Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Miss the boat
Option 1: To do something carefully
Option 2: To lose an opportunity
Option 3: To reach the end
Option 4: To settle down at a place
Correct Answer: To lose an opportunity
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The idiom miss the boat is often used metaphorically to convey the idea of failing to take advantage of an opportunity or arriving too late to benefit from a situation. In a figurative sense, if
Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A speech made without preparation
Option 1: Extempore
Option 2: Rhetoric
Option 3: Deliberation
Option 4: Spontaneous
Correct Answer: Extempore
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation: Extempore: This term refers to a speech or performance given without prior preparation; it is done impromptu or spontaneously.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Due to the attraction of the sun and the moon, what is the frequency of ups and falls of ocean water in a day?
Option 1: Two
Option 2: Three
Option 3: Four
Option 4: One
Correct Answer: Two
Solution : The correct option is Two.
Every lunar day, which lasts for 24 hours and 50 minutes, coastal locations experience two high tides and two low tides because of the sun's attraction. Every lunar day, the Earth rotates between two tidal bulges, which causes the
Question : Select the most appropriate idiom/phrase that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Mahesh has learnt not to take things seriously.
Option 1: Your guess is as good as mine
Option 2: Take it with a grain of salt
Option 3: That's the last straw
Option 4: Pull someone's leg
Correct Answer: Take it with a grain of salt
Solution : The most appropriate idiom that can substitute the underlined segment is the second option.
Take it with a grain of salt means to not take something too seriously, or to consider something as possibly not entirely true or accurate.
Question : Who is the proponent and propagandist of the "Art of Living"?
Option 1: Maharshi Mahesh Yogi
Option 2: Sri Ravi Shankar
Option 3: Swami Chinmayananda
Option 4: Bhagwan Rajneesh
Correct Answer: Sri Ravi Shankar
Solution : The correct option is - Sri Ravi Shankar.
The Art of Living Foundation is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that focuses on humanitarian work and education.Sri Ravi Shankar started it in 1981. 180 nations are home to Art of Living Foundation centers.It provides programs
Question : The area of the floor of a cubical room is 64 m2. The length of the longest rod that can be kept in the room is:
Option 1: $16 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}$
Option 2: $4 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}$
Option 3: $12 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}$
Option 4: $8 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}$
Correct Answer: $8 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~m}$
Solution : Given: The area of the floor of a cubical room is 64 m2. Let the sides of the room be $a$. So, $a^2 = 64$ ⇒ $a = 8\ \mathrm{m}$ The length of the longest rod = the diagonal of the
Question : Directions: In the given question, select the related letter from the given alternatives. HMPU : IOSY :: GMRF : ?
Option 1: FKOB
Option 2: HOUJ
Option 3: HPUJ
Option 4: HOJU
Correct Answer: HOUJ
Solution : Given: HMPU : IOSY :: GMRF : ?
Now, add consecutive natural numbers to each letter of HMPU to get the required code – H + 1 = I; M + 2 = O; P + 3 = S; U + 4 = Y Thus,
Question : In the following bar diagram, there are 5 companies A, B, C, D and E. The diagram shows the demand for a product and its production for the above five companies. If $x\%$ of the demand of the product by Company C is equal to that of Company B, then find the value of $x$.
Option 1: 24
Option 2: 22
Option 3: 23
Option 4: 21
Correct Answer: 24
Solution : According to the question, $x$% of demand of Company C = demand of Company B ⇒ $x$% × 2500 = 600 ⇒ $x$% = $\frac{600}{2500}$ ⇒ $\frac{x}{100} = 0.24$ ⇒ $x = 24$ Hence, the correct answer is 24.
Behind one’s back
Option 1: In one’s absence
Option 2: In everyone’s knowledge
Option 3: Confronting somebody
Option 4: Openly supporting someone
Correct Answer: In one’s absence
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The idiom behind one’s back refers to actions or activities that occur without someone's knowledge or when they are not present. It implies doing something secretly or without the person being aware of it.
Question : Directions: If 19 (36) 13 and 37 (81) 28, then what is the value of A in 43 (A) 38?
Option 1: 49
Option 2: 25
Option 3: 34
Option 4: 64
Correct Answer: 25
Solution : Given: 19 (36) 13, 37 (81) 28
The pattern in the equation 19 (36) 13 is 19 – 13 = 6; 62 = 36 The pattern in the equation 37 (81) 28 is 37 – 28 = 9; 92 = 81 Similarly, 43
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