Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
We believe our value is in direct proportion to the value of our accomplishments. If we cannot accomplish certain results, we tend to feel (1)_____ about ourselves. Some of us try too hard and become workaholics and over-achievers. With a few genuine feelings of self-worth, we try to create some and prove that we are somebody by our successes and (2)_____. Because our desire for perfection is so great, we (3)_____ to set unrealistic goals and place unreasonable demands on ourselves. Failing, rather than encouraging us to have realistic aspirations, only leads to a mere punishing round of self-blame and a resolve to drive ourselves harder next time. If we do not finally achieve our goals, we are (4)____; despite everything we have done, we still feel (5)_____ inside.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: come
Option 2: tend
Option 3: wish
Option 4: crave
Correct Answer: tend
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
In this context, "tend" means having a general disposition or inclination to do something. The sentence suggests that due to their strong desire for perfection, people often have a tendency to set unachievable goals and impose impractical
Question : Which among the following is not an input device?
Option 1: Plotter
Option 2: Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR)
Option 3: Optical Mark Recognition (OMR)
Option 4: Barcode Reader
Correct Answer: Plotter
Solution : Correct answer is - Plotter
A plotter, akin to a printer, is computer hardware used for printing vector graphics, constituting a form of output. Meanwhile, an input device is computer hardware that conveys data and control signals to a system, such as a computer
Question : What do you call the rate of new organic matter by consumers?
Option 1: Tertiary productivity
Option 2: Primary productivity
Option 3: Net productivity
Option 4: Secondary productivity
Correct Answer: Secondary productivity
Solution : The correct option is Secondary productivity.
It's common to refer to the rate at which consumers are creating new organic matter as "secondary production." The pace at which consumers (heterotrophic organisms), such as plants or other organisms, transform organic matter into new biomass
Question : Directions: A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. B, F, K, Q, ?
Option 1: X
Option 2: R
Option 3: T
Option 4: Y
Correct Answer: X
Solution : Given: B, F, K, Q, ?
Add consecutive natural numbers (starting from 4) to the previous term to obtain the next term in the series – B + 4 = F; F + 5 = K; K + 6 = Q; Q + 7 =
Question : The price of an article is cut by 36%. To restore it to its original value, the new price must be increased by _____.
Option 1: 56.25%
Option 2: 36%
Option 3: 26.47%
Option 4: 45%
Correct Answer: 56.25%
Solution : Let the original value be 100 units. Value reduced = 36 units So, reduced value = 100 – 36 = 64 units Percentage increase needed to restore the original value = $\frac{\text{Increase in price} × 100}{\text{Reduced value}}$% = $\frac{36×100}{64}$ = 56.25% Hence, the correct answer
Question : A hemispherical bowl of internal radius 18 cm is full of liquid. This liquid is to be filled in cylindrical bottles each of radius 3 cm and height 6 cm. How many bottles are required to empty the bowl?
Option 1: 72
Option 2: 70
Option 3: 68
Option 4: 66
Correct Answer: 72
Solution : Given: Internal radius of hemispherical bowl = 18 cm Internal radius of bottle = 3 cm The internal height of the bottle = 6 cm Total volume of liquid in hemisphere = $\frac{2}{3} × π ×18^3= 3888π$ cm3 Let the number of bottles be
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select 'No Error'.
No sooner had he finished (1) / his morning walk (2) / when it began to rain. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence as the correlative conjunction 'No sooner' is followed by 'Than' ,so when it began to rain should be replaced by than it began to rain.
Therefore the correct sentence should be 'No sooner
Question : Select the most appropriate active form of the given sentence.
A bed time story was made by him for me every night
Option 1: He has been making a bed time story for me every night.
Option 2: He has made a bed time story for me every night.
Option 3: He made a bed time story for me every night.
Option 4: I made a bed time story for him every night
Correct Answer: He made a bed time story for me every night.
Solution : The third option is correct.
Active voice is the voice in which the subject performs the action expressed by the verb. Thus, the object in the passive voice becomes the subject in the active voice. Hence,
Question : Directions: Study the histogram of the marks (in mathematics) distribution of 50 students in class IX and answer the following question:
The percentage of students who have secured marks more than 59 is:
Option 1: 13%
Option 2: 17%
Option 3: 34%
Option 4: 26%
Correct Answer: 34%
Solution : The number of students who have secured marks more than 59 = 4 + 13 = 17 The percentage of students who have scored above 59 marks = $\frac{\text{The number of students who have scored above 59 marks}}{\text{The total number of students in the class}}$
Question : Virat can complete a task in 30 days and Daniel is 60% more efficient than Virat in completing the same task. Find the time total taken by Daniel to complete the task.
Option 1: $16 \frac{3}{5}$ days
Option 2: $18 \frac{3}{4}$ days
Option 3: $19 \frac{5}{3}$ days
Option 4: $17 \frac{5}{3}$ days
Correct Answer: $18 \frac{3}{4}$ days
Solution : Given: Virat can do a task in 30 days. Daniel's efficiency = 160% of Virat Work = Efficiency × Time Let Virat's efficiency be 100 units. Daniel's efficiency = 160 units Total work = 100 × 30 = 3000 units Total work done
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