Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the highlighted idiom
The actress’ daughter is just a chip off the old block.
Option 1: To get into the enemy’s territory
Option 2: Similar to one's parents in behaviour
Option 3: To console the dreary
Option 4: To chip off the edges
Correct Answer: Similar to one's parents in behaviour
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation:
The idiom a chip off the old block is a figurative expression used to convey that someone resembles his or her parents in some way, typically in behaviour, personality, or traits.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. SCATTER
Option 1: Fling
Option 2: Spray
Option 3: Litter
Option 4: Gather
Correct Answer: Gather
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The meaning of scatter is to separate and move off quickly in different directions, or throw in various random directions.
Question : A and B have some toffees. If A gives one toffee to B, they will have an equal number of toffees. If B gives one toffee to A, the number of toffees with A is double the number with B. The total number of toffees with A and B is:
Option 1: 12
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 14
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 12
Solution : Let the number of toffees with A and B be x and y respectively. According to the question: Case 1. x – 1 = y + 1 ⇒ x = y + 2...............(equation 1) Case 2. x + 1 = 2(y – 1) ⇒ x
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. At most of the local dhabas and fast food joints, poor hygienic conditions (1)_____The (2)_____occurs due to poor quality packaging material or (3)_____storage conditions. Food cooked may not be washed or cleaned properly. It is low in (4)_____rich in oil content especially trans fats which make one (5)_____, lousy and dull. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: sterile
Option 2: unhygienic
Option 3: neat
Option 4: energetic
Correct Answer: unhygienic
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
Unhygienic describe conditions that are not clean or sanitary, aligning with the context of poor hygienic conditions mentioned in the passage.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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. At most of the local dhabas and fast food joints, poor hygienic conditions (1)_____The (2)_____occurs due to poor quality packaging material or (3)_____storage conditions. Food cooked may not be washed or cleaned properly. It is low in (4)____rich in oil content especially trans fats which make one (5)_____, lousy and dull. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: smart
Option 2: skinny
Option 3: obese
Option 4: affluent
Correct Answer: obese
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
Obese refers to a state of being excessively overweight or having an excess of body fat. In the context of the passage, the sentence suggests that the food, being rich in oil content and trans fats, contributes to
Question : Which of the following folk /tribal dance is asoociated with Karnataka ?
Option 1: Yakshagana.
Option 2: Veedhi .
Option 3: Jatra.
Option 4: Jhora.
Correct Answer: Yakshagana.
Solution : The correct option is - Yakshagana.
In the coastal regions of Karnataka, Yakshagana is a type of folk dance that is frequently performed. This art form has roots in Karnataka and has been practiced there for nearly 400 years. Yakshagana is a uniform mash-up of
Question : The acceleration due to gravity at the equator
Option 1: is less than that at poles
Option 2: is greater than that at poles
Option 3: is equal to that at poles
Option 4: does not depends upon earth's centripetal acceleration.
Correct Answer: is less than that at poles
Solution : The correct answer is less than that at poles.
The acceleration due to gravity is not uniform all around the earth. Earth is an oblate spheroid because of which distance between the poles and centre of the earth is less
Question : Directions: A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ?, MLNA
Option 1: OLPA
Option 2: KLMA
Option 3: LLMA
Option 4: KLLA
Correct Answer: KLLA
Solution : Given: ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ?, MLNA
In the given series, add 2 to the place value of the first and third letters of each term and the second and fourth letters remain constant – ELFA→E + 2 = G; L; F + 2 = H;
Question : Directions: In the following question, the given sentence has four parts marked P, Q, R, and S. Choose the part of the sentence with the error and select it as your answer. If there is no error, select "No Error (S)" as your answer.
(P) The report is candid in admitting (Q) that the investment by the Government (R) in health and family have eroded considerably. (S) No Error
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The error in this sentence is in part (R) marked by the third option.
Explanation: The subject "investment" is singular, so the verb "have" should be replaced with its singular form "has". Investment is a singular subject, so the verb "has" should agree with it
Question : Directions: Select the figure that will replace the question mark (?) in the following figure series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : According to the given figure series – 1. The shaded arrow located at the centre of the box rotates 90° in a clockwise direction. 2. The symbols in the corner, remain in the same positions and become shaded in a clockwise direction. On the other hand,
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