Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. They hired her to increase sales, but her strategies failed to ____________.
Option 1: move the needle
Option 2: burn bridges
Option 3: spill the beans
Option 4: get a second wind
Correct Answer: move the needle
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Move the needle is an idiomatic expression that means to make a noticeable or significant impact or to cause a noticeable change or improvement in a particular situation. In this context, it implies that her
Question : The approximate amount of silica present in cement is:
Option 1: between 27% and 35%
Option 2: between 37% and 45%
Option 3: between 17% and 25%
Option 4: between 47% and 55%
Correct Answer: between 17% and 25%
Solution : The correct option is between 17% and 25%.
Silica, often known as silicon dioxide, is the second most common cement ingredient, accounting for 17 to 25%. Cement is mixed with lime to increase setting time and serve as a binding agent.
Question : Directions: A question is given, followed by two statements numbered (I) and (II). You have to decide whether the data provided in the statements is sufficient to answer the question. Read both the statements and select the appropriate answer. Question: Four people, A, B, C, and D, are sitting in a straight line, facing south. Who is sitting at the right end? Statements: (I) Only two people sit between B and D; A sits to the immediate left of B. (II) Only one person sits between B and C; A sits to the immediate right of C.
Option 1: Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not.
Option 2: Data in statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement I is not.
Option 3: Data in either statement I alone or statement II alone is sufficient to answer the question.
Option 4: Data in statements I and II together is sufficient to answer the question.
Correct Answer: Data in statement I alone is sufficient to answer the question while data in statement II is not.
Solution : Given: Four people, A, B, C, and D, are sitting in a straight line, facing south.
Let's check the given statements – Statement I: Only two people sit
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
We _________ not hurry, we have plenty of time.
Option 1: Must
Option 2: Would
Option 3: Need
Option 4: Should
Correct Answer: Need
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
"Need" implies a necessity or requirement. In this context, it suggests that there is no need or requirement to hurry, which aligns with the idea that there is plenty of time.
The meanings of the other options are
Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Anju said to me, “What are you doing next weekend?”
Option 1: Anju asked me what I had done the following weekend.
Option 2: Anju asked me what I am doing the coming weekend.
Option 3: Anju asked me what are you doing next weekend.
Option 4: Anju asked me what I was doing the following weekend.
Correct Answer: Anju asked me what I was doing the following weekend.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Three sides of a triangle are $\sqrt{a^2+b^2}, \sqrt{(2 a)^2+b^2}$, and $\sqrt{a^2+(2 b)^2}$ units. What is the area (in unit squares) of the triangle?
Option 1: $\frac{5}{2} ab $
Option 2: $3 ab$
Option 3: $4 ab$
Option 4: $\frac{3}{2} ab $
Correct Answer: $\frac{3}{2} ab $
Solution : Given that the three sides of a triangle are $\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$, $\sqrt{(2a)^2+b^2}$, and $\sqrt{a^2+(2b)^2}$ units. Let's assume that $a=b$. The sides of the triangle become = $\sqrt{2a^2}$, $\sqrt{5a^2}$, $\sqrt{5a^2} =a\sqrt{2}$, $a\sqrt{5}$, $a\sqrt{5}$. From this, we can say the triangle is an isosceles triangle with
Question : Find the least number which when divided separately by 15, 20, 36 and 48 leaves 3 as the remainder in each case.
Option 1: 183
Option 2: 243
Option 3: 483
Option 4: 723
Correct Answer: 723
Solution : 15 = 3 × 5 20 = 2 × 2 × 5 36 = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 48 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 LCM = 3 × 3 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer. The Prime Minister of England called____ the President of America.
Option 1: in
Option 2: out
Option 3: on
Option 4: at
Correct Answer: on
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
"Call on" is a phrasal verb that means to pay a visit to someone formally to discuss a matter. The other options are not a correct fit for this scenario.
Therefore, the sentence is: "The Prime Minister of
Question : Pannalal Ghosh played which of the following musical instruments?
Option 1: Flute
Option 2: Sitar
Option 3: Violin
Option 4: Santoor
Correct Answer: Flute
Solution : The correct option is Flute
Amal Jyoti Ghosh, also known as Pandit Pannalal Ghosh, was an Indian composer and a famous flute player. He was a disciple of Allauddin Khan and is regarded as the "Pioneer of Indian Classical Flute" for popularising the
Question : Directions: Select the figure that will replace the question mark (?) in the following figure series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : The pattern followed here is that the shaded portion in the corner is shifting to the next corner in the anticlockwise direction, whereas the image in the centre remains the same. The following figure will complete the given pattern –
Hence, the second option is correct.
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