Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select ‘No substitution’.
I have reached the hotel, by the time you call me.
Option 1: will be reaching the hotel
Option 2: No substitution
Option 3: will have reached the hotel
Option 4: had reached the hotel
Correct Answer: will have reached the hotel
Solution : The right choice is the third option.
The original sentence, "I have reached the hotel, by the time you call me" uses the present perfect tense (have reached) in a way that doesn't align well with the time frame indicated
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, ANIMISM is written as INAMMSI, and EAGERLY is written as GAEEYLR. How will FULFILL be written in that language?
Option 1: LUFFLIL
Option 2: LUFFLLI
Option 3: LUFFIIL
Option 4: LUFLFLI
Correct Answer: LUFFLLI
Solution : Given: ANIMISM is written as INAMMSI and EAGERLY is written as GAEEYLR.
Here, the position of the letters before and after the middle letter of the given words gets reversed as shown below – ANIMISM is written as INAMMSI→
EAGERLY is written as GAEEYLR→
Similarly,
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. Biden write a letter to the Russian President to restrain from war.
Option 1: writes a letter
Option 2: wrote a letter
Option 3: write a good letter
Option 4: writing a surprise letter
Correct Answer: wrote a letter
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The original sentence discusses an action that occurred in the past. So, the correct past tense should be used. "Wrote a letter" is the appropriate past tense form, making the sentence grammatically correct.
Therefore, the
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in active voice.
"The cards were being distributed by her to her friends."
Option 1: She was distributing the cards to her friends.
Option 2: Her friends were distributing the cards for her.
Option 3: The cards were been distributed to her friends.
Option 4: Her cards were distributed by her friends.
Correct Answer: She was distributing the cards to her friends.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.
The
Question : Select the sentences that contain no spelling errors.
Option 1: Our government has launched a relatively extensive set of reforms for aborgins in the country.
Option 2: Our government has launched a relatively extensive set of reforms for Aborigines in the country.
Option 3: Our government has launched a relatively extensive set of reforms for aboregynes in the country.
Option 4: Our government has launched a relatively extensive set of reforms for aborigynes in the country.
Correct Answer: Our government has launched a relatively extensive set of reforms for Aborigines in the country.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. She became frustrated with her poor health and began to lose ________ of her recovery.
Option 1: weight
Option 2: idea
Option 3: money
Option 4: hope
Correct Answer: hope
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The sentence implies that the person is losing something related to her recovery. In this context, hope makes sense, as losing hope aligns with the emotional and psychological aspect of dealing with poor health and reflects a decline
Question : "Betting and gambling" are listed in the ______ list given in the Seventh Schedule in the Constitution of India.
Option 1: Union
Option 2: State
Option 3: Global
Option 4: Concurrent
Correct Answer: State
Solution : The correct answer is State.
The Indian Constitution's State List in the Seventh Schedule contains provisions for betting and gambling. The State List highlights the subjects over which only state governments have legislative authority.
Question : A car covers a certain distance in 25 hours. If it reduces the speed by $\frac{1}{5}$th, the car covers 200 km less in that time. The speed of the car is:
Option 1: 60 km/hr
Option 2: 30 km/hr
Option 3: 40 km/hr
Option 4: 50 km/hr
Correct Answer: 40 km/hr
Solution : Time taken, $t = 25$ hours Let the initial distance be $d$ and the initial speed be $s$. Speed = Distance ÷ Time $s = d ÷ t$ $⇒t = \frac{d}{s}$---------------(i) When $s$ is reduced by $\frac{s}{5}$, new $s = \frac{4s}{5}$ and $d =
Question : Directions: Three statements are given followed by three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: Some bottles are towels. No towel is a pillow. All bottles are coats. Conclusions: I. Some coats are towels. II. No coat is a towel. III. Some bottles are pillows.
Option 1: Only conclusion II follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and III follow
Option 3: Either conclusion I or II follows
Option 4: Only conclusion I follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram, according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some coats are towels – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the two circles representing coats and towels overlap and
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the word given in brackets to fill in the blank.
The gradual __________ (curtail) in the expenditures made them tense.
Option 1: indent
Option 2: innate
Option 3: increase
Option 4: insinuate
Correct Answer: increase
Solution : The correct answer is the third option.
Curtail means to reduce or cut back, while increase means to make or become larger or more extensive.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Indent: It means to notch or cut the edge of something,
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