Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word. The WHO issued a statement on Sunday morning that though the Omicron variant of coronavirus may appear to be less severe, it should not be dismissed as 'mild'.
Option 1: Withered
Option 2: Sick
Option 3: Gentle
Option 4: Voracious
Correct Answer: Gentle
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The meaning of "severe" is something bad or undesirable with great intensity. And the meaning of "gentle" is having or showing a mild, kind, or tender temperament or character. Both words have opposite meanings.
The meanings of
Question : Which of the following acts introduced separate electorates (communal representation) for Muslims?
Option 1: Act of 1892
Option 2: Act of 1909
Option 3: Reforms of 1919
Option 4: Government of India Act of 1935
Correct Answer: Act of 1909
Solution : The correct answer is the Act of 1909.
The communal electorate was first established by the Indian Council Act of 1909, also known as the Morley-Minto Reforms. By dividing the populace along communal lines, this was meant to halt the rising tide
Question : The monthly expenses of a person are $66 \frac{2}{3} \%$ more than her monthly savings. If her monthly income increases by 44% and her monthly expenses increase by 60%, then there is an increase of INR 1,040 in her monthly savings. What is the initial expenditure (in INR)?
Option 1: 10,000
Option 2: 12,000
Option 3: 13,000
Option 4: 9,000
Correct Answer: 10,000
Solution : The monthly expenses is $66\frac{2}{3}$% more than her monthly savings. $66\frac{2}{3}\% = \frac{2}{3}$ So, The monthly expenses = The monthly savings + (The monthly saving) × $\frac{2}{3}$ The monthly expenses = (The monthly saving) × $\frac{5}{3}$ Let the monthly saving = $3x$ and the monthly
Question : A solid copper sphere of radius 9 cm is hammered and moulded into a wire of radius 2 cm. What is the length of this wire?
Option 1: 224 cm
Option 2: 183 cm
Option 3: 198 cm
Option 4: 243 cm
Correct Answer: 243 cm
Solution : Radius of sphere, $r_1$ = 9 cm Radius of wire, $r_2$ = 2 cm Let the length of the wire be $h$. Volume of sphere = $\frac{4}{3} \pi r_1^3$ Volume of cylindrical wire = $\pi r_2^2 h$ Now, volume of sphere = volume of
Question : Numbers divisible by 9 between 43 and 481 are:
Option 1: 51
Option 2: 49
Option 3: 48
Option 4: 50
Correct Answer: 49
Solution : When 481 is divided by 9, the quotient is 53. When 43 is divided by 9, the quotient is 4. So, the numbers divisible by 9 between 43 and 481 = (53 – 4) = 49 Hence, the correct answer is 49.
Question : Directions: Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Find the number on the face opposite the face having 3.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 5
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : Taking dice positions 1 and 3 with 1 as common face,
Moving clockwise from the common face with 1,
Pairs of opposite faces –
So, the opposite face to the face containing 3 is 1. Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : Direction: If INDUS is coded as 03865 and TENNIS is coded as 243305, then what will be the code for STUDENT?
Option 1: 5628342
Option 2: 5648324
Option 3: 5268432
Option 4: 5642832
Correct Answer: 5268432
Solution : Given:
INDUS is coded as 03865 and TENNIS is coded as 243305
The code of letters in the given word INDUS is I → 0; N → 3; D → 8; U → 6; S → 5
The code of letters in the given word
Question : The Women's Reservation Bill seeks how much reservation for women in the State assemblies and Lok Sabha?
Option 1: 30%
Option 2: 25%
Option 3: 33%
Option 4: 36%
Correct Answer: 33%
Solution : Correct answer is 33%
Women reservation bill seeks to reserve 33% of the total number of seats in state legislative assemblies and Parliament for women.
Women reservation bill was tried several times by various governments, but failed to pass the bill.
Question : Directions: A piece of paper is folded and cut as shown below in the question figures. From the given answer figures, indicate how it will appear when opened.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
The panel picked the candidates randomly for the interview.
Option 1: Casually
Option 2: Unwillingly
Option 3: Systematically
Option 4: Incidentally
Correct Answer: Systematically
The word randomly in the original sentence means that the candidates were chosen without any particular order or system, simply by chance.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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