Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
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
Question : What is the value of $\tan240^\circ$?
Option 1: $\sqrt{2}$
Option 2: $-\sqrt{3}$
Option 3: $\sqrt{3}$
Option 4: $3$
Correct Answer: $\sqrt{3}$
Solution : Given: $\tan 240^\circ$ = $\tan (180^\circ+60^\circ)$ = $\tan 60^\circ$ = $\sqrt{3}$ Hence, the correct answer is $\sqrt{3}$.
Question : What is the value of the given expression? $(a+b+c)^2-a^2-b^2-c^2$
Option 1: $2abc$
Option 2: $2(ab+bc+ca)$
Option 3: $2(a+b+c)$
Option 4: $2ab+bc-2ca$
Correct Answer: $2(ab+bc+ca)$
Solution : By using the identity: $(a+b+c)^{2} = a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+2(ab+bc+ca)$ $\therefore$ $(a+b+c)^{2}- a^{2}- b^{2}- c^{2} = 2(ab+bc+ca)$. Hence, the correct answer is $2(ab+bc+ca)$.
Question : Directions: Which answer figure will complete the pattern in the question figure?
Option 3:
Option 4:
Solution : On comparing the question figure and all the answer figures, the following figure will combine and make the complete pattern –
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Directions: In the following question, find the odd number pair from the given alternatives.
Option 1: 52 – 61
Option 2: 43 – 54
Option 3: 72 – 83
Option 4: 18 – 29
Correct Answer: 52 – 61
Solution : Let's check the options – First option: 52 – 61→61 – 52 = 9 ≠ 11 Second option: 43 – 54→54 – 43 = 11 Third option: 72 – 83→83 – 72 = 11 Fourth option: 18 – 29→29 – 18= 11
Hence,
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
They are hitting the ball.
Option 1: The ball has been hit by them.
Option 2: The ball is being hitten by them.
Option 3: The ball is hit by them.
Option 4: The ball is being hit by them.
Correct Answer: The ball is being hit by them.
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 acts. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice.
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".
Tony is giving me a lift. (1)/ He's coming to (2)/ call for me at ten. (3)/ No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
Calls for someone is a phrase that means to meet someone at his/her home in order to take them somewhere. The sentence tells us that Tony will be giving a lift to the speaker and
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