Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : What is the distance of the penalty mark from the midpoint of the goalpost in football?
Option 1: 10 m
Option 2: 15 m
Option 3: 11 m
Option 4: 13 m
Correct Answer: 11 m
Solution : The correct option is 11 m.
A penalty mark is made 11 metres (12 yards) from the halfway point between the goalposts within each penalty area. Outside the penalty area, an arc of a circle with a radius of 9.15 metres (10 yards)
Question : A man sells two articles at Rs. 9,975 each. He gains 5% on one article and loses 5% on the other. Find his overall gain or loss.
Option 1: Loss Rs. 60
Option 2: Profit Rs. 50
Option 3: Profit Rs. 60
Option 4: Loss Rs. 50
Correct Answer: Loss Rs. 50
Solution : A man sells two articles at Rs. 9,975 each. Total selling price = Rs. 9975 × 2 = Rs. 19950 He gains 5% on one article. Cost price of that article $=\frac{100}{105}×9975=9500$ He loses 5% on the other article. Cost price of that
Question : Which river serves the largest cultivable area ?
Option 1: Ganga
Option 2: Saryu
Option 3: Godavari
Option 4: Krishna
Correct Answer: Ganga
Solution : The correct answer is Ganga.
River Ganga rises from Gomukh in Gangotri glacier and drains into Bay Of Bengal by forming a delta with the river Brahmaputra which is known as Sunderban delta. There are 11 states in the drainage basin of Ganga river, they
Question : Comprehension: Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it. Quarantine and self-isolation need not be monotonous and stifling. They can be the gateway to work, be it in the arts or the sciences, that define the history of the world. Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, John Milton and Lord Byron used much time to add to their formidable body of work in science and literature. It was not called lockdown in their time, but they spent long spells in isolation when medicine was not as developed as it is now. The University of Cambridge, where all four were studied, delved into its archives to collate their activities during such periods of isolation centuries ago. Isaac Newton (Trinity College): Considered Trinity’s most accomplished alumni, he exemplified productivity during a pandemic. Like many in Cambridge during the Great Plague of 1655-56, he retreated to the countryside to escape the disease-ridden city and spent two extended periods at his family home in rural Lincolnshire. Newton thrived in isolation, and later described it as one of the most productive times in his life, finding the space to reflect on and develop his theories on optics, calculus, and the law of motion and gravity. It was during this time that he conducted his famous prism experiment. “He bored a hole through his window shutters to produce a single, thin beam of light to pass through two prisms, proving for the first time that prisms did not create colours, but merely separated colours that were already there,” the university’s researcher, Alisha Matthewson-Grand, wrote. “Indeed, Newton was so intellectually transformed by his period of isolation that later commentators have referred to his time away from Cambridge as his annus mirabilis, or his year of wonders.” Charles Darwin (Christ’s College): Darwin’s experience with isolation was not the result of a pandemic but his own chronic ill health. He suffered from a myriad of unexplained symptoms, including vertigo, vomiting, cramps, fatigue, anxiety and visual disturbances. He noted in his autobiography of 1876 that “few persons can have lived a more retired life than we [Darwin and his wife Emma] have done. Besides short visits to the houses of relations, and occasionally to the seaside or elsewhere, we have gone nowhere.” Darwin believed that periods of isolation and ill health helped his career. At home, he was free from the demands placed on other scientists (teaching, administrative work), and thus able to devote himself entirely to research; he wrote: “Ill-health, though it has annihilated several years of my life, has saved me from the distractions of society and amusement.” Lord Byron (Trinity College): In 1811, Lord Byron was forced to quarantine in Malta after returning from a cholera-ravaged Greece. He was furious at the prospect of spending 40 days in lockdown, a measure he considered to be draconian and unnecessary. While confined, he wrote ‘Farewell to Malta’, a satirical poem attacking the island for (among other things) “Its smoky towns and cloudy sky” and its “cursed street of stairs”. He references his quarantine explicitly in the first verse “Adieu, thou damned’st quarantine / That gave me fever, and the spleen!’. John Milton (Christ’s College): The author of ‘Paradise Lost’ spent some time away from Cambridge as a first-year undergraduate in 1626, when the town was hit by bubonic plague. He was home in London when he wrote Elegia Prima, his first Latin elegy. The work is an early example of his aptitude for verse composition, as well as his impressive flair for comedy. Question: The central idea of the passage is that:
Option 1: scientific theories can be formulated only in quarantine
Option 2: some great works have come out of quarantine
Option 3: quarantine makes one ill and inactive
Option 4: quarantine is monotonous and stifling
Correct Answer: some great works have come out of quarantine
Solution : The second option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Many students do not _____________ attention in botany class.
Option 1: exhibit
Option 2: drive
Option 3: pay
Option 4: trace
Correct Answer: pay
Solution : The third option is correct.
Here, pay attention is a common phrase that means to focus on or concentrate on something. The verb pay is used with attention to convey the idea of actively giving one's attention to a particular subject or activity.
Therefore, the
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 first option is correct.
Question : The Supreme Court ordered its registry to work out a mechanism to remove the personal details of persons entangled in matrimonial litigation. This decision was taken to recognise which right is part of the ‘right to privacy’.
Option 1: Right to practice religion
Option 2: Right to be forgotten
Option 3: Right to division of power
Option 4: Right to live
Correct Answer: Right to be forgotten
Solution : The correct option is Right to be forgotten.
In the context of matrimonial litigation, the disclosure of personal details can often involve sensitive and private information about individuals and their families. The Supreme Court's directive to remove such personal details is aimed
Question : The most abundant metal in the Earth's crust is
Option 1: zinc
Option 2: copper
Option 3: Aluminium
Option 4: Iron
Correct Answer: Aluminium
Solution : The correct option is Aluminium.
Aluminium is the most prevalent metal in the Earth's crust, accounting for approximately 8.23% of its weight. It is a crucial and frequently used metal recognised for its low weight, corrosion resistance, and high conductivity.
Question : Directions: A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. ABCD, CUKA, ENSX, GGAU, ?
Option 1: IQRT
Option 2: MNOQ
Option 3: IRQT
Option 4: IZIR
Correct Answer: IZIR
Solution : Given: ABCD, CUKA, ENSX, GGAU, ?
In the given series, add 2 and 8 to the place value of the first and third letters and subtract 7 and 3 from the place value of the second and fourth letters of the previous term to obtain
Question : A cuboid of sides 12 cm, 18 cm, and 27 cm is melted to form a cube. What is the ratio of the total surface area of the cuboid to that of the cube?
Option 1: $18 : 17$
Option 2: $17 : 19$
Option 3: $19 : 18$
Option 4: $17 : 23$
Correct Answer: $19 : 18$
Solution : Volume of cuboid = 12 × 18 × 27 = 5832 cm3 Let $a$ be the side of a cube. Volume of cube = $a^3$ = 5832 ⇒ $a$ = $\sqrt[3]{5832}$ = 18 cm Surface area of the cuboid = 2(12 ×
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