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Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam

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Question : Select the idiom from the given options that gives the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted text in the following sentence.
The announcement of the new tourism policy of the government has made some people excited or interested.

Option 1: Pull out all the stops

Option 2: Run around in circles

Option 3: Quicken the pulse

Option 4: Reach for the moon

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Quicken the pulse


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The expression "quicken the pulse" means to cause excitement or increase enthusiasm. In the context of the sentence, the announcement of the new tourism policy has made some people excited or interested, making "quicken the pulse"

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Question : Direction: In a certain code, MAARK is written as KRAAM. How PASSI can be written in that code?

 

Option 1: ISSAP

Option 2: ISSPA

Option 3: SSIPA

Option 4: ASSIP

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: ISSAP


Solution : Given:

MAARK is written as KRAAM

In the coded language each letter is reversed based on its position within the letter cluster.

Similarly, the code for the word PASSI will be ISSAP.

Hence, the first option is correct.

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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".

He is (in) of sorts today.

(1) out

(2) on

(3) outside

(4) No Improvement

Option 1: (1)

Option 2: (2)

Option 3: (3)

Option 4: (4)

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: (1)


Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.

This option is the correct choice because out of sorts is an idiomatic expression that means feeling unwell or not one's usual self. Using "out" in this context conveys the intended meaning.

Therefore, the correct sentence

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Question : A Rs. 750 tin of cheese is offered at an 8% discount and a Rs. 1,250 tin of butter is offered at a 20% discount. If we buy 5 tins of cheese and 3 tins of butter, what's the effective discount we get (in %)?

Option 1: 12

Option 2: 15

Option 3: 14

Option 4: 16

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 14


Solution : Marked price of a tin of cheese = Rs. 750
Discount = 8% of marked price = 8% of Rs. 750 = Rs. 60
Selling price of a tin of cheese = Rs. 750 – Rs. 60 = Rs. 690
The marked price of a

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Question : In $\mathrm{\Delta ABC, \angle BAC = 90^{\circ}}$ and $\mathrm{AD}$ is drawn perpendicular to $\mathrm{BC}$. If $\mathrm{BD} = 7\;\mathrm{cm}$ and $\mathrm{CD }= 28\;\mathrm{cm}$, what is the length of $\mathrm{AD}$? 

Option 1: $3.5 \text{ cm}$

Option 2: $7 \text{ cm}$

Option 3: $10.5 \text{ cm}$

Option 4: $14 \text{ cm}$

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: $14 \text{ cm}$


Solution :

In the right-angled $\triangle \mathrm{ABC}$, $\mathrm{AD}$ is the altitude on the hypotenuse $\mathrm{BC}$.
According to the property of triangles, the altitude to the hypotenuse divides the triangle into two triangles that are similar to the original triangle and each other.
$\therefore\mathrm{AD^2 =  BD

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Question : In the early eleventh century, the Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled it with a Sun-pedestal seized from the _____________.

Option 1: Palas

Option 2: Vakatakas

Option 3: Chalukyas

Option 4: Kalingas

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Chalukyas


Solution : The correct answer is Chalukyas.

In the early eleventh century, the Chola king Rajendra I built a Shiva temple and filled it with a sun pedestal seized from the Chalukya dynasty. It was more than just an act of conquest when this sun-pedestal, a representation

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Question : Direction: Pointing to a man in a photograph, a woman said, "His brother's father is the only son of my grandfather." How is the woman related to the man in the photograph?

Option 1: Daughter

Option 2: Mother

Option 3: Aunt

Option 4: Sister

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Sister


Solution : According to the given information, the family tree is shown below.

According to the above family tree, the woman is the man's sister.

Hence, fourth option is correct.

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