Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. Some F are D. II. No A is D. Conclusion: I. Some F are A. II. No D is A. III. Some F are not A.
Option 1: Neither conclusion follows
Option 2: Both conclusions II and III follow
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Only conclusion III follows
Correct Answer: Both conclusions II and III follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the statements given in the question –
Let's check the conclusions – Conclusion I: Some F are A – According to the Venn diagram, there is no definite relation between F and A. Therefore,
Question : Winds blowing constantly in one direction in rocky deserts form
Option 1: Chimneys
Option 2: Mushroom rocks
Option 3: Yardangs
Option 4: Demoiselles
Correct Answer: Yardangs
Solution : The correct answer is Yardangs.
When winds blow constantly in one direction in the desert regions, soft rocks get eroded and the hard rocks remains intact. Such formations are known as Yardang. It is a vertical arrangement of hard rocks formed by wind. While Zeugen
Question : Comprehension: In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
In August every year, thousands of twins descend on a town in Ohio called Twinsburg, named by identical twin brothers 1.________ two centuries ago. The Twins Days Festival is a three-day 2.________ consisting of talent shows and look-alike 3.__________ that has become one of the world's 4.___________ gatherings of twins. There have been 5.____________festivals in Nigeria, a country where 1 in 22 births to the Yoruba people 6.____________ twins, identical or fraternal, which is a much higher 7. ___________than anywhere else in the world. This has been 8.___________ to the eating of yams, but the theory is 9.__________ Biomedical researchers attend these events, regarding them as a 10.____________ opportunity to conduct surveys and experiments.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 7.
Option 1: urgency
Option 2: deliverance
Option 3: incidence
Option 4: frequency
Correct Answer: incidence
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
We can say that the implied meaning of the sentence is that 1 in 22 births to the Yoruba people are twins, and the rate of such an unusual event is higher than in any other place. According
Question : DOTS is a treatment given to patients suffering from
Option 1: Polio
Option 2: AIDS
Option 3: Hepatitis
Option 4: Tuberculosis
Correct Answer: Tuberculosis
Solution : The correct answer is Tuberculosis.
For patients with Tuberculosis (TB), the DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment, Short-Course) treatment method is employed. It involves monitoring patients while they take their prescribed medications, which ensures that the recommended course of treatment is followed and prevents the emergence of
Question : Direction: Which one of the given responses is the meaningful order of the following?
(A). Substance
(B). Atom
(C). Molecule
(D). Proton
Option 1: ( D ), ( B ), ( C ), ( A )
Option 2: ( A ), ( B ), ( C ), ( D )
Option 3: ( B ), ( C ), ( D ), ( A )
Option 4: ( D ), ( C ), ( B ), ( A )
Correct Answer: ( D ), ( B ), ( C ), ( A )
Solution : Meaningful order is given below →
(D). Proton → Proton is one of the particles present in an atom.
(B). Atom → Atom is a part of the molecule.
(C). Molecule → Molecule is
Question : The diagonal of a cuboid of length 5 cm, width 4 cm, and height 3 cm is:
Option 1: $5\sqrt2$ cm
Option 2: $2\sqrt5$ cm
Option 3: $12$ cm
Option 4: $10$ cm
Correct Answer: $5\sqrt2$ cm
Solution : Given: Length ($l$) = 5 cm Width ($b$) = 4 cm Height ($h$) = 3 cm Diagonal of a cuboid = $\sqrt{l^2+b^2+h^2}$ $=\sqrt{5^2+4^2+3^2}$ $=\sqrt{25+16+9}$ $=\sqrt{50}$ $=5\sqrt2$ cm Hence, the correct answer is $5\sqrt2$ cm.
Question : Which of the following is a potash alum?
Option 1: $\mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 \mathrm{Al}_2\left(\mathrm{SO}_4\right)_3 \cdot 24 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$
Option 2: $\mathrm{K}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 \mathrm{Al}_2\left(\mathrm{SO}_4\right)_3 .24 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$
Option 3: $\mathrm{K}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 \mathrm{Al}_2\left(\mathrm{SO}_4\right)_3 .12 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$
Option 4: $\mathrm{Na}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 \mathrm{Al}_2\left(\mathrm{SO}_4\right)_3 \cdot 20 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$
Correct Answer: $\mathrm{K}_2 \mathrm{SO}_4 \mathrm{Al}_2\left(\mathrm{SO}_4\right)_3 .24 \mathrm{H}_2 \mathrm{O}$
Solution : The correct answer is K2SO4.Al2(SO4)3.24H2O.
Potash alum, sometimes known as potassium aluminium sulphate, is a chemical substance that is frequently found in the dodecahydrate form. It is
Question : Who discovered Penicillin?
Option 1: Edward Jenner
Option 2: Niels Bohr
Option 3: Sir Alexander Fleming
Option 4: Heinrich Hertz
Correct Answer: Sir Alexander Fleming
Solution : The correct option is Sir Alexander Fleming.
The most famous contribution of Scottish scientist and physician Sir Alexander Fleming is the creation of penicillin, the first antibiotic ever used worldwide. In 1928, penicillin was developed. It is applied to infections brought on by
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
The working of the stomach was (1) _____ by a strange accident. In 1822, a man named Alexis St. Martin was (2) _____ hit by a shotgun. The bullet had seriously (3) _____ the chest wall and made a hole in (4)_____ stomach. He was brought to an American army (5) _____ William Beaumont. The doctor saved the patient but he (6) ______ not close the hole properly. Beaumont took it as a (7) ______ opportunity to see the inside of the stomach (8) ______ the hole. He made some wonderful observations. Beaumont (9) ______ that the stomach was churning food. Its wall secreted a fluid (10) ______ could digest the food. He also observed that the end of the stomach opens into the intestine only after the digestion of the food inside the stomach is completed.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
Option 1: damaged
Option 2: devastated
Option 3: decayed
Option 4: decreased
Correct Answer: damaged
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The word damaged is suitable in this context, as it conveys the idea that the bullet had caused harm or injury to the chest wall. It indicates a significant level of harm or impairment resulting from the
Question : State Bank of India was previously known as:
Option 1: Imperial Bank of India
Option 2: Canara Bank
Option 3: Syndicate Bank
Option 4: Co- operative
Correct Answer: Imperial Bank of India
Solution : The correct option is Imperial Bank of India.
The Imperial Bank of India operated from 1921 to 1955. It came into existence through the merger of three presidency banks: the Bank of Calcutta, the Bank of Bombay, and the Bank of Madras.
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