Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Which one of the following is not a major abiotic Factor?
Option 1: Temperature
Option 2: Water
Option 3: Light
Option 4: Air
Correct Answer: Air
Solution : The correct option is Air
Air is a minor abiotic component. While air is an essential abiotic component that influences many ecological processes, it is not a major abiotic factor like temperature or water availability, which frequently have more direct and profound effects on
Question : Two ships are sailing in the sea on the two sides of a lighthouse. The angles of elevation of the top of the lighthouse as observed from the two ships are 30° and 45°, respectively. If the lighthouse is 100 m high, the distance between the two ships is: (take $\sqrt{3}= 1.73$)
Option 1: 173 metres
Option 2: 200 metres
Option 3: 273 metres
Option 4: 300 metres
Correct Answer: 273 metres
Solution : Let, BD be the lighthouse and A and C be the positions of the ships. Then, BD=100 m, $\angle$BAD=30°, $\angle$BCD=45° In $\triangle$ABD, we have $\tan 30° = \frac{BD}{BA}$ ⇒ $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$ = $\frac{100}{BA}$ ⇒ BA = 100$\sqrt{3}$ In $\triangle$CBD, we have $ \tan 45° =
Question : G-20 is the Group of Twenty largest economies represented by their
Option 1: Prime Ministers only
Option 2: Finance Ministers only
Option 3: Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Option 4: Head of States
Correct Answer: Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors
Solution : The correct answer is Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors.
The Group of Twenty (G20) is an international forum comprised of 19 nations plus the European Union (EU). The global economic crisis of 1999 prompted its creation. G20 members
Question : Direction: A bar graph showing the heights of six mountain peaks is given below. Study the bar graph and answer the question.
What is the respective ratio of the heights of the highest peak and the lowest peak?
Option 1: 22 : 15
Option 2: 15 : 22
Option 3: 20 : 13
Option 4: 13 : 22
Correct Answer: 22 : 15
Solution : Heights of the highest peak = 8800 m Heights of the lowest peak = 6000 m The required ratio of the heights of the highest peak and the lowest peak = 8800 : 6000 = 22 : 15 Hence, the correct answer is
Question : A can complete a piece of work in 14 days, while A and B together can complete it in $3\frac{1}{2}$ days. How long will B alone take to complete it?
Option 1: $4$ days
Option 2: $5$ days
Option 3: $\frac{3}{14}$ days
Option 4: $\frac{14}{3}$ days
Correct Answer: $\frac{14}{3}$ days
Solution : A alone can do the work in 14 days. So, the one day's work of A = $\frac{1}{14}$ A and B together can complete a work in $3 \frac{1}{2} = \frac{7}{2}$ Combined one day's work of A and B = $\frac{2}{7}$ Thus, the one
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 W are F. II. Some R are F. Conclusions: I. Some R is not W. Il. No W is R.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: Neither conclusion follows
Correct Answer: Neither conclusion follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram, according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some R is not W – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that there is no direct relation between R and W.
Question : Nalanda University was a great centre of learning, especially in which of the following?
Option 1:
Buddhism
Option 2: Jainism
Option 3: Vaishnavism
Option 4: Tantra
Correct Answer:
Solution : Correct Answer is Buddhism
Nalanda is an ancient university and Buddhist monastic center in central Bihar state, northeastern India, southwest of Bihar Sharif. Nalanda's history extends back to the period of the Buddha (6th-5th century bce) and Mahavira, the Jaina religion's founder.Nalanda is a unique
Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.
She was waiting for a opportunity to start her own business.
Option 1: own business
Option 2: to start her
Option 3: for a opportunity
Option 4: She was waiting
Correct Answer: for a opportunity
Solution : The error lies in the third option.
The error is in the article used before "opportunity". The correct article to use is "an," not "a," because "opportunity" begins with a vowel sound.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "She was waiting for an opportunity
Question : Comprehension:
Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.
The Roman Empire covered a vast stretch of territory that included most of Europe as we know it today and a large part of the Fertile Crescent and North Africa. The Roman Empire embraced a wealth of local cultures and languages; women had a stronger legal position then than they do in many countries today; but also that much of the economy was run on slave labor, denying freedom to substantial numbers of persons. From the fifth century onwards, the empire fell apart in the west but remained intact and exceptionally prosperous in its eastern half. Roman historians have a rich collection of sources to go on, which we can broadly divide into three groups: (a) texts, (b) documents and (c) material remains. Textual sources include letters, speeches, sermons, laws, and histories of the period written by contemporaries. These were usually called ‘Annals’ because the narrative was constructed on a year-by-year basis. Documentary sources include mainly inscriptions and papyri. Inscriptions were usually cut on stone, so a large number survive, in both Greek and Latin. The ‘papyrus’ was a reed-like plant that grew along the banks of the Nile in Egypt and was processed to produce sheets of writing material that was very widely used in everyday life. Thousands of contracts, accounts, letters, and official documents survive ‘on papyrus’ and have been published by scholars who are called ‘papyrologists’. Material remains include a very wide assortment of items that mainly archaeologists discover (for example, through excavation and field survey), for example, buildings, monuments and other kinds of structures, pottery, coins, mosaics, even entire landscapes. Each of these sources can only tell us just so much about the past, and combining them can be a fruitful exercise, but how well this is done depends on the historian’s skill!
Question:
Which of these statements is NOT true?
Option 1: Texts, documents and material remains were the main sources for the historians.
Option 2: Inscriptions were carved in Greek and Latin.
Option 3: Archaeologists make discoveries through excavations.
Option 4: The Roman empire flourished longer in the west
Correct Answer: The Roman empire flourished longer in the west
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. Nobody has brought this fact to my notice.
Option 1: This fact is not being brought to my notice by nobody.
Option 2: This fact had not been brought to my notice by anybody.
Option 3: This fact was not brought to my notice by anybody.
Option 4: This fact has not been brought to my notice by anybody.
Correct Answer: This fact has not been brought to my notice by anybody.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject
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