Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Which of the following statements is correct? I. If $x=12, y=-2$ and $z=-10$, then $x^3+y^3+z^3=360$. II. If $x+y=48$ and $4 x y=128$, then $4 x^2+4 y^2=4480$.
Option 1: Neither I nor II
Option 2: Only I
Option 3: Both I and II
Option 4: Only II
Correct Answer: Neither I nor II
Solution : Statement I. If $x=12, y=-2$ and $z=-10$, then $x^3+y^3+z^3=360$. $x^3 = (12)^3 = 1728$ $y^3 = (-2)^3 = -8$ $z^3 = (-10)^3 = -1000$ $\therefore$ $x^3 + y^3 + z^3 = 1728 + (-8) + (-1000) $ ⇒ $x^3 + y^3 +
Question : In the Golgi apparatus, the maturing face is:
Option 1: Spherical
Option 2: Convex
Option 3: Bi-concave
Option 4: Concave
Correct Answer: Concave
Solution : The correct option is Concave.
The mature face of the Golgi is the concave or transface, which produces Golgian vacuoles. In animal cells, the Golgi apparatus is located near the centrosome-based microtubule organising centre.
The Golgi body has two unique faces: the cis face,
Question : Directions: In the following question a series is given, with one number missing. Select the missing number from the given alternatives. 19, 38, ?, 228, 684, 1368
Option 1: 108
Option 2: 113
Option 3: 114
Option 4: 138
Correct Answer: 114
Solution : Given: 19, 38, ?, 228, 684, 1368
Let's apply the pattern – 19 × 2 = 38; 38 × 3 = 114; 114 × 2 = 228; 228 × 3 = 684; 684 × 2 = 1368
114 is the missing number. Hence, the third
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We ensure that you will get a ___________ chauffeur with the right car for your day.
Option 1: novice
Option 2: uniformed
Option 3: dabbler
Option 4: riotous
Correct Answer: uniformed
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Based on the context of providing a professional service, the word that best fits to ensure quality service would be uniformed, referring to a chauffeur who maintains a certain dress code or appearance, the standard for
Question : Trie concept of "Green House Gases" was postulated by
Option 1: Joseph Furier
Option 2: Abdul Kalam
Option 3: M. S. Swaminathan
Option 4: Richael Carlson
Correct Answer: Joseph Furier
Solution : The correct answer is Joseph Furier.
The idea that gases in the atmosphere may raise the temperature of the Earth was originally expressed in 1827 by Joseph Fourier, a physicist who also appears to have invented the phrase "greenhouse gases."
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’. No sooner did this idea enter his head than it carried conviction with it.
Option 1: No sooner does this idea enter
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: No sooner do his idea enter
Option 4: No sooner has his idea enter
Correct Answer: No substitution
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
The original sentence is grammatically correct. It follows the correct structure for a no sooner than construction, which requires inversion of the subject and auxiliary verb. It conveys that as soon as the idea entered his head,
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded as its part (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of the question figure with all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the first option figure.
Hence, the first option is
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
During the pandemic, remote working has kept the work going, across _____ (1) Almost every industry got shut down physically during the lockdowns, but the work-from-home model tried to ______ (2) the effect of the lockdown when it came to jobs. In the future also, many businesses across the globe, including the information technology industry, are _______ (3) continuing with the hybrid model. Remote working has replaced geography as a major hiring ________ (4), with 90 per cent of senior executives expected to work from home. As a result, 76 per cent of US organisations are more likely to _______ (5) outside the city or even state, according to a Talent Works poll of recruiting managers conducted across the US, quoted by an FE report.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: implement
Option 2: deploy
Option 3: execute
Option 4: employ
Correct Answer: employ
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
"Employ" is the correct choice. It means to pay someone to do a job for you, and in this context, it implies that 76 per cent of US organisations are more likely to recruit people
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined word in the given sentence.
She had the ability to persuade others.
Option 1: halt
Option 2: suppress
Option 3: outrage
Option 4: impress
Correct Answer: impress
Impress means to leave a mark on someone and correctly fits in the sentence as other options do not go well according to the intended meaning of the sentence.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Two types of tea, costing Rs.180 per kg and Rs. 280 per kg, should be mixed in a ratio so that the mixture obtained, sold at Rs. 320 per kg to earn a profit of 20%, is:
Option 1: 3 : 13
Option 2: 1 : 13
Option 3: 4 : 13
Option 4: 2 : 13
Correct Answer: 2 : 13
Solution : Given: The selling price of the mixture is Rs. 320 and the profit is 20%. So, the cost price of the mixture is $= 320 × \frac{100}{100+20}=\frac{800}{3}$ Let the ratio of the two types of tea in the mixture be $= x:y$ According
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