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Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam

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Question : Which state recorded the lowest literacy rate in the 2011 census?

Option 1: Bihar

Option 2: Maharashtra

Option 3: Arunachal Pradesh

Option 4: Kerala

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Bihar


Solution : The correct answer is Bihar.

According to the 2011 census, the literacy rate of Bihar is 61.8%, which is the lowest in the states and union territories. The male literacy rate in Bihar is 71.20%, and the female literacy rate is 51.50%. The literacy rate

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Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A speech by an actor at the end of a play.

Option 1: Prologue

Option 2: Monologue

Option 3: Epilogue

Option 4: Duologue

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Epilogue


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

In the context of a play, an epilogue is a speech that occurs at the end of the play, making it the most suitable one-word substitute for a speech by an actor at the end of a play.

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Question : Arrange these letters of each group to make a meaningful word and then find the odd one out.

 

Option 1: VEENS

Option 2: VIDEID

Option 3: ORFU

Option 4: GHIET

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: VIDEID


Solution : Given: ORFU VIDEID GHIET VEENS 

Here,

If we rearrange all the letters, then,

ORFU - FOUR

VIDEID - DIVIDE

GHIET - EIGHT

VEENS - SEVEN

All are numbers except DIVIDE.

Hence, second option is correct.

 

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Question : Directions: The second number in the given number pairs is obtained by performing certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number. The same operation(s) are followed in all the number pairs, EXCEPT one. Find that odd number pair.

Option 1: (87, 522)

Option 2: (84, 672)

Option 3: (92, 552)

Option 4: (64, 384)

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: (84, 672)


Solution : Let's check the options –
First option: (87, 522); 87 × 6 = 522
Second option: (84, 672); 84 × 6 = 504 ≠ 672
Third option: (92, 552); 92 × 6 = 552
Fourth option: (64, 384); 64 × 6 = 384

So,

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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

Eye-wash

Option 1: An operation

Option 2: A consideration

Option 3: A deception

Option 4: An inspiration

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: A deception


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Eye-wash is an idiom used to describe actions or statements that are meant to deceive or create a false impression. It is often associated with superficial or insincere behaviour meant to appear impressive or important without any

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Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.

Option 1: 11

Option 2: 17

Option 3: 19

Option 4: 21

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 21


Solution : Let's check the options –
First option: 11→The factors of 11 are 1 and 13. So, 11 is a prime number.
Second option: 17→The factors of 17 are 1 and 17. So, 17 is a prime number.
Third option: 19→The factors of

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Question : The following bar graph shows the amounts (in INR lakhs) invested by a company in purchasing raw materials and the values (in INR lakhs) of finished goods sold by the company, from 2012 to 2017.


The difference between the average amount invested in purchasing raw materials from 2012 to 2017 and the average value of sales of finished goods during the same period from 2012 to 2017 is:

Option 1: INR 86 lakhs

Option 2: INR 90 lakhs

Option 3: INR 80 lakhs

Option 4: INR 85 lakhs

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: INR 80 lakhs


Solution : Use the formula, $\text{Average}=\frac{\text{Sum of all the values}}{\text{The total values}}$.
The average amount invested in purchasing raw materials from 2012 to 2017 $=\frac{140+250+350+325+525+450}{6}$.
$=\frac{2040}{6}=$ INR 340 lakhs
The average value of sales of finished goods during the same period from 2012 to 2017

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Question : Comprehension:

Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

You go up a dark, rickety stairwell of a building on a crowded street in Calcutta. You enter a small room. The centre of the room is empty but the corners are stacked with bedrolls, utensils and water bottles. Musical instruments, drums, cymbals and gongs are piled in a corner. Today, the room is filled with the laughter of men and women in colourful attire. Among the happy chorus of congratulations and laughter, the bride Chumki Pal and the groom Sandeep can be seen smiling. They are both blind, as are most of the people surrounding them. Pal is wearing a bright turquoise blue sari. “I know it’s blue because people have told me but I can’t imagine how it looks. But believe me, when I dream, I dream only in colours,” she says. Their romance blossomed when they met as members of Blind Opera, the only one of its kind in the country as well as in Asia.

The 36 spirited members of Blind Opera demonstrate that physical disability is not an obstacle. They enact plays by Rabindranath Tagore, considered challenging even by veteran theatre groups. Blind Opera was launched in 1996 by four theatre aficionados, who took it as a challenge to get together the talents of these visually impaired people. The challenge to present the cast on stage is immense since space management is a problem. To solve this, the directors use ropes to separate the stage and the wings. When the actors step on the rope they know that it is the entrance to the stage. The members cannot see, but they can smell, hear and touch – three elements inherent to any theatre. At Blind Opera, they “believe that the blind can see. That is, they see in their own way, if not in our way, with the help of these abilities.”

For the visually impaired, theatre is the medium for the expression of their creative urges. They respond instinctively; they cannot copy anyone else because they cannot see. Their body language tells the story and hence it is very spontaneous. The members have earned kudos from Calcutta audiences. For the members of the troupe, discovering the language of the body is in a way also a journey of the persona. Coming from diverse backgrounds but bound together by the same disability, they have found an outlet for their creativity through the plays. They do not feel isolated anymore because they can relate to their fellow performers. There is also a greater purpose behind it: to use theatre to build a community and mainstream the huge number of disabled living in isolation. Together they can be a force to demand better facilities in public life. Blind children should enter the mainstream from the beginning. The big dream of the group is to establish a drama school following the ideal of Tagore’s Shantiniketan, offering a platform for creative expression to all those who are economically and socially forced to stay in the periphery. Like Chumki Pal, they all dream in colour.

Question:

The members of Blind Opera demonstrate that:

Option 1: blindness is a great hindrance

Option 2: their talent cannot be tapped

Option 3: the visually challenged lack expression

Option 4: physical disability is not an obstacle

Team Careers360 23rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: physical disability is not an obstacle


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The passage in the second paragraph clearly states that the 36 spirited members of Blind Opera demonstrate that physical disability is not an obstacle.

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Question : $5^{71}+5^{72}+5^{73}+5^{74}+5^{75}$ is divisible by which of the following numbers?

Option 1: 71

Option 2: 69

Option 3: 89

Option 4: 73

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 71


Solution : $5^{71}+5^{72}+5^{73}+5^{74}+5^{75}$
$=5^{71}(1+5+5^{2}+5^{3}+5^{4})$
$=5^{71}(1+5+25+125+625)$
$=5^{71}\times 781$
$=5^{71}\times 11\times 71$ (781 is divisible by 11)
It is clearly, that $5^{71}+5^{72}+5^{73}+5^{74}+5^{75}$ is divisible by 71.
Hence, the correct answer is 71.

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