Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold parts at 1, 2, and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
We insist on you leaving the meeting immediately.
(1) you to leave
(2) your leaving
(3) you leave
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: There is an error in the phrase "you leaving" in the given sentence. We will use "your" in place of "you". "Your" is a possessive pronoun which is followed by the gerund form of the verb.
Question : Who among the following rulers appointed Ladha and Pira, two gardeners, to high administrative posts?
Option 1: Khizr Khan
Option 2: Muhammad bin Tughluq
Option 3: Bahlul Lodi
Option 4: Iltutmish
Correct Answer: Muhammad bin Tughluq
Solution : The correct option is Muhammad bin Tughluq.
Muhammad bin Tughluq promoted two gardeners, Ladha and Pira, to top administrative positions. Sultan Muhammad Tughluq assigned wine distiller Aziz Khummar, barber Firuz Hajjam, cook Manka Tabbakh, and gardeners Ladha and Pira to prominent administrative positions.
Question : If $x=2-2^{\frac{1}{3}}+2^{\frac{2}{3}}$, then find the value of $x^3-6 x^2+18 x$.
Option 1: 40
Option 2: 33
Option 3: 45
Option 4: 22
Correct Answer: 22
Solution : $x=2-2^{\frac{1}{3}}+2^{\frac{2}{3}}$ ⇒ $(x-2) = (2^{\frac{2}{3}}-2^{\frac{1}{3}})$ Cubing both sides, ⇒ $(x-2)^3 = (2^{\frac{2}{3}}-2^{\frac{1}{3}})^3$ ⇒ $x^3 - 6x^2 +12x-8 = 2^2 -3 × 2^{\frac{2}{3}} × 2^{\frac{1}{3}}(2^{\frac{2}{3}}-2^{\frac{1}{3}}) - 2$ ⇒ $x^3 - 6x^2 +12x-8 = 4 - 3 × 2(x-2) - 2$ ⇒ $x^3 - 6x^2 + 12x
Question : Who among the following was conferred with the Padma Shri Award in 2021 for populating folk dance in rural Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Andhra Pradesh?
Option 1: Annavarapu Rama Swamy
Option 2: Anitha Pauldurai
Option 3: Pappammal
Option 4: Manjamma Jogathi
Correct Answer: Manjamma Jogathi
Solution : The correct answer is Manjamma Jogathi.
Manjamma Jogathi, a transgender folk dancer, received the Padma Shri Award from President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Manjamma Jogathi is a trans folk dancer from the Jogamma lineage and the first transgender president of the Karnataka
Question : In leaves, transpiration takes place through ______.
Option 1: stomata
Option 2: cork cell
Option 3: epidermal cell
Option 4: guard cells
Correct Answer: stomata
Solution : The correct option is stomata.
In leaves, transpiration takes place primarily through tiny pores called stomata. Stomata are specialised openings found on the surface of leaves (and some stems) that allow for the exchange of gases, including the release of water vapour.
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1),(2), and (3) which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative in case no improvement is needed your answer is (4).
One of my neighbours will sell his house who is going abroad.
(1) One of my neighbours will who is going abroad sell his house.
(2) One who is going abroad of my neighbours will sell his house.
(3) One of my neighbours who is going abroad will sell his house.
(4) No improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the third option.
It rephrases the sentence in such a way that the modifier who is going abroad correctly refers to one of my neighbours. It conveys the intended meaning that one of the neighbours, who is going abroad,
Question : A and B can finish a work in 10 days, B and C can finish it in 12 days and C and A can finish in 6 days. In how many days A alone can finish the work?
Option 1: $\frac{120}{9}$
Option 2: $12$
Option 3: $\frac{120}{11}$
Option 4: $\frac{121}{12}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{120}{11}$
Solution : Time taken by A and B to do the work = 10 days Let the work done by A, B, and C in a day be a, b and c units, respectively. Work done by A and B together in a day = $\frac{1}{10}$ ⇒
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. He said to Manoj, "I celebrated my birthday two days ago."
Option 1: He told Manoj that he celebrated his birthday two days ago.
Option 2: He told Manoj that he celebrated my birthday two days before.
Option 3: He told Manoj that I celebrated my birthday two days ago.
Option 4: He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
Correct Answer: He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is in the direct speech. As per the question, we have to change it to the indirect speech.
The process of transformation
Question : Directions: In the following question a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 1, 2, 4, 7, ?, 16
Option 1: 14
Option 2: 8
Option 3: 11
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 11
Solution : Given: 1, 2, 4, 7, ?, 16
Add consecutive natural numbers to the previous number to obtain the missing number. 1 + 1 = 2; 2 + 2 = 4; 4 + 3 = 7; 7 + 4 = 11; 11 + 5 = 16
Question : Direction: Select the missing symbol from the given order.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Given:
In the above series, five symbols are repeated in the same order.
Here, the repeating pair is as follows -
So, the missing element will be W.
Hence, fourth option is correct.
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