Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
Rita will never have changed her job if she had been promoted.
Option 1: No substitution
Option 2: should never have
Option 3: would never have
Option 4: shall never have
Correct Answer: would never have
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: When expressing a hypothetical or unreal condition in the past, the correct structure is, "If + past perfect + would have + past participle". The use of "would have" is appropriate to convey
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. I was fascinated by the movie.
Option 1: The movie fascinated me.
Option 2: The movie was fascinated to me.
Option 3: The movie fascinate me
Option 4: The movie fascinates me.
Correct Answer: The movie fascinated me.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.
The structure of the
Question : The official enumeration of population done periodically is called ______.
Option 1: census
Option 2: demographic count
Option 3: estimation
Option 4: record
Correct Answer: census
Solution : The correct answer is the census.
The official enumeration of the population done periodically is called a "census." The primary purpose of a census is to gather accurate and detailed information about the population, which includes data on demographics (age, gender, race, etc.), economic
Question : Directions: A number has been denoted to each of the given letters. Select the option from the following four possible arrangements of these numbers that form a meaningful word. E = 1, N = 2, T = 3, S = 4, T = 5, D = 6, U = 7
Option 1: 4, 3, 7, 6, 1, 2, 5
Option 2: 2, 1, 4, 3, 6, 7, 5
Option 3: 4, 3, 7, 1, 6, 5, 2
Option 4: 2, 1, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7
Correct Answer: 4, 3, 7, 6, 1, 2, 5
Solution : Given: E = 1, N = 2, T = 3, S = 4, T = 5, D = 6, U = 7
Let's check the given options – First option: 4, 3, 7, 6, 1, 2, 5→STUDENT Second option:
Question : Directions: In a certain coded language, hit ka tom is written as tie the shoes, ka lo fod is written as shoes of leather, and lo tin lot is written as leather and rexine. How is of written in this code language?
Option 1: fod
Option 2: ka
Option 3: lo or fod
Option 4: tin
Correct Answer: fod
Solution : Given: 1. hit ka tom⇒tie the shoes 2. ka lo fod⇒shoes of leather 3. lo tin lot⇒leather and rexine
By comparing all the three coded sentences, we find that – In sentences 1 and 2, shoes and ka are common. In sentences 2 and 3,
Question : If $a+\frac{1}{a}=7$, then $a^5+\frac{1}{a^5}$ is equal to:
Option 1: 15127
Option 2: 13127
Option 3: 14527
Option 4: 11512
Correct Answer: 15127
Solution : Given: $a+\frac{1}{a}=7$----------------(1) Squaring both sides we get, ⇒ $a^2+\frac{1}{a^2}+2×a×\frac{1}{a}=49$ ⇒ $a^2+\frac{1}{a^2}=49-2=47$ ------------------(2) Now cubing equation 1 we get, ⇒ $a^3+\frac{1}{a^3}+3a×\frac{1}{a}(a+\frac{1}{a})=7^3$ ⇒ $a^3+\frac{1}{a^3}+3×7=343$ ⇒ $a^3+\frac{1}{a^3}=343-21=322$ ----------------(3) Multiplying equations 2 and 3 we get ⇒ $a^5+a+\frac{1}{a}+\frac{1}{a^5}=47×322$ ⇒ $a^5+\frac{1}{a^5}=47×322-(a+\frac{1}{a})$ ⇒ $a^5+\frac{1}{a^5}=47×322-7$ $\therefore a^5+\frac{1}{a^5}=15127$ Hence, the correct answer is
Question : Which number among 98984, 98992, 98998, and 99008 is NOT divisible by 8?
Option 1: 98998
Option 2: 98992
Option 3: 98984
Option 4: 99008
Correct Answer: 98998
Solution : To be divisible by 8, the last three digits of a number must form a multiple of 8 (a) 98984: The last three digits are 984, a multiple of 8 (8 * 123). So, 98984 is divisible by 8. (b) 98992: The last three digits
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error."
Of the billions of stars in the galaxy, (1) / how much are (2) / suitable for life? (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
"Much" should be replaced with "many", as "much" is used to refer to large quantities that are uncountable in nature, whereas "many" is used to refer to large quantities that are countable in nature. It
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:
What is the happy occasion mentioned at the beginning of the passage?
Option 1: A birthday
Option 2: A musical show
Option 3: A wedding
Option 4: A laughter show
Correct Answer: A wedding
According to the first paragraph, the happy occasion mentioned in the passage is the wedding of Chumki Pal and Sandeep.
Question : Which part of the brain plays an important role in motor control?
Option 1: Cerebellum
Option 2: Cerebrum
Option 3: Medulla
Option 4: Pons
Correct Answer: Cerebellum
Solution : The correct option is Cerebellum.
The cerebellum, located near the back of the brain, is critical for motor control. It is in charge of coordinating and fine-tuning voluntary muscle movements, maintaining equilibrium and guaranteeing smooth and accurate motor task execution. The cerebellum integrates and processes
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