Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives. 583 : 295 :: 486 : ?
Option 1: 291
Option 2: 378
Option 3: 487
Option 4: 581
Correct Answer: 378
Solution : Given: 583 : 295 :: 486 : ?
Here, the sum of the digits of the first number is equal to the sum of the digits of the second number. Like, 583 : 295; 5 + 8 + 3 = 16 and 2 + 9
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the fifth letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster and the fourth letter cluster is related to the third letter cluster. STABLE : AEQRZJ :: TARGET : AERPER :: VISUAL :?
Option 1: IUATQJ
Option 2: UATWJQ
Option 3: HATQUI
Option 4: TAUIQJ
Correct Answer: IUATQJ
Solution : Given: STABLE : AEQRZJ :: TARGET : AERPER :: VISUAL :?
Vowels are written first in the code and subtract 2 from the place value of the consonants of each letter of STABLE to obtain the required code –
Thus, STABLE is coded as AEQRZJ.
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.
4, 6, 10, 16, 24, ?
Option 1: 40
Option 2: 28
Option 3: 30
Option 4: 34
Correct Answer: 34
Solution : Given –
The pattern follow for the series is –
4 + 2 = 6; 6 + 4 = 10; 10 + 6 = 16; 16 + 8 = 24; 24 + 10 = 34
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).
Anyone wishing to enrol in the programme should send in there applications before the end of this month.
(1) send in her application
(2) send her application in
(3) send in their applications
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The correct option is the third option.
The original sentence has a mistake with respect to pronouns. It uses "there" to refer to the plural noun "applications" which is incorrect. "There" is used for places, whereas "their" is used for persons. The correct choice
Question : The curved surface area of a right circular cone of a base radius of 21 cm is 594 sq. cm. What is the slant height of the cone?
Option 1: 15 cm
Option 2: 11 cm
Option 3: 9 cm
Option 4: 6 cm
Correct Answer: 9 cm
Solution : The curved surface area of a right circular cone = 594 sq. cm. The radius of a right circular cone, $r$ = 21 cm Let the slant height be $l$ cm. We know that the curved surface area of a right circular cone =
Question : The annual growth rate percentage of the population in India gradually started declining in the year ______.
Option 1: 1991
Option 2: 1981
Option 3: 1971
Option 4: 1951
Correct Answer: 1981
Solution : The correct option is 1981.
India's population growth rate has been steadily falling since 1981. The reason behind this is that fewer individuals are having children as they realise the benefits of having small, nuclear households as opposed to huge ones.
Question : The base of a triangle is $12\sqrt{3}$ cm and two angles at the base are 30° and 60°, respectively. The altitude of the triangle is:
Option 1: $12$ cm
Option 2: $6$ cm
Option 3: $10\sqrt{3}$ cm
Option 4: $9$ cm
Correct Answer: $9$ cm
Solution : Let BD be $x$ cm. $\therefore$ CD =$ (12\sqrt{3} - x) $cm. $\angle$ADB = $\angle$ADC = 90° From $\triangle$ ABD, $\tan 30°=\frac{AD}{BD}$ $⇒\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}=\frac{AD}{x}$ So, AD = $\frac{x}{\sqrt{3}}$-----------(1) From $\triangle$ACD, $\tan 60°=\frac{AD}{CD}$ $⇒\sqrt{3}=\frac{AD}{ (12\sqrt{3} - x)}$ So, AD = $\sqrt{3}(12\sqrt{3}-x)$----------(2) From 1 and 2, we
Question : Which Indian has won an Olympic Gold Medal in Shooting ?
Option 1: Rajya Vardhan Singh Rathor
Option 2: Gagan Narang
Option 3: Anjali Bhagwat
Option 4: Abhinav Bindra
Correct Answer: Abhinav Bindra
Solution : The correct option is - Abhinav Bindra.
At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Abhinav Bindra won the men's 10m air rifle gold medal. He made Olympic history by becoming the first Indian to win an individual gold medal.
Sport shooter Anjali Bhagwat represented
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’.
There are many people in the world who believe that the earth is flat.
Option 1: who belief that
Option 2: who should believe that
Option 3: No substitution
Option 4: who believed
Correct Answer: No substitution
Solution : The third option is correct.
Explanation: The sentence is already grammatically correct. There is no substitution needed, as the sentence maintains its tense consistently in the present tense, especially when expressing a general truth or commonly held belief.
Question : In the male reproductive system, the testes are situated outside the abdominal cavity within a pouch called ____.
Option 1: glands
Option 2: scrotum
Option 3: testicular lobules
Option 4: seminiferous tubules
Correct Answer: scrotum
Solution : The correct option is the scrotum.
The testes are present in a pouch-like structure known as the scrotum. The scrotum is an external sac that hangs outside the body, providing the necessary colder environment for sperm production.
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