Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. She has / not written / a single novel / by three years.
Option 1: not written
Option 2: She has
Option 3: by three years.
Option 4: a single novel
Correct Answer: by three years.
Solution : The error lies in the third option.
Explanation: The error lies in the expression of time. When talking about the time something happened or did not happen, the preposition by is incorrect in this context. By is used to indicate a deadline or
Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Contented people seldom complaint against their fate.
Option 1: Their fate
Option 2: against
Option 3: Contented people
Option 4: Seldom complaint
Correct Answer: Seldom complaint
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, only the fourth option figure is embedded in the given question figure.
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
I am not interested in this assignment.
Option 1: This assignment has not interested me.
Option 2: This assignment is not interesting me.
Option 3: This assignment did not interest me.
Option 4: This assignment does not interest me.
Correct Answer: This assignment does not interest me.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Active voice is the voice in which the subject is the doer of the action. Hence, the subject will become "this assignment" and "me" will become the object. The given sentence has
Question : If an article is sold for INR 355, there is a loss of 29%. At what price (in INR) should it be sold to gain 31% of profit?
Option 1: 675
Option 2: 635
Option 3: 625
Option 4: 655
Correct Answer: 655
Solution : Selling Price (SP) of the article = INR 355 Let the Cost Price of the article be $x$. We know, Selling price = $\frac{100- \text{Loss}\%}{100}×$ cost price $⇒x \times \frac{71}{100}= 355$ $\therefore x= 500$ To gain 31% profit then the new SP of the article
Question : In a class, the average height of all students is $a$ cm. Among them, the average height of 10 students is $b$ cm, and the average height of the remaining students is $c$ cm. Find the number of students in the class. (Here $a>c$ and $b>c$)
Option 1: $\frac{\left ( a\left ( b-c \right ) \right )}{\left ( a-c \right )}$
Option 2: $\frac{\left ( b-c \right )}{\left ( a-c \right )}$
Option 3: $\frac{\left ( b-c \right )}{10\left ( a-c \right )}$
Option 4: $\frac{10\left ( b-c \right )}{\left ( a-c \right )}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{10\left ( b-c \right )}{\left ( a-c \right )}$
Solution : Let the total number of students in the class be $x$. Given, $ax=10×b + (x-10)c$ ⇒ $ax=10b + xc-10c$ ⇒ $ax-cx= 10b -10c$ ⇒ $(a-c)x= 10(b -c)$ $\therefore x=\frac{10\left ( b-c \right )}{\left ( a-c \right )}$
Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence. “Don’t be late tomorrow morning,” my mother said to me.
Option 1: My mother asks me not to be late tomorrow morning.
Option 2: My mother warned me not to be late tomorrow morning.
Option 3: My mother told me don’t be late tomorrow morning.
Option 4: My mother warned me not to be late the next day morning.
Correct Answer: My mother warned me not to be late the next day morning.
Explanation: Indirect form, also known as indirect speech or reported speech, is a way of expressing someone else's words or statements without quoting them directly. Narration conversion:
Question : If $\frac{1}{4.263}=0.2346$, find the value of $\frac{1}{0.0004263}$.
Option 1: 2346
Option 2: 4.263
Option 3: 2.346
Option 4: 4263
Correct Answer: 2346
Solution : Given: $\frac{1}{4.263}=0.2346$ We know that $\frac{1}{0.1}=10$ and $\frac{1}{0.01}=100$. Since $\frac{1}{4.263}=0.2346$ ⇒ $\frac{1}{0.0004263}=0.2346\times (10)^4=2346$ Hence, the correct answer is 2346.
Question : Sectoral distribution of GDP index measures_____.
Option 1: agriculture development of a country
Option 2: economic development of a country
Option 3: social development of a country
Option 4: socio-economic development of a country
Correct Answer: economic development of a country
Solution : The correct answer is the economic development of a country.
The primary, secondary and tertiary sectors' contributions to the economy are measured by the sectoral distribution of the GDP index, which depicts the economic development of a nation. A country's
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, SPIT is coded as USKW, and COPY is coded as ERRB. How will MOCK be coded in that language?
Option 1: OQEN
Option 2: PREN
Option 3: PQEN
Option 4: OREN
Correct Answer: OREN
Solution : Given: SPIT is coded as USKW and COPY is codded as ERRB.
Add 2 and 3 alternatively to the place value of each letter of SPIT and COPY to get the required code. SPIT→S + 2 = U; P + 3 = S; I +
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