Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'No improvement'.
Can you advice to me on this matter?
Option 1: advise me
Option 2: No improvement
Option 3: advise to me
Option 4: advising me
Correct Answer: advise me
Solution : The correct option is the first option.
The verb advise is used as a transitive verb, and when it follows a modal verb like can, it should be directly followed by the object pronoun, which in this case is me.
Therefore, the
Question : The value of $\cot41°.\cot42°.\cot43°.\cot44°.\cot45°.\cot46°.\cot47°.\cot48°.\cot49°$ is:
Option 1: $1$
Option 2: $0$
Option 3: $\frac{\sqrt3}{2}$
Option 4: $\frac{1}{\sqrt2}$
Correct Answer: $1$
Solution : Given: $\cot41°.\cot42°.\cot43°.\cot44°.\cot45°.\cot46°.\cot47°.\cot48°.\cot49°$$=\cot41°.\cot42°.\cot43°.\cot44°.\cot45°.\tan(90°-46°).\tan(90°-47°).\tan(90°-48°).\tan(90°-49°)$$=\cot41°\cot42°.\cot43°.\cot44°.\cot45°.\tan(44°).\tan(43°).\tan(42°).\tan(41°)$$=\cot41°.\tan41°.\cot42°.\tan42°.\cot43°.\tan43°.\cot44°.\tan44°.\cot45°$$= 1 × 1 × 1 × 1 × 1=1$ Hence, the correct answer is 1.
Question : Who has authored the book ' Straight from the Heart'?
Option 1: Amrita Pritam
Option 2: Raj Mohan Gandhi
Option 3: Kapil Dev
Option 4: R.K. Karanjia
Correct Answer: Kapil Dev
Solution : The Correct Answer is Kapil Dev
Kapil Dev wrote his autobiography, Straight From Heart. The entire book discusses various events in Kapil Dev's life. Former cricketer Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj is an Indian. He was a powerful middle-order hitter and one of the best
Question : Movement of hairs in Drosera is referred to as
Option 1: Heliotropism
Option 2: Thigmotropism
Option 3: Photonastic
Option 4: Seismonastic
Correct Answer: Thigmotropism
Solution : The correct option is Thigmotropism.
The movement of hairs in plants such as Drosera (commonly known as sundews) in reaction to human touch or contact is known as "thigmotropism." Thigmotropism is a form of tropism, which is the growth response of a plant to a
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select ‘No improvement’.
He has hardly some near friends.
Option 1: few close
Option 2: many near
Option 3: No improvement
Option 4: any close
Correct Answer: any close
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Some near should be replaced with any close to make the sentence grammatically accurate. Hardly any is the correct idiomatic usage, which means very little or a few. This helps convey the intended meaning that he
Question : If the length of the diagonal of a cube is $7 \sqrt{3} \mathrm{~cm}$, then the surface area of the cube is_____.
Option 1: 216 cm2
Option 2: 256 cm2
Option 3: 284 cm2
Option 4: 294 cm2
Correct Answer: 294 cm2
Solution : We know that the diagonal of a cube = a$\sqrt3$ According to the question, a$\sqrt3$ = 7$\sqrt{3}$ ⇒ a = 7 Now, the Surface area of the cube = 6a2 = 6(7)2 = 294 cm2 Hence, the correct answer is
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.
Krisda's stories ____________me very strangely.
Option 1: effected
Option 2: affected
Option 3: changed
Option 4: afflicted
Correct Answer: affected
Solution : The correct answer is in option two.
The correct sentence is: Krisda's stories affected me very strangely.
Affected means to have an influence on something. In this context, it means that Krisda's stories had a strong impact on the speaker.
Question : Sea water is salter than rainwater because
Option 1: sea animals are salt-producing
Option 2: the air around the sea is salty
Option 3: rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea
Option 4: sea beds have salt-producing mines
Correct Answer: rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea
Solution : The correct option is rivers wash away the salts from the Earth and pour them into the sea.
Rainwater is relatively clean, with few dissolved minerals. Rainwater, on the other hand, gathers
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the sixth term is related to the fifth term. 25 : 264 :: 31 : ? :: 49 : 456
Option 1: 312
Option 2: 314
Option 3: 297
Option 4: 961
Correct Answer: 312
Solution : Given: 25 : 264 :: 31 : ? :: 49 : 456
Like, 25 : 264→(25 × 8) + (8)2 = 200 + 64 = 264 49 : 456→(49 × 8) + (8)2 = 392 + 64 = 456 Similarly, for 31 :
Question : Directions: Which figure will complete the pattern in the given figure in the question?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : On comparing the question figure and all the answer figures, the following figure will combine and make the complete pattern –
Hence, the first option is correct.
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