Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. Helping parents become savvier at picking care options and tossing retention bonuses to caregivers are others. B. These fixes, importantly, can make child care more affordable for parents and offer life rafts to centres for haemorrhaging workers. C. The most proposed government solution for child care involves building on top of this flawed system is offering more vouchers to purchase private child care. D. But they do little to address the structural needs: improved quality for kids, better wages and working conditions for workers, and more choices in the low-income neighbourhoods.
Option 1: CDBA
Option 2: CBDA
Option 3: CABD
Option 4: BADC
Correct Answer: CABD
Solution : The correct choice is the third option: CABD.
Explanation:
Sentence C introduces a proposed government solution for child care, discussing the flaws in the system. Sentence A follows logically, introducing additional fixes like helping parents make better care choices and providing retention bonuses to
Question : Find the sum of 3 + 32 + 33 + ... + 38.
Option 1: 6561
Option 2: 6560
Option 3: 9840
Option 4: 3280
Correct Answer: 9840
Solution : The given sequence represents GP of constant ratio $r$ = 3, The sum of a Geometric progression (GP) of $n$ terms with first term $a$ and common ratio equal to $r$ = $\frac{a\times{(r^{n}-1)}}{r-1}$ According to the question $n = 8, a = 3$ $\therefore$ Sum
Question : Jaundice is a symptom of disease of
Option 1: Kidney
Option 2: Liver
Option 3: Pancreas
Option 4: Thyroid
Correct Answer: Liver
Solution : The correct option is Liver.
Jaundice is a symptom that is frequently related with liver illness. It is a disorder in which the skin, whites of the eyes, and occasionally the mucous membranes within the mouth and nose appear yellow which is caused by an
Question : IVF (In Vitro Fertilization) Technique was first devised by
Option 1: Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Option 2: Dr. Henry Dixon
Option 3: Robertson
Option 4: Dr. Martin Cooper
Correct Answer: Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
Solution : The correct answer is Patrick Steptoe and Robert Edwards
The invention of IVF is attributed to Sir Robert Edwards and Patrick Steptoe. When a woman's fallopian tubes were blocked in 1978, Dr. Steptoe treated her. Robert Edwards, a physiologist at Cambridge
Question : Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Option 1: Two triangles are congruent if the size and shape of the triangles may or may not be equal.
Option 2: SAS and SSS are both conditions of congruency of triangles.
Option 3: If two angles and the included side of one triangle are equal to two angles and the included side of the other triangle, the triangles are congruent.
Option 4: If two triangles are congruent, one of them can be superimposed on the other triangle.
Correct Answer: Two triangles are congruent if the size and shape of the triangles may or may not be equal.
Solution : Two triangles are congruent if they have the same shape and size. In other words, the corresponding angles and sides of the two triangles are equal. Congruent triangles
Question : Direction: 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.
3, 8, 18, 35, ?, 98
Option 1: 60
Option 2: 61
Option 3: 62
Option 4: 63
Correct Answer: 61
Solution : Given: 3, 8, 18, 35, ?, 98
Here, the pattern is:
So, the series becomes → 3, 8, 18, 35, 61, 98
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : The ratio of the cost price and selling price of an article is 25 : 26. The percent of the profit will be:
Option 1: 26%
Option 2:
25%
Option 3:
1%
Option 4:
4%
Correct Answer:
Solution : Given that the cost price (CP) and selling price (SP) of an article are in the ratio 25 : 26, Let, $ \text{CP} = 25x $ $ \text{SP} = 26x $ $ \text{Profit percentage} = \frac{\text{Selling price} - \text{Cost price}}{\text{Cost price}} \times 100 $ Substituting
Question : The Jagannath Temple in Puri depicts which Indian classical dance form?
Option 1: Kuchipudi
Option 2: Bharatanatyam
Option 3: Kathak
Option 4: Odissi
Correct Answer: Odissi
Solution : The correct option is Odissi.
The Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, depicts the Indian classical dance form known as Odissi. This temple is an important pilgrimage site for Hindus and is dedicated to Lord Jagannath, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Odissi dance has
Question : Directions: In these questions, 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).
If I (have had) money, I would have bought this car.
(1) had
(2) did have
(3) had had
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The correct improvement for the sentence is: had
Explanation: The original sentence uses the past perfect tense "have had," which is not necessary in this context. The conditional structure here should use the past simple tense "had" in the first clause, and "would have bought"
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) is/are followed in all the number pairs, except one. Find that odd number pair.
Option 1: 24 : 169
Option 2: 12 : 49
Option 3: 48 : 625
Option 4: 36 : 365
Correct Answer: 36 : 365
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: 24 : 169; 132 = 169 and (13 × 2) – 2 = 26 – 2 = 24 Second option: 12 : 49; 72 = 49 and (7 × 2) – 2 = 14
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