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Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam

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Question : Select the sentences that contain no spelling errors.

Option 1: My mother asked me to purchase two bread knives having serrated edges.

Option 2: My mother asked me to purchase two bread knives having seerated edges.

Option 3: My mother asked me to purchase two bread knives having serratted edges.

Option 4: My mother asked me to purchase two bread knives having serated edges.

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: My mother asked me to purchase two bread knives having serrated edges.


Solution : The correct option is the first option.

Explanation
The sentence is well-structured and uses the correct spelling for each word, conveying the clear message that your mother wants you to buy two knives specifically

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Question : Which festival has the meaning 'to boil' or 'boiling' in its name?

Option 1: Pongal

Option 2: Onam

Option 3: Raja

Option 4: Bihu

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Pongal


Solution : The correct answer is Pongal.

A harvest celebration known as Pongal is observed by the Tamil population. Pongal, which is observed over four days, ushers in the Tamil month of Thai, which is seen as fortunate. Every year, it usually occurs on January 14 or

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Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who gives help and sympathy to people who need it.

Option 1: Preacher

Option 2: Moralist

Option 3: Samaritan

Option 4: Pardoner

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Samaritan


Solution : The correct answer is the third option.

A person who gives help and sympathy to those in need, especially someone who provides assistance to strangers or those facing difficulties. This term is derived from the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan.

The meanings of the

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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’.
She lived in well-resourced surroundings.

Option 1: luxurious

Option 2: luxuriousness

Option 3: luxury

Option 4: No substitution

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: luxurious


Solution : The correct option is the first option.

Explanation:
Luxurious best fits the context of describing opulent or lavish surroundings, indicating a high level of comfort and wealth. The sentence implies that she lived in surroundings that were well-equipped or affluent, indicating a level of luxury

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Question : Two numbers are 90% and 75% less than a third number. By what percentage should the first number be increased so that it becomes equal to the second number?

Option 1: 250

Option 2: 200

Option 3: 150

Option 4: 100

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 150


Solution : Given: Two numbers are 90% and 75% less than a third number.
Let the third number be 100.
Now, the first and second numbers are 90% and 75% less than the third number.
So, the first number = (100 – 100 × $\frac{90}{100}$) = 10

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Question : The surface area of a sphere is 221.76 cm2. Its volume (in cm3) is (correct to one decimal place):
(Take $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$)

Option 1: 315.6

Option 2: 289.8

Option 3: 280.4

Option 4: 310.5

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Correct Answer: 310.5


Solution : The total surface area of the sphere = $4\pi r^2$
Where, $r$ = radius of the sphere
According to the question, we have
$4\pi r^2 = 221.76$
$⇒4 \times (\frac{22}{7}) \times r^2 = 221.76$
$⇒ r^2 = 17.64$
$\therefore r = 4.2\ \text{cm}$
Now,
The

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Question : Reverse transcription was discovered by:

Option 1: Beadle & Tatum

Option 2: Waston & Crick

Option 3: Temin & Baltimore

Option 4: har Govind Khorana

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Temin & Baltimore


Solution : The correct option is - Temin & Baltimore.

David Baltimore and Howard Temin independently and concurrently discovered reverse transcriptase in retroviruses (at the time, RNA tumor viruses), which revolutionized molecular biology and laid the groundwork for retrovirology and cancer biology in 1970. 

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Question : If the length of a certain rectangle is decreased by 4 cm and breadth is increased by 2 cm, it would result in a square of the same area. What is the perimeter of the original rectangle?

Option 1: 15 cm

Option 2: 24 cm

Option 3: 20 cm

Option 4: 10 cm

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 20 cm


Solution : Let length be L and breadth be B, 
Since the sides of the square are equal, 
⇒ L − 4 = B + 2 ...........(1) 
⇒ L = B + 6 
The area of the rectangle is equal to the area of the square, 

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