Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
When I reached home late, I found my children waiting on me.
Option 1: waiting with me
Option 2: waiting by me
Option 3: waiting about me
Option 4: waiting for me
Correct Answer: waiting for me
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The correct preposition to be used with intransitive verbs like "waiting" is "for" when the verb is targeting a noun. So, "waiting for" would be the most appropriate substitution.
So, the corrected sentence would be:
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".
(Can you believe this is the same old and the dilapidated house I had bought last year)?
(1) Can you not believe this is the same old and the dilapidated house that I buy last year?
(2) Can you believe this is the same old and the same dilapidated house I have bought last year?
(3) Can you believe this is the same old and dilapidated house I had bought last year?
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the third option.
This option removes the unnecessary repetition of "the" and maintains the correct past tense "had bought" to describe the action completed in the past.
Question : Iron rusts quickly in
Option 1: Rain water
Option 2: Sea water
Option 3: Distilled water
Option 4: River water
Correct Answer: Sea water
Solution : The correct option is sea water.
When exposed to seawater, iron rusts faster than when exposed to freshwater or dry circumstances. Seawater includes dissolved salts and minerals that can speed up the corrosion of iron and other metals, resulting in the production of iron
Question : Which of the following festivals is mainly celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh?
Option 1: Hornbill
Option 2: Ambubachi
Option 3: Wangala
Option 4: Solung
Correct Answer: Solung
Solution : The correct option is Solung.
This festival usually takes place in September and involves rituals, dances, and cultural events. Solung is an agricultural festival celebrated to invoke the gods and goddesses for a good harvest. The Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh celebrates this festival.
Question : The table given below shows the number of calculators sold by five shopkeepers.
The number of calculators sold by S5 is what percent of the number of calculators sold by S1?
Option 1: 100%
Option 2: 150%
Option 3: 200%
Option 4: 50%
Correct Answer: 200%
Solution : From the table, S1 = 40 S5 = 80 $\therefore$ Required percentage = $\frac{80}{40}\times 100=200\%$ Hence, the correct answer is 200%.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. One should not yell at children.
Option 1: Notify
Option 2: Indemnify
Option 3: Whisper
Option 4: Terrorise
Correct Answer: Whisper
Solution : The correct answer is the third option.
Whisper, which means to speak softly or quietly, often in a secretive manner, is the opposite of yell, which means to shout in a loud, sharp way.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Notify
Question : The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at
Option 1: Lahore .
Option 2: Amritsar .
Option 3: Lucknow .
Option 4: Haripura .
Correct Answer: Lucknow .
Solution : The correct option is - Lucknow.
At a joint meeting of both parties convened in Lucknow in December 1916, the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIML) came to an agreement known as the Lucknow Pact. The two sides stipulated in the agreement
Question : Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4. If the sum of their squares is 1856, the numbers are:
Option 1: 8, 12, and 16
Option 2: 16, 24, and 32
Option 3: 12, 18, and 24
Option 4: None of the above.
Correct Answer: 16, 24, and 32
Solution : Given: Three numbers are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 and the sum of their squares is 1856. Let the numbers be $2x, 3x,$ and $4x$. According to the question, (2$x$)2 + (3$x$)2 + (4$x$)2 = 1856
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Transcoding has one of the items in the new syllabus.
(1) Is one of the items
(2) Has one of the item
(3) Is one of the item
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The correct answer for the sentence is the first option.
This option uses the correct form of the verb is. One of the items is a singular phrase, so the singular verb is should be used.
The other options have issues with the subject-verb agreement
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The growing population of India will have been controlled by the Indian government by 2040.
Option 1: By 2040, the Indian population will have continued to grow uncontrollably.
Option 2: By 2040, the Indian government will have controlled the growing population of India.
Option 3: By 2040, the Indian government is successfully controlling the growing population of India.
Option 4: The Indian population will have stabilised by 2022.
Correct Answer: By 2040, the Indian government will have controlled the growing population of India.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the
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