Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice. My request should be considered.
Option 1: Please have consider my request.
Option 2: Please do consider mine request.
Option 3: Consider my request.
Option 4: Please consider my request.
Correct Answer: Please consider my request.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: Active voice in a sentence occurs when the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb. In the case of imperative sentences, the subject is usually implied.
The structure of the
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
I enjoyed during (1) / my tenure (2) / in Shimla. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
A reflexive pronoun is used when the object of a sentence is the same as the subject.
Therefore, the correct sentence should be: "I enjoyed myself during my tenure in Shimla."
It has been said that history is the essence of innumerable biography.
(1) No Error
(2) of innumerable biography.
(3) that history is the essence
(4) It has been said
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : There is an error in the second option.
The word biography should be changed to its plural form, which is biographies, to match the plural form of innumerable.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "It has been said that history is the essence of innumerable
Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the given set. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (26, 120, 34) (14, 110, 41)
Option 1: (36, 106, 17)
Option 2: (72, 240, 16)
Option 3: (44, 114, 24)
Option 4: (15, 450, 8)
Correct Answer: (36, 106, 17)
Solution : Given: (26, 120, 34); (14, 110, 41)
Here, (26, 120, 34)→(26 + 34) × 2 = 60 × 2 = 120 (14, 110, 41)→(14 + 41) × 2 = 55 × 2 = 110
Now, let's check the given options – First option:
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. Aryan told me that I knew where to find him.
Option 1: Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”
Option 2: Aryan said to me, “You knowing where to find me.”
Option 3: Aryan said to me, “You are known where to find me.”
Option 4: Aryan says to me, “You know where to find me.”
Correct Answer: Aryan said to me, “You know where to find me.”
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
To convert the given reported speech to direct speech, we need to maintain the original meaning while adjusting the pronouns and verb tense.
The steps of conversion are as
Question : The value of $1 \frac{3}{4}+1 \frac{5}{7} \div 2 \frac{3}{7} \times 2 \frac{3}{7}=$?
Option 1: $1 \frac{11}{28}$
Option 2: $2 \frac{13}{28}$
Option 3: $3 \frac{13}{28}$
Option 4: $4 \frac{23}{28}$
Correct Answer: $3 \frac{13}{28}$
Solution : Given: $1 \frac{3}{4}+1 \frac{5}{7} \div 2 \frac{3}{7} \times 2 \frac{3}{7}$ = $ \frac{7}{4}+ \frac{12}{7} \div \frac{17}{7} \times \frac{17}{7}$ = $ \frac{7}{4}+ \frac{12}{7} \times \frac{7}{17} \times \frac{17}{7}$ = $ \frac{7}{4}+ \frac{12}{7}=\frac{97}{28}=3\frac{13}{28}$ Hence, the correct answer is $3\frac{13}{28}$.
Question : The 73rd Amendment deals with which of the following?
Option 1: The Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Option 2: Urban local government bodies
Option 3: Panchayati Raj System
Option 4: Anti-defection
Correct Answer: Panchayati Raj System
Solution : The correct answer is the Panchayati Raj System.
According to the 73rd Amendment, the Gram Sabha will serve as the cornerstone of the Panchayati Raj System, carrying out the duties and authorities assigned to it by the State Legislatures. A three-tiered Panchayati Raj
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph.
A. The 1995 World Summit for Social Development also emphasised the pivotal role of women in eradicating poverty and mending the social fabric. B. Women are rational in approach, careful in handling situations and want to do things as best as possible. C. The Fourth World Conference of Women held in Beijing in September 1995 emphasised that no enduring solution to society's most threatening social, economic and political problems could be found without the participation and empowerment of women. D. Today's woman is a highly self-directed person, alive to the sense of her dignity and the importance of her functions in the private domestic domain and the public domain of the world of work.
Option 1: ABDC
Option 2: DBCA
Option 3: DBAC
Option 4: BCAD
Correct Answer: DBCA
Solution : The correct choice is the second option: DBCA.
The paragraph starts with sentence D, which establishes the notion that contemporary women are self-directed, value their dignity, and recognise the importance of their roles in both private and public domains, followed by sentence B,
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold parts at 1, 2, and 3 that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
The aggressive response after the peace summit made no sense of the call for moderation.
(1) made nonsense of
(2) made no sense to
(3) make no sense to
(4) No Improvement
The phrase made no sense means it was illogical. It should be replaced with made nonsense of, which means to make something appear stupid thereby making the explanation of the sentence as the peace summit appeared stupid
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives. 3 : 27 :: 4 : ?
Option 1: 63
Option 2: 64
Option 3: 65
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 64
Solution : Given: 3 : 27 :: 4 : ?
3 : 27→(3)3 = 27 Similarly, 4 : ?→(4)3 = 64
Hence, the second option is correct.
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