Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : The area of the triangle formed by the graph of the straight lines $x-y=0$, $x+y=2$, and the $x$-axis is:
Option 1: 1 sq. unit
Option 2: 2 sq. units
Option 3: 4 sq. units
Option 4: 5 sq. units
Correct Answer: 1 sq. unit
Solution : Given: The straight lines $x-y=0$, $x+y=2$. By substituting $x=y$ in the equation $x+y=2$ , we get, $2y=2$ ⇒ $y=1$ and therefore, $x$ = 1 The point of intersection of two lines is $(1,1)$. By substituting $y=0$ in the equation $x+y=2$, we get, $x+0=2$
Question : The salary of Mohit is 60 percent more than Vijay's. Salary of Vijay is how much percent less than Mohit?
Option 1: 42.5%
Option 2: 47.5%
Option 3: 45%
Option 4: 37.5%
Correct Answer: 37.5%
Solution : Given: The salary of Mohit is 60 percent more than Vijay's. $\text{Percentage}=\frac{\text{Difference}}{\text{The larger value}}\times 100$ Let the Vijay's salary be INR 100. Mohit's salary = 100 + 60% of 100 = 100 + 60 = INR 160 The salary of Vijay and less than Mohit's,
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
The basic elements of computers that (1)____ our world are explained in an interactive manner. The book has a (2)____ approach of colourful and creative picture-based activities. The puzzles, activities, and mazes (3)____ the students to develop critical thinking, logical and motor skills. After every lesson, (4)____ exercises are incorporated to (5)___ the conceptual understanding of the students.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no.3.
Option 1: help
Option 2: helped
Option 3: helps
Option 4: had helped
Correct Answer: help
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
"The puzzles, activities, and mazes" is a plural subject. As per the subject-verb agreement, the verb should be in the plural form, and thus "help" is the appropriate verb form to be used.
The other options change the
Question : Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent paragraph. A. The movement began in reaction to the ugliness of the industrial age. B. This idea was amplified by JW von Goethe, JL Tieck and others in Germany. C. Aestheticism was a European arts movement which centred on the doctrine that art exists for the sake of its beauty alone. D. Its philosophical foundations were laid in the 18th century by Immanuel Kant.
Option 1: BADC
Option 2: CADB
Option 3: CBDA
Option 4: ADBC
Correct Answer: CADB
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
First, we introduce the subject in the sentence (C), which is the Aestheticism movement. Then we give some supporting information in sentence (A) that the movement began in reaction to the industrial age. Then we talk about the
Question : Simplify: $\frac{533 bxaz}{41ab}$
Option 1: $17xzb$
Option 2: $19xz$
Option 3: $13xz$
Option 4: $31ab$
Correct Answer: $13xz$
Solution : Given: $\frac{533 bxaz}{4lab}$ $=\frac{533}{41}×\frac{(ab)xz}{ab}$ $=13xz$ Hence, the correct answer is $13xz$.
Question : Select the option that contains a grammatical error in the underlined portion.
There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Option 1: There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Option 2: There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Option 3: There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Option 4: There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Correct Answer: There are three cupholders placed on the cupboards of the secretariat table.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
As we know, a preposition like "on" is used when something is placed on the surface of a cupboard, and "in" is used when something is
Question : The natural disaster in which carbon - di - oxide suddenly erupts from a deep lake water is known as ___________.
Option 1: Lacaustrine
Option 2: Fluvial
Option 3: Glacial
Option 4: Liminic
Correct Answer: Liminic
Solution : The correct answer is Limnic.
Deep lakes and glaciers have carbon di oxide burnt under them. If the stored carbon dioxide suddenly erupts this phenomenon is known as Limnic. It is a very rare phenomenon in which the carbon dioxide stored in the sea depths
Question : The force (in pound-force) needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies directly with the weight of the car (in pounds) and the square of its speed (in miles per hour [mph]) and inversely with the radius (in feet) of the curve. Suppose 6125 pound-force is required to keep a 2750 pound car, travelling at a speed of 35 mph, from skidding on a curve of radius 550 feet. How much pound-force is then required to keep a 3600-pound car, travelling at a speed of 50 mph, from skidding on a curve of radius 750 feet?
Option 1: 11960
Option 2: 12150
Option 3: 12240
Option 4: 12000
Correct Answer: 12000
Solution : The force ($F$) needed to keep a car from skidding on a curve varies jointly as the weight of the car ($w$) and the square of the car's speed ($s$) and inversely as the radius of the curve ($r$). $F = k[\frac{ws^2}{r}]$ Given: Force of
Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
A person who compiles a dictionary.
Option 1: Plagiarist
Option 2: Iconoclast
Option 3: Bibliophile
Option 4: Lexicographer
Correct Answer: Lexicographer
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Lexicographer: A person who compiles, edits, or studies dictionaries and lexicons, specialising in the definition, etymology, and usage of words and their meanings.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Directions: A paper is folded and cut as shown below. How will it appear when unfolded?
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.
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