Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Lorenz curve shows:
Option 1: Inflation
Option 2: Unemployment
Option 3: Income distribution
Option 4: Poverty
Correct Answer: Income distribution
Solution : The correct answer is Income distribution.
Percentiles of the population are plotted on Lorenz curves along with the total wealth or income of those who fall within that percentile, or above it. The Lorenz curve illustrates how unequally people are paid in a
Question : What is the average height of the troposphere?
Option 1: 20 km
Option 2: 13 km
Option 3: 24 km
Option 4: 8 km
Correct Answer: 13 km
Solution : The correct answer is 13 km.
The average height of the troposphere is approximately 13 kilometres. The troposphere is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere and is where most of the weather and atmospheric phenomena occur.
Question : Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to review its judgments or orders?
Option 1: Article 138
Option 2: Article 135
Option 3: Article 136
Option 4: Article 137
Correct Answer: Article 137
Solution : The correct option is Article 137.
Article 137 of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to review its judgments or orders. This article grants the Supreme Court the authority to reconsider and, if necessary, modify or reverse its own decisions in certain circumstances.
Question : Directions: The pie chart given below shows the number of students admitted to different faculties of a college. Study the chart and answer the question.
How many students are more in commerce than in law if science has 1000 students?
Option 1: 200
Option 2: 2000
Option 3: 500
Option 4: 20
Correct Answer: 200
Solution : As per the given graph, The given number of science students = 1,000 The angle subtended by the science students = 100° ⇒ The total number of students = $\frac{360°}{100°}$ × 1000 = 3,600 The angle subtended by the commerce students = 65° ⇒ The
Question : The industry having the largest investment in the Indian economy is:
Option 1: tea
Option 2: cement
Option 3: steel
Option 4: jute
Correct Answer: steel
Solution : The correct option is steel.
The biggest investment in the Indian economy is made in the iron and steel sector. Major government investments in the sector have been made via foreign direct investments.
Question : Select the grammatically correct sentence.
Option 1: The rider who met with a accident was not wearing a helmet, the police said.
Option 2: The rider who met with an accident was not wearing an helmet, the police said.
Option 3: A rider who met with the accident was not wearing the helmet, an police said.
Option 4: The rider who met with the accident was not wearing a helmet, the police said.
Correct Answer: The rider who met with the accident was not wearing a helmet, the police said.
Solution : The correct answer is the fourth option.
Explanation: An accident is incorrect in this case, even though accident starts with a vowel sound and an is used before the words
Question : The following line graph displays the ratio of exports to imports (in terms of money in INR crores) of company A from 2010 to 2015. Study the graph carefully and answer the question based on the given line graph. In how many years, the export of company A was more than the company's imports?
Option 1: Four
Option 2: Two
Option 3: Six
Option 4: Three
Correct Answer: Four
Solution : Ratios = 0.9, 1.2, 0.7, 2.4, 2.5, 2.4 When the ratio is greater than 1, the export of company A will be more than the company's import. Hence, the correct answer is Four.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
Like a cakewalk.
Option 1: Smooth surface.
Option 2: Pleasant experience.
Option 3: Easy task.
Option 4: Active
Correct Answer: Easy task.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The idiom, like a cakewalk is an expression used to describe a task or activity that is very easy and requires little effort. It implies that completing the task is as easy as walking through a park
Question : In a factory, Ajay and Vijay work on the same machine to cut diamonds but on an alternate-hour basis. Ajay works for the first hour and then Vijay works for the second hour and so on. Ajay can complete the work in 6 hours, while Vijay completes it in 16 hours if they work individually. In how much time can they complete the work if they are using the machine on an alternate basis?
Option 1: 8 hr 30 min
Option 2: 8 hr
Option 3: 9 hr
Option 4: 9 hr 30 min
Correct Answer: 8 hr 30 min
Solution : Time taken by Ajay to complete the work = 6 hours ⇒ Part of work done by Ajay in an hour = $\frac{1}{6}$ Time taken by Vijay to complete the work = 16 hours ⇒ Part of work done by Vijay in
Question : Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of
Option 1: Industrialisation
Option 2: economic independance
Option 3: Economic growth
Option 4: Moral purity
Correct Answer: economic independance
Solution : Correct Answer is economic independance
Khadi, originally known as Khaddar, is a type of handspun & hand woven cotton cloth. It was one of the iconic symbols of India’s freedom struggle, and was considered by Mahatma Gandhi to symbolize India’s unity of humanity, economic
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