west but remained intact and exceptionally prosperous in its eastern half. Roman historians have a rich collection of sources to go on, which we can broadly divide into three groups: (a) texts, (b) documents and (c) material remains. Textual sources include letters, speeches, sermons, laws, and histories of the period written by contemporaries. These were usually called ‘Annals’ because the narrative was constructed on a year-by-year basis. Documentary sources include mainly inscriptions and papyri. Inscriptions were usually cut on stone, so a large number survived, in both Greek and Latin. The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce sheets of writing material that was very widely used in everyday life. Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters, and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists’. Material remains include a very wide assortment of items that mainly archaeologists discover (for example, through excavation and field surveys), for example, buildings, monuments, and other kinds of structures, pottery, coins, mosaics, and even entire landscapes. Each of these sources can only tell us just so much about the past, and combining them can be a fruitful exercise, but how well this is done depends on the historian’s skill!
Question:
Much of the economy in the Roman empire was run on:
Option 1: slave labour
Option 2: scholars
Option 3: women
Option 4: archaeologists
Correct Answer: slave labour
Solution : The first option is correct.
Question : Directions: A constituency is divided into four regions: A, B, C, and D. Two candidates, X and Y, contested the last election from that constituency. The adjoining graph gives the breakdown of voting in the four regions. Study the graph and answer the following question: In region B, Y gets $a$% more votes than X. Find the value of $a$.
Option 1: 24%
Option 2: 21%
Option 3: 19%
Option 4: 15%
Correct Answer: 21%
Solution : As per the given bar graph: In Region B, Y gets 88 votes and X gets 73 votes. The difference of votes between Y and X = 88 – 73 = 15 votes Required percentage = $\frac{\text{The difference of votes between Y and X}}{{\text{The number
Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. Although this is a narrowest street, many large trucks can enter it.
Option 1: Although this is
Option 2: many large trucks
Option 3: a narrowest street
Option 4: can enter it
Correct Answer: a narrowest street
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: When comparing something to everything else in its category, the superlative form is used. The use of "a" is incorrect because it combines the indefinite article "a" with the superlative form, which is grammatically
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
A hummingbird’s brilliant throat colour is not caused by feather (1) ________, but rather by iridescence in the arrangement of the feathers. Light level, moisture, angle of viewing, wear and tear and other factors all (2) ______ just how bright and colourful the throat may appear. Hummingbirds cannot walk or hop, though their feet can be used to (3) _____ sideways while they are perched. These birds have evolved smaller feet to be lighter for more (4) ______ flying. They will use their feet for itching and (5) _______, however.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: slipshod
Option 2: efficient
Option 3: methodical
Option 4: structured
Correct Answer: efficient
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
Efficient means performing a task with the least waste of time and effort. In the context of the passage, the smaller feet of hummingbirds are mentioned as an adaptation to be lighter for more efficient flying.
The meanings
Question : Direction: Arrange the given words in the meaningful and ascending order (distance from the Sun) and select the option indicating the correct order.
1. Venus 2. Earth 3. Mars 4. Mercury 5. Jupiter
Option 1: 4, 2, 1, 3, 5
Option 2: 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
Option 3: 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
Option 4: 4, 1, 2, 5, 3
Correct Answer: 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
Solution : Given:
Arrange the given planets in the order of their distance from the Sun –
4. Mercury
1. Venus
2. Earth
3. Mars
5. Jupiter
Therefore, the order is 4, 1,
Question : Directions: In this question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.
With danger ____ the door, you cannot sit idle.
Option 1: At
Option 2: In
Option 3: Of
Option 4: Near
Correct Answer: At
Solution : The correct word to fill in the blank is the first option.
At the door means the danger is right at the door, which effectively conveys the intended meaning.
The other prepositions (in, of, and near) do not make sense, and they do not convey
Question : The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. What is the percentage weight of the first ball with respect to the weight of the second ball?
Option 1: $46\frac{2}{3}$%
Option 2: $35$%
Option 3: $46\frac{1}{3}$%
Option 4: $45$%
Correct Answer: $46\frac{2}{3}$%
Solution : Given: The weights of two iron balls are 3.5 kg and 7.5 kg. Required percentage = $\frac{\text{weight of the first ball}}{\text{weight of the second ball}} × 100$% = $\frac{3.5}{7.5} × 100$ = $\frac{140}{3}$ = $46\frac{2}{3}$% Hence, the correct answer is $46\frac{2}{3}$%.
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold parts at (1), (2), and (3), which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case, no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Granting that he has a very great influence, he cannot injure us.
(1) Having great influence
(2) He may have great influence so
(3) Because of his great influence
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (4)
Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option "No Improvement".
The phrase "Granting that he has a very great influence" effectively conveys the idea that even though the person being discussed here has a significant amount of influence, he cannot injure us. There is no grammatical
Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. hello, lower, error, organ, analyse, ?
Option 1: night
Option 2: rapture
Option 3: senile
Option 4: watch
Correct Answer: senile
Solution : Given: hello, lower, error, organ, analyse, ?
The pattern usd here is that the next word is formed from the last two letters of the previous word. hello→lower→error→organ→analyse
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