Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Pump priming should be resorted at a time of _________.
Option 1: inflation
Option 2: deflation
Option 3: stagflation
Option 4: reflation
Correct Answer: deflation
Solution : The correct option is Deflation.
Pump priming is a tactic to boost growth in response to deflation or economic contraction. Reducing taxes or increasing government spending are two examples of how to increase demand in an economy. A decrease in the overall demand for products
Question : Which of the following State is surrounded by Bangladesh from three sides?
Option 1: Nagaland
Option 2: Assam
Option 3: Arunanchal Pradesh
Option 4: Tripura
Correct Answer: Tripura
Solution : The correct answer is Tripura.
Tripura is the only Indian State which is surrounded by Bangladesh on it's three sides. Capital of Tripura is Agartala. Other states having their borders with Bangladesh are- West Bengal, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Assam.
Recently India and Bangladesh have signed
Question : Highly specialized form of agriculture in which crops like coffee, tea and rubber are cultivated refer to
Option 1: multiple cropping
Option 2: plantation agriculture
Option 3: terrace farming
Option 4: extensive farming
Correct Answer: plantation agriculture
Solution : The correct answer is plantation agriculture.
Plantation agriculture is the practice of growing a single crop in a large agricultural farmland. It is usually done for the commercial purposes and for export. It is not a sustainable agricultural practice because it leads to the
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
The British king, Charles I, had (1)_____ a very difficult financial situation from his father. His period saw a very high rate of inflation. He wanted to (2)____ money. Therefore, he (3) _____ creating the title of Baronet and selling it to (4) _____ candidates. However, his decision was (5)_____ by the British parliament.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: raise
Option 2: upraise
Option 3: bring
Option 4: lift
Correct Answer: raise
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Raise in this context means to collect, gather, or generate funds or money. It fits the context where the individual, in a time of high inflation, desires to gather or generate funds, possibly to cope with the
Question : Now-a days yellow lamps are frequently used as street lights. Which of the following gases is used in these lamps?
Option 1: Sodium
Option 2: Neon
Option 3: Hydrogen
Option 4: Nitrogen
Correct Answer: Sodium
Solution : The correct option is Sodium.
Yellow street lights are frequently made of high-pressure sodium (HPS) or low-pressure sodium (LPS) bulbs. This lamp emits a characteristic yellow or orange-yellow light. When energised by an electric current, sodium vapour creates a primarily yellow-orange light, which is utilised
Question : If $\theta$ is a positive acute angle and $4\sin^{2}\theta =3$, then the value of $\left (\tan\theta-\cot\frac{\theta}{2}\right)$ is:
Option 1: $1$
Option 2: $0$
Option 3: $\sqrt{3}$
Option 4: $\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}$
Correct Answer: $0$
Solution : Given: $4\sin^{2}\theta =3$ $⇒\sin\theta = \pm\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}=\sin 60°$ Since $\theta$ is acute, so, $\theta=60°$ So, $\tan\theta-\cot\frac{\theta}{2}=\tan60°-\cot30°=\sqrt3-\sqrt3=0$ Hence, the correct answer is 0.
Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error.
Let us think how can we solve the problem amiably.
Option 1: solve the problem
Option 2: Let us think
Option 3: amiably
Option 4: how can we
Correct Answer: how can we
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
To maintain the subject-verb order within the subordinate clause, we comes before the modal verb can. Thus, the correct order is how we can solve rather than can we solve.
Therefore, the correct
Question : How many minutes for each degree of longitude does the local time of any place vary from the Greenwich time?
Option 1: two minutes
Option 2: four minutes
Option 3: six minutes
Option 4: eight minutes
Correct Answer: four minutes
Solution : The correct answer is four minutes.
Change of one degree longitude corresponds to 4 minutes from Greenwich meridian line. Earth takes 24x60 minutes to complete one revolution and it is divided into 360 longitudes. So from dividing this we get the figure of 4
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).
They have not and cannot be in the good books of the coach because they lack discipline.
(1) have not and can never been
(2) have not been and can never be
(3) have not and can never be
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The correct choice will be the second option.
The second option, "they have not been and can never be in the good books of the coach because they lack discipline" provides this parallel structure by placing both verbs in the same form, using have not
Question : The Working Committee of the National Congress sanctioned the resolution named 'Quit India' at
Option 1: Wardha
Option 2: Nagpur
Option 3: Mumbai
Option 4: Delhi
Correct Answer: Wardha
Solution : The correct answer is Wardha.
In July 1942, the Congress Working Committee convened in Wardha, where they adopted a comprehensive resolution calling for the immediate cessation of British rule in India. This resolution is commonly referred to as the "Quit India Resolution."
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