Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : The most productive ecosystem in the biosphere is:
Option 1: Desert
Option 2: Open Ocean
Option 3: Estuary
Option 4: Tundra
Correct Answer: Estuary
Solution : The correct option isEstuary.
Because of the mixing of freshwater and saltwater, estuaries are the most productive ecosystems in the biosphere. An estuary is a partly contained body of water along the coast where freshwater from rivers and streams meets saltwater from the ocean. Estuaries
Question : The area of the parallelogram whose length is 30 cm, width is 20 cm and one diagonal is 40 cm is:
Option 1: $200\sqrt{15}\text{ cm}^{2}$
Option 2: $100\sqrt{15}\text{ cm}^{2}$
Option 3: $300\sqrt{15}\text{ cm}^{2}$
Option 4: $150\sqrt{15}\text{ cm}^{2}$
Correct Answer: $150\sqrt{15}\text{ cm}^{2}$
Solution : In $\triangle$ ABD, AB = 20 cm. AD = 30 cm. BD = 40 cm Semi perimeter (s) = $\frac{a+b+c}{2}$ = $\frac{20+30+40}{2}$ = 45 cm Now, the area of $\triangle$ABD = $\sqrt{s(s - a)(s - b)(s - c)}$ = $\sqrt{45(45 - 20)(45 - 30)(45
Question : If $a^3=117+b^3$ and $a=3+b$, then the value of $(a+b)$ is:
Option 1: $\pm 7$
Option 2: $\pm 49$
Option 3: $\pm 13$
Option 4: $0$
Correct Answer: $\pm 7$
Solution : Given: $a^{3} - b^{3} = 117$ and $a - b = 3$ We know, $(a^{3} - b^{3}) = (a - b)(a^{2} + b^{2} + ab)$ $⇒(a^{3} - b^{3}) = (a - b)[(a - b)^{2} + 3ab]$ $⇒117 = 3[3^{2} + 3ab]$ $⇒39 = [3^{2}
Question : If $8 \cot A = 7$, then find $\sin A$.
Option 1: $\frac{7}{15}$
Option 2: $\frac{8}{\sqrt{113}}$
Option 3: $\frac{7}{8}$
Option 4: $\frac{8}{7}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{8}{\sqrt{113}}$
Solution : Given: $8 \cot A = 7$ ⇒ $\cot A = \frac{7}{8}$ We know that $\operatorname{cosec^2 A}-\cot^2A=1$ ⇒ $\operatorname{cosec^2 A}- (\frac{7}{8})^2=1$ ⇒ $\operatorname{cosec^2 A}=1+\frac{49}{64}$ ⇒ $\operatorname{cosec A}=\sqrt{\frac{113}{64}}=\frac{\sqrt{113}}{8}$ ⇒ $\sin A=\frac{8}{\sqrt{113}}$ Hence, the correct answer is $\frac{8}{\sqrt{113}}$.
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).
I want to admit in a university in the US.
(1) go
(2) enter
(3) enrol
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the third option "enrol".
This helps improve the sentence by using the appropriate verb "enrol" to convey the action of getting accepted into a university or registering for courses.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Comprehension: In the given passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number.
In August every year, thousands of twins descend on a town in Ohio called Twinsburg, named by identical twin brothers 1.________ two centuries ago. The Twins Days Festival is a three-day 2.________ consisting of talent shows and look-alike 3.__________ that has become one of the world's 4.___________ gatherings of twins. There have been 5.____________festivals in Nigeria, a country where 1 in 22 births to the Yoruba people 6.____________ twins, identical or fraternal, which is a much higher 7. ___________than anywhere else in the world. This has been 8.___________ to the eating of yams, but the theory is 9.__________ Biomedical researchers attend these events, regarding them as a 10.____________ opportunity to conduct surveys and experiments.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 9.
Option 1: suspected
Option 2: disputed
Option 3: projected
Option 4: accepted
Correct Answer: disputed
Solution : The second option is the correct answer.
We can say that the implied meaning of the sentence is that the eating of yams has been attributed to the birth of twins by the Yoruba people, but the theory is subject to disagreement. According to the
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given combination when the mirror is placed at PQ as shown below.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line PQ). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Transgression
Option 1: Violation
Option 2: Success
Option 3: Virtue
Option 4: Metamorphosis
Correct Answer: Violation
Solution : The most appropriate synonym for the word is the first option.
A transgression is a violation of a law, rule, or code of conduct. Violation is a synonym for transgression. It means the breach of a law, rule, or standard, indicating a failure to
Question : The substrate of photorespiration is:
Option 1: Fructose
Option 2: Pyruvic acid
Option 3: Glycolate
Option 4: Glucose
Correct Answer: Glycolate
Solution : The correct answer is Glycolate.
Photorespiration is a biological process that happens in plants as a part of Calvin Cycle. It happens in peroxisomes and mitochondria. In this process carbon dioxide is released. It usually happens when oxygen concentration is high.
First product of photorespiration
Question : Directions: Select the word pair that best represents a similar relationship to the one expressed in the given pair of words. (The words must be considered meaningful English words and must not be related to each other based on the number of letters/number of consonants/vowels in the word.) Thermometer : Temperature
Option 1: Glucometer : Measure
Option 2: Odometer : Car
Option 3: Oximeter : Oxygen level of blood
Option 4: Pedometer : Bone Fractures
Correct Answer: Oximeter : Oxygen level of blood
Solution : Given: Thermometer : Temperature (This depicts the relation between the instrument and its uses.)
First option: Glucometer : Measure; A glucometer is used to measure how much sugar is in the blood sample not a unit or measure. Second option:
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