Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the misspelt word.
Option 1: foreiner
Option 2: conjure
Option 3: summon
Option 4: intrigue
Correct Answer: foreiner
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The word "foriener" is an incorrectly spelt word that misses the letter "g" in it. The correctly spelt word is foreigner, which refers to a person who belongs to a country that is not your own.
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Question : Directions: Which of the following is a leap year?
Option 1: 1076
Option 2: 1675
Option 3: 1354
Option 4: 1998
Correct Answer: 1076
Solution : A year is a leap year if it is divisible by 4 and a century year is a leap year if it is divisible by 400.
Let's check the options – First option: 1076; 1076 ÷ 4 = 269; 1076 is divisible by 4. Second
Question : Which Article of the Constitution of India empowers a high court to issue a writ?
Option 1: Article 132
Option 2: Article 226
Option 3: Article 143
Option 4: Article 32
Correct Answer: Article 226
Solution : The correct answer is Article 226.
Article 226 gives the High Court the authority to make instructions, orders, or writs for the enforcement of fundamental rights.
A High Court has the authority to issue instructions, orders, or writs to enforce a fundamental right
Question : Which organ gets affected by Weil's disease?
Option 1: Liver
Option 2: Lung
Option 3: Heart
Option 4: Kidney
Correct Answer: Kidney
Solution : The correct option is Kidney.
Weil's disease, known as leptospirosis, is a bacterial infection primarily spread to humans by contact with polluted water or soil from diseased animals, mainly rats. The kidneys are the primary organs affected by Weil's illness. It can cause renal
Question : Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%. Then, the increase or decrease in the expenditure of money is:
Option 1: 5% decrease
Option 2: 4% decrease
Option 3: No change
Option 4: 4% increase
Correct Answer: 4% decrease
Solution : Given: Water tax is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20% For $a$% increase and $b$% decrease, the equivalent change is = $(a - b - \frac{a×b}{100})$% So, the equivalent change in expenditure = (20 – 20 – $\frac{20×20}{100}$)% = –$\frac{400}{100}$%
Question : The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60°. After flying for 30 seconds, the angle of elevation changes to 30°. If the aeroplane is flying at a height of 4500 metres, then what is the speed (in m/s) of an aeroplane?
Option 1: $50\sqrt3$
Option 2: $100\sqrt3$
Option 3: $200\sqrt3$
Option 4: $300\sqrt3$
Correct Answer: $100\sqrt3$
Solution : Given: The angle of elevation of an aeroplane from a point on the ground is 60° and the height is 4500 metres. Let the base length be $B_{1}$ when the elevation is 60° and the Base length is $B_{2}$ when the elevation is 30°. $\tan
Question : The first English Factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the River “Hooghly” in ______.
Option 1: 1671
Option 2: 1641
Option 3: 1661
Option 4: 1651
Correct Answer: 1651
Solution : The correct answer is 1651.
The first English factory in Bengal was set up on the banks of the Hooghly in 1651. The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory for the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal in 1757, and
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
The moon are full and the stars are out.
(1) The moon are full
(2) and the stars
(3) are out.
(4) No Error
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The error is in the first option.
The subject is the entity about which we are talking while the verb describes the subject's action or state. "The moon" is a singular entity, which must have a singular verb and the verb "is" is a singular
Question : Describe how you will tell your friends that someone has picked Suman's pocket in the passive voice.
Option 1: Someone has being picked Suman's pocket.
Option 2: Suman's pocket had picked.
Option 3: Suman's pocket been picked.
Option 4: Suman's pocket has been picked.
Correct Answer: Suman's pocket has been picked.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive voice.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word.
Her sudden arrival has disarranged my plans.
Option 1: Timing
Option 2: Entrance
Option 3: Departure
Option 4: Appearance
Correct Answer: Departure
"Arrival" refers to the act of coming to a place or reaching a place.
"Departure" is the opposite of arrival, referring to the act of leaving or going away from a place.
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