Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : The ratio between monthly income and expenditure of Vaidic is 8 : 5. If his income increases by 20% and his expenditure increases by 30%, then find the percentage increase or decrease in his monthly savings.
Option 1: $5 \frac{2}{3}$% increase
Option 2: $5 \frac{2}{3}$% decrease
Option 3: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% increase
Option 4: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% decrease
Correct Answer: $3 \frac{1}{3}$% increase
Solution : Let the income of Vaidic be 800 and expenditure be 500 Saving = income – expenditure = 800 – 500 = 300 When income is increased by 20% = 800 × $\frac{120}{100}$ = 960 When expenditure is increased by 30% = 500 ×
Question : 4 women or 6 boys can finish a work in the same number of days. A boy can finish it in 60 days. In how many days can 5 women finish the work, working together every day?
Option 1: 4
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 8
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 8
Solution : Given: 4 Women = 6 Boys The ratio of efficiency of Woman : Boy = 3 : 2 Let the efficiency of a Woman and a Boy be 3 units and 2 units Boys can complete work in = 60 days Then, total work =
Question : What annual installment will discharge a debt of Rs.9,600 due in 5 years at 10% simple interest?
Option 1: Rs. 1450
Option 2: Rs. 1550
Option 3: Rs. 1500
Option 4: Rs. 1600
Correct Answer: Rs. 1600
Solution : Assume the annual instalment as $x$. First-year ⇒ installment = 100% of $x$ Second year ⇒ installment = 110% of $x$ Third year ⇒ installment = 120% of $x$ Fourth year ⇒ installment = 130% of $x$ Fifth year ⇒ installment = 140% of
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
She might have completed her research by that time.
Option 1: Her research might be completed by her by that time.
Option 2: Her research might had been completed by her by that time.
Option 3: Her research might have been completed by her by that time.
Option 4: Her research might have completed by her by that time.
Correct Answer: Her research might have been completed by her by that time.
Solution : The correct choice is the third 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 sentence
Question : An office opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. The lunch interval is 30 minutes. The ratio of the lunch interval to the total period of office hours is:
Option 1: 1 : 7
Option 2: 1 : 14
Option 3: 7 : 1
Option 4: 14 : 1
Correct Answer: 1 : 14
Solution : The office opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. Total office hours = 7 hours = 420 minutes The lunch interval is 30 minutes. So, the required ratio = 30 : 420 = 1 : 14 Hence, the correct answer is
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 am not familiar with (1) / all the important places in this town (2) / although I had been living here for two years. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
The speaker is still living in the town. This means that the present perfect continuous tense must be used in the sentence. The present perfect continuous tense is used for actions that started in the
Question : A sum of INR 1,250 has to be distributed among A, B, C, and D. The Total share of B and D is equal to $\frac{14}{11}$ of the total share of A and C. The share of D is half of the share of A. The share of C is 1.2 of the share of A. What are the shares of A, B, C and D respectively?
Option 1: INR 250, INR 575, INR 300, INR 125
Option 2: INR 350, INR 525, INR 300, INR 125
Option 3: INR 250, INR 525, INR 300, INR 125
Option 4: INR 250, INR 575, INR 300, INR 175
Correct Answer: INR 250, INR 575, INR 300, INR 125
Solution : Given: A sum of INR 1,250 has to be distributed among A, B, C, and D. B + D = $\frac{14}{11}$(A + C) D = $\frac{1}{2}$A and C = 1.2A = $\frac{12}{10}$A = $\frac{6}{5}$A B + D =
Question : Directions: Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as the numbers of the following set. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits.) (4, 50, 6) (13, 128, 3)
Option 1: (12, 60, 5)
Option 2: (2, 125, 3)
Option 3: (2, 62, 6)
Option 4: (15, 162, 3)
Correct Answer: (15, 162, 3)
Solution : Given: (4, 50, 6); (13, 128, 3)
Here, (4, 50, 6)→(4 + 6)2 = 100; 100 ÷ 2 = 50 (13, 128, 3)→(13 + 3)2 = 256; 256 ÷ 2 = 128
Let's check each option – First option: (12, 60,
Question : Who coined the term 'zeroth law of thermodynamics' in 1931, which asserts that two bodies in equilibrium with a third are in equilibrium with each other?
Option 1: James Clerk Maxwell
Option 2: Max Planck
Option 3: Josiah Willard Gibbs
Option 4: Ralph H. Fowler
Correct Answer: Ralph H. Fowler
Solution : The correct option is Ralph H. Fowler.
In 1931, Ralph H. Fowler introduced the concept of the zeroth law of thermodynamics. A system is in thermal equilibrium with another system when it is individually in thermal equilibrium with a third system, according
Question : Select the most appropriate active form of the given sentence. Rani's car is twelve years old but it has not been used much.
Option 1: Rani's car is twelve years old but she isn't using it much.
Option 2: Rani's car is twelve years old but she hasn't used it much.
Option 3: Rani's car is twelve years old but she didn't use it much.
Option 4: Rani's car is twelve years old but it hasn't used her much.
Correct Answer: Rani's car is twelve years old but she hasn't used it much.
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
Active voice is a grammatical construction in which the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the verb.
The structure of the active voice sentence
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