Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Strident 2. Student 3. Shirking 4. Stuffy 5. Spider 6. Spawn
Option 1: 3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 4
Option 2: 3, 5, 6, 1, 2, 4
Option 3: 3, 6, 5, 1, 4, 2
Option 4: 3, 5, 6, 1, 4, 2
Correct Answer: 3, 6, 5, 1, 2, 4
Solution : Given: 1. Strident 2. Student 3. Shirking 4. Stuffy 5. Spider 6. Spawn
Step 1: Compare the first letter of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter S, then move on to the next letter.
Question : If the cost price is 72% of the selling price, then what is the percentage of profit? (Correct to 2 decimal places)
Option 1: 38.89%
Option 2: 35.75%
Option 3: 32.25%
Option 4: 28.75%
Correct Answer: 38.89%
Solution : Let the selling price (SP) be $x$ Cost price = $\frac{72}{100}\times x$ Now, the profit percentage = $\frac{\text{Selling price – Cost price}}{\text{Cost price}}×100$ = $\frac{x-\frac{72}{100}x}{\frac{72}{100}x}\times 100$ = $\frac{\frac{28}{100}x}{\frac{72}{100}x}\times 100$ = $38.89\%$ Hence, the correct answer is 38.89%
Question :
The term “Rh factor” refers to
Option 1:
Rhesus factor
Option 2:
Rheumatoid factor
Option 3:
Renal factor
Option 4: Rhombic factor
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct option is - Rhesus factor
The term Rh factor, also known as the Rhesus factor, refers to a protein that can be present on the surface of red blood cells. This protein is an inherited trait and is one of the key
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Listen attention to what I say.
(1) attentively
(2) attend
(3) attentive
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
The first option is the correct choice as it provides the appropriate adverb attentively to describe how the listener should listen. Attentively means paying attention to and focusing on something, which fits the context of
Question : The cost of 32 pens and 12 pencils is INR 790. What is the total cost (in INR) of 8 pens and 3 pencils together?
Option 1: 200.5
Option 2: 197.5
Option 3: 180.5
Option 4: 220.5
Correct Answer: 197.5
Solution : Given: The cost of 32 pens and 12 pencils = INR 790 So, cost of 8 pens and 3 pencils = $\frac{790}{4}$ = 197.5 Hence, the correct answer is 197.5.
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Strategy 2. Strength 3. Stranger 4. Stretch 5. Struggle 6. Strange
Option 1: 3, 6, 1, 2, 4, 5
Option 2: 6, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5
Option 3: 6, 1, 3, 2, 4, 5
Option 4: 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Correct Answer: 6, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5
Solution : Given: 1. Strategy 2. Strength 3. Stranger 4. Stretch 5. Struggle 6. Strange
Step 1: Compare the first letter of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter S, we move on to the next letter.
Question : Insensitive cultivation refers to:
Option 1: production with insensitive use of labour
Option 2: production with intensive use of fertiliser
Option 3: raising production by intensive use of existing land
Option 4: raising production by large-scale use of imported inputs
Correct Answer: raising production by intensive use of existing land
Solution : The correct option is raising production by intensive use of existing land.
Insensitive farming, also known as unsustainable or intense cultivation, is the practice of boosting agricultural output through excessive, and unsustainable land usage, which frequently destroys the
Question : In a 7-digit number 89476*2, what is the smallest possible value of * such that the number is divisible by 8?
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 1
Option 3: 4
Option 4: 3
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : For a number to be divisible by 8, the last 3 digits should be divisible by 8. In the given number 89476*2, the last 3 digits are 6*2. Since we have to find the smallest number with the given condition, we start substituting * with
Question : A tradesman marks his goods 20% above his cost price. If he allows his customer a 20% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any:
Option 1: 2% loss
Option 2: 4% loss
Option 3: 1% profit
Option 4: 3% profit
Correct Answer: 4% loss
Solution : Given, a tradesman marks his goods 20% above his cost price. Also, Discount given = 20% Let Cost Price, CP = Rs. 100 Marked Price, MP = Rs. 120 Now, Discount = 20% of MP = $\frac{20}{100}×120$ = Rs. 24 Selling Price, SP =
Question : To do certain work, Ajay and Bharat work on alternate days, with Bharat starting the work on the first day. Ajay can finish the work alone in 32 days. If the work gets completed in exactly 8 days, then Bharat alone can finish 7 times the same work in _______ days.
Option 1: $\frac{28}{8}$
Option 2: $4$
Option 3: $\frac{32}{7}$
Option 4: $32$
Correct Answer: $32$
Solution : Given: Ajay can finish the work alone in 32 days. Efficiency of Ajay = $\frac{1}{32}$ Ajay and Bharat completed the work in exactly 8 days. So, both will work for 4 days each alternatively. Total work of Ajay = $4×\frac{1}{32}=\frac{1}{8}$ Total work of Bharat =
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