Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Noted dancer Birju Maharaj bagged the Filmfare award for best Choreographer for which film in 2016?
Option 1: Befikre
Option 2: Dangal
Option 3: Mohenjo-daro
Option 4: Bajirao Mastani
Correct Answer: Bajirao Mastani
Solution : The correct option is Bajirao Mastani
Birju Maharaj, a well-known dancer, won the Filmfare Award for Best Choreographer in 2016 for his work on the film Bajirao Mastani. Maharaj was a legendary Kathak dancer and choreographer, and his work on Bajirao Mastani was much
Question : If $\left \{ \frac{1}{2}(a-b) \right \}^{2}+ab=p(a+b)^{2}$, the value of $p$ is:
Option 1: $p=4$
Option 2: $p=\frac{1}{2}$
Option 3: $p=\frac{1}{4}$
Option 4: $p=2$
Correct Answer: $p=\frac{1}{4}$
Solution : Given: $\left \{ \frac{1}{2}(a–b) \right \}^{2}+ab=p(a+b)^{2}$ ⇒ $\frac{1}{4}(a - b)^2 + ab = p(a + b)^2$ Multiplying 4 on both sides, ⇒ $4 × \frac{1}{4}(a - b)^2 + 4ab = 4p(a + b)^2$ ⇒ $(a - b)^2 + 4ab = 4p(a + b)^2$ ⇒ $a^2
Question : Directions: In this question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at 1, 2, and 3 which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed your answer is 4.
I have still to meet a person who is perfectly satisfied with his job.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
It can be improved for clarity by using "am yet to meet" instead of "have still to meet", as "yet to meet" means that the speaker hasn't met a person till the current point in time.
Therefore,
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. Socrates is flying. No, he is (1)_____ The wings behind him beat in a calming rhythm (2)_____ the cool air rushes past. His wings are all that matter, (3)_____ at the rushing like the sails of some great sea vessel, the feathery appendages he is and he will ever want to be. His back muscles flex with the (4)_____ that takes him high above the ground. He feels the effort, of course, but sweeping into the sky does not require much of one. The (5)_______ is pleasurable, even exhilarating. With flight, there is freedom beyond description, an ecstasy bordering on emotion. Select the most appropriate option to fill in blank no. 5.
Option 1: sensation
Option 2: indignation
Option 3: lamination
Option 4: perversion
Correct Answer: sensation
Solution : The correct answer is the first option, i.e., sensation.
The word "sensation" is the most appropriate choice to fill in the blank because it fits the context of the sentence. In this context, the sentence is describing the experience or feeling associated with flight. "Sensation"
Question : Which water body separates Andaman in the north and Nicobar in the south?
Option 1: Ten Degree Channel
Option 2: Eight Degree Channel
Option 3: Eleven Degree Channel
Option 4: Nine Degree Channel
Correct Answer: Ten Degree Channel
Solution : The correct answer is Ten Degree Channel.
The Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands are separated from one another in the Bay of Bengal by a channel known as the Ten Degree Channel. Together, the two island groups make up the Andaman and Nicobar
Question : Select the correct passive form of the given sentence. The indentured labourers fix the roads.
Option 1: The roads was fixed by indentured labourers.
Option 2: The roads were fixed by indentured labourers.
Option 3: The roads are fixed by indentured labourers.
Option 4: The roads were being fixed by indentured labourers.
Correct Answer: The roads are fixed by indentured labourers.
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
Question : D and E are two points on the sides AC and BC, respectively of $\triangle ABC$ such that DE = 18 cm, CE = 5 cm, and $\angle$DEC = 90º. If $ \tan\angle$ABC = 3.6, then AC : CD = ?
Option 1: BC : 2CE
Option 2: 2CE : BC
Option 3: 2BC : CE
Option 4: CE : 2BC
Correct Answer: 2BC : CE
Solution : Based on the question, we draw a figure of $\triangle$ ABC, $\angle$DEC = 90° DE = 18 cm CE = 5 cm ⇒ $\tan\angle$DCE $=\frac{DE}{CE}=\frac{18}{5}=$ 3.6 ⇒ $\tan\angle$ABC = 3.6 ⇒ $\angle$DCE = $\angle$ABC $\therefore$ AC = AB $\angle$DCE + $\angle$CDE = 90°
Question :
Saliva helps in the digestion of :
Option 1:
fats
Option 2:
starch
Option 3:
proteins
Option 4: vitamins
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct answer is starch
When you start chewing, saliva glands in your mouth and throat begin to secrete. The sight or scent of food might initiate this process. The drink promotes digestion, moisturises the mouth, prevents infections in the mouth and throat, and protects
Question : Directions: If 37 * 14 = 17, 69 * 33 = 34, 91 * 125 = 72, then what should be the value of 28 * 56 = ?
Option 1: 26
Option 2: 42
Option 3: 34
Option 4: 28
Correct Answer: 28
Solution : Given: 37 * 14 = 17 69 * 33 = 34 91 * 125 = 72
(37 * 14) = 17→(37 + 14) ÷ 3 = 51 ÷ 3 = 17 (69 * 33) = 34→(69 + 33) ÷ 3 = 102 ÷ 3 =
Question : Directions: Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
Option 4:
Solution : The pattern followed in the figure series is as follows – 1. The arrow in the top left is rotating 90° in a clockwise direction. 2. The arrow in the top right is rotating 90° in an anticlockwise direction. 3. The triangle in the bottom left
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