Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. The canons are being fired continuously by them.
Option 1: They fired canons continuously.
Option 2: They are firing the canons continuously.
Option 3: They have fired the canons continuously.
Option 4: The canons fire continuously.
Correct Answer: They are firing the canons continuously.
Solution : The second option is correct.
Active voice is the voice where the subject performs the action. When transforming a sentence from the passive voice to the active voice, the subject (they in this case) performs the action.
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Question : Which of the following sources has the largest share in power generation in India?
Option 1: Atomic power
Option 2: Thermal power
Option 3: Hydro power
Option 4: Wind power
Correct Answer: Thermal power
Solution : The correct answer is Thermal power.
Thermal power is the largest energy producer in India and accounts for nearly 80% of the country's energy production. Thermal power refers to the generation of electricity through the use of heat by burning fossil fuels like coal,
Question : What is Damodar Valley Corporation?
Option 1: Statutory body
Option 2: Municipal Corporation looking after Damodar Valley
Option 3: A private enterprise located in Bihar
Option 4: A non-government organisation
Correct Answer: Statutory body
Solution : The correct answer is a Statutory body.
The Damodar Valley Corporation Act of 1948 provided for the establishment and regulation of a corporation for the development of the Damodar Valley in the provinces of Bihar and West Bengal. It is independent India's first
Question : Parts of the following sentence are given as options. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
A businessman at our colony was found COVID-positive.
Option 1: at our colony
Option 2: A businessman
Option 3: was found
Option 4: COVID positive
Correct Answer: at our colony
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The given sentence is grammatically incorrect. Here, "in our colony" should be used instead of "at our colony". The preposition "in" is used to refer to a place inside or to a position inside a particular
Question : Given below are four jumbled sentences. Select the option that gives their correct order.
A. Because their bodies were so well protected from decay in the permafrost, their genetic material remained intact. B. Using their genetic material scientists at Harvard University are researching ways to bring the mammoth back to life. C. The last mammoths lived as recently as 4,000 years ago. D. Their well-preserved bodies can be found frozen in the tundra of Siberia.
Option 1: CADB
Option 2: ABDC
Option 3: CDAB
Option 4: ADBC
Correct Answer: CDAB
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation:
Sentence C provides a chronological point by establishing the timeline, indicating when the last mammoths existed. Sentence D introduces the location where the well-preserved bodies of the last mammoths are discovered, giving context to their preservation. Sentence
Question : Direction: Using the following code and key, decode the given coded word.
Coded word: ZBYXMNQB
Option 1: strength
Option 2: height
Option 3: struggle
Option 4: straight
Correct Answer: straight
Solution : To decode the given word ZBYXMNQB using the provided code and key, let's match each letter in the coded word to its corresponding letter in the key:
Question : $a, b, c$ are the lengths of three sides of a triangle ABC. If $a, b, c$ are related by the relation $a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=ab+bc+ca$, then the value of $\sin^{2}A+\sin^{2}B+\sin^{2}C$ is:
Option 1: $\frac{3}{2}$
Option 2: $\frac{3\sqrt3}{2}$
Option 3: $\frac{3}{4}$
Option 4: $\frac{9}{4}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{9}{4}$
Solution : Given $a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}=ab+bc+ca$ $⇒2a^{2}+2b^{2}+2c^{2}=2ab+2bc+2ca$ $⇒(a^{2}+b^{2}-2ab)+(b^2+c^{2}-2bc)+(a^2+c^2-2ac)=0$ $⇒(a-b)^{2}+(b-c)^{2}+(c-a)^{2}=0$ $⇒a=b=c$ Which means the triangle is equilateral. So, all angles are of 60º each Therefore, $\sin^{2}A+\sin^{2}B+\sin^{2}C=\sin^{2}60º+\sin^{2}60º+\sin^{2}60º = \frac{3}{4}+ \frac{3}{4}+ \frac{3}{4}= \frac{9}{4}$ Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{9}{4}$.
Question : Find the value of $\tan 3 \theta$, if $\sec 3 \theta=\operatorname{cosec}\left (4 \theta-15°\right)$.
Option 1: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
Option 2: $\sqrt3$
Option 3: $–1$
Option 4: $1$
Correct Answer: $1$
Solution : Given, $\sec 3 \theta=\operatorname{cosec}\left (4 \theta-15°\right)$ We know $ \operatorname{cosec}\theta = \sec(90°-\theta)$ ⇒ $\sec3\theta = \sec (90°-(4\theta - 15°))$ ⇒ $3\theta = 90°-4\theta + 15°$ ⇒ $7\theta = 105°$ ⇒ $\theta = 15°$ $\therefore$ $\tan 3 \theta=\tan (3\times15)=\tan 45° = 1$ Hence, the correct answer
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".
Lago (lied) to Othello about his wife.
(1) lay
(2) laid
(3) lain
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (4)
The verb lies means to tell an untruth or a false statement. The past tense is lied, which fits the sentence appropriately. Lay means to put something down, and laid is the past tense of lay.
Question : Which of the following pairings is incorrect?
Option 1: Hygrometer- water vapour content of the atmosphere
Option 2: Lactometer - Specific gravity of liquids
Option 3: Anemometer- Speed of the wind
Option 4: Seismograph- Earthquakes
Correct Answer: Lactometer - Specific gravity of liquids
Solution : The correct option is the Lactometer - specific gravity of liquids.
A hydrometer or lactometer is a device that uses the concept of buoyancy to measure the density or relative density of liquids. Typically, they are graduated and calibrated
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