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 part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
There were so many children at the party that it was hardly impossible to keep a count.
(1) hardly possible for keeping
(2) hardly impossible keeping
(3) hardly possible to keep
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The correct answer is the third option.
"Hardly possible to keep" conveys the idea that it was difficult to keep a count or barely possible to keep a count due to the large number of children.
The original sentence, "hardly impossible to keep", is not
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Suman said to Meeta, "I have been invited to the show but I will not be able to go."
Option 1: Suman told Meeta that she has been invited to the show but I will not be able to go.
Option 2: Suman told Meeta that she had invited to the show but she will not be able to go.
Option 3: Suman told to Meeta that I was being invited to the show but I would not be able to go.
Option 4: Suman told Meeta that she had been invited to the show but she would not be able to go.
Correct Answer: Suman told Meeta that she had been invited to the show but she would not be able to go.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the letters that, when placed from left to right in the following blanks, will complete the letter series. S_UCTSR_ _ T_RUE_SR_ _T
Option 1: RUESTVG
Option 2: RVDSTUF
Option 3: RUDSTUF
Option 4: RVESTUF
Correct Answer: RUDSTUF
Solution : Given: S_UCTSR_ _ T_RUE_SR_ _T
To fill the series we have to divide the series – S_UCT / SR_ _ T / _RUE_ / SR_ _T Let's check each option – First option: RUESTVG; SRUCT / SRUET / SRUE
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The room was very______.
Option 1: Quit
Option 2: Quilt
Option 3: Quiet
Option 4: Quite
Correct Answer: Quiet
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
Quiet is a state of minimal or no noise, sound, or disturbance
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at AB.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. According to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear as
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘no improvement required’. Saroj has been suffering with osteoporosis from when she was fifty years old.
Option 1: from osteoporosis since
Option 2: from osteoporosis from when
Option 3: with osteoporosis since
Option 4: no improvement required
Correct Answer: from osteoporosis since
Solution : The first option is correct.
Question : Which law was proposed in 1811, predicted that the same volume of gases at the same temperature and pressure would have the same number of molecules?
Option 1: Dalton’s law
Option 2: Gay-Lussac’s law
Option 3: Avogadro’s law
Option 4: Charles' law
Correct Answer: Avogadro’s law
Solution : The correct answer is Avogadro's law.
Avogadro's law, named after the Italian scientist Amedeo Carlo Avogadro, states that equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure contain the same number of molecules.
This law implies that the molar volume of any
Question : An inverted conical–shaped vessel is filled with water to its brim. The height of the vessel is 8 cm and the radius of the open end is 5 cm. When a few solid spherical metallic balls each of radius $\frac{1}{2}$ cm are dropped in the vessel, 25% water is overflowed. The number of balls is:
Option 1: 100
Option 2: 400
Option 3: 200
Option 4: 150
Correct Answer: 100
Solution : Given: Height of the vessel = 8 cm Radius = 5 cm. Volume of the conical vessel = $\frac{1}{3}\pi r^2 h$ = $\frac{1}{3}\times \pi\times 5^2\times 8$ = $\frac{200}{3}\pi$ cm$^3$ The volume of 25% of water = $\frac{1}{4}\times\frac{200}{3}\pi=\frac{50}{3}\pi$ cm$^3$ The volume of the spherical metallic ball
Question : A sold an article to B at 25% profit, and B further sold it to C by earning a certain profit. If the cost price for C is 30% more than the cost price for A, find the profit percentage earned by B.
Option 1: $5\frac{1}{2}\%$
Option 2: $4\%$
Option 3: $5\%$
Option 4: $4\frac{1}{2}\%$
Correct Answer: $4\%$
Solution : Let the cost price for A be $x$. Now, selling price of A = Cost price of B = $\frac{100 + \text{Profit}}{100}$ × Cost price = $\frac{100 + 25}{100}\times x$ = $1.25x$ Now the cost price of C = $x + \frac{30}{100}\times x$ = $1.3x$
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Indigenous
Option 1: Alien
Option 2: Innate
Option 3: Natural
Option 4: Primitive
Correct Answer: Alien
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Indigenous refers to something that is native to a particular place or region, having originated or been produced there. On the other hand, alien denotes something foreign, not originating in or belonging to the place in question.
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