Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence.
He asked me to sing a song.
Option 1: I was being asked to sing a song.
Option 2: I had been asked to sing a song.
Option 3: I am asked to sing a song.
Option 4: I was asked to sing a song.
Correct Answer: I was asked to sing a song.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the
Question : The Planning Commission of India has divided India into how many Agro-climatic Zones?
Option 1: 15
Option 2: 25
Option 3: 18
Option 4: 20
Correct Answer: 15
Solution : The correct option is 15.
The Planning Commission of India, which has now been replaced by the NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India), had divided India into 15 agro-climatic zones. This classification was done to facilitate agricultural planning and development due to the
Question : A trader sold an article at a profit of 20%. Had he bought that article at 60% less price and sold it at INR 90, he would have gained 50%. What is the value (in INR) of the cost price?
Option 1: 150
Option 2: 200
Option 3: 250
Option 4: 300
Correct Answer: 150
Solution : When the price is 60% less than the original cost price, So, the new cost price = 40% of the original cost price In this case, profit = 50% of new cost price = 50% of 40% of original cost price = 20% of the
Question : If the curved surface area of a cylinder is $126\pi$ cm2 and its height is 14 cm, what is the volume of the cylinder?
Option 1: $283 \frac{1}{2} \pi\ \mathrm{cm}^3$
Option 2: $137\frac{1}{2} \pi\ \mathrm{cm}^3$
Option 3: $128\frac{1}{2} \pi\ \mathrm{cm}^3$
Option 4: $125\frac{1}{2} \pi\ \mathrm{cm}^3$
Correct Answer: $283 \frac{1}{2} \pi\ \mathrm{cm}^3$
Solution : Let the radius of the cylinder be $r\ \text{cm}$. Height, $h$ = 14 cm Curved surface area of a cylinder $ = 126\pi\ \text{cm}^2$ ⇒ $2\pi r h=126\pi$ ⇒ $2\pi r×14=126\pi$ ⇒ $r=\frac{126}{28}=\frac{63}{14}$ The volume of a cylinder = $\pi r^2h=\pi (\frac{63}{14})^2×14=\pi×\frac{63×9}{2}=283
Question : Bronze is an alloy of
Option 1: Copper and Tin
Option 2: Copper and Zinc
Option 3: Copper and Iron
Option 4: Iron and Nickel
Correct Answer: Copper and Tin
Solution : The correct option is Copper and Tin.
Bronze is an alloy made largely of copper and tin. Other elements, such as aluminium, silicon and phosphorus, can also be found in trace amounts. Copper and tin proportions in bronze can vary, resulting in
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word in the given sentence.
The perils of smoking tobacco can never be ignored.
Option 1: Delights
Option 2: Benefits
Option 3: Hazards
Option 4: Humiliation
Correct Answer: Hazards
Solution : The correct choice will be the third option.
Perils denote something very dangerous.
Hazards denote a danger or risk.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Delights: It means something that gives somebody great pleasure.
Benefits denote an advantage or useful effect
Question : Directions: Consider the given statements to be true and decide which of the given conclusions can be drawn from the given statements. Statements: Some books are rocks. All rocks are clips. Conclusions: I. Some books are clips. II. No Rock is a book.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Only conclusion II follows
Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor conclusion II 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 books are clips – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the circles representing books and clips overlap each other
Question : Which was described by Dr .B.R. Ambedkar as the 'heart and soul of the constitution'
Option 1: Right to Equality
Option 2: Right against Exploitation
Option 3: Right to Constitutional Remedies
Option 4: Right to Freedom of Religion
Correct Answer: Right to Constitutional Remedies
Solution : The correct option is Right to Constitutional Remedies.
The Right to Constitutional Remedies was referred to as the "heart and soul of the Constitution" by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the Indian Constitution. The Indian Constitution's Article 32 grants citizens
Question :
Taenia (Tapeworm) and Fasciola (Liver fluke) are examples of which phylum?
Option 1:
Coelenterate
Option 2:
Platyhelminthes
Option 3: Annelida
Option 4: Arthropoda
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct option is Platyhelminthes
Phylum Platyhelminthes: flatworms, comprising Taenia (tapeworm) and Fasciola (liver fluke), are simple, flattened and unsegmented worms. These worms have bilateral symmetry, a primitive digestive system, and parasitic lives in some species. Turbellaria (free-living flatworms), Trematoda (flukes) and Cestoda (tapeworms)
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom in the given sentence. She felt like a fish out of water at her new job.
Option 1: angry and hurt
Option 2: comfortable and relaxed
Option 3: uncomfortable and restless
Option 4: happy and free
Correct Answer: uncomfortable and restless
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The idiom felt like a fish out of water is used to convey a sense of discomfort or unease in a particular situation. In the given sentence, it means that she felt out of place
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