Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : In a class of 60 students, 20 are girls. The average weight of the boys in the class is 40 kg, while that of all the girls is 35 kg. What is the average weight (in kg) of the entire class (correct to two decimal places)?
Option 1: 36.67
Option 2: 38.33
Option 3: 33.33
Option 4: 40.67
Correct Answer: 38.33
Solution : In a class of 60 students, 20 are girls. Number of boys = 60 – 20 = 40 The average weight of the boys in the class is 40 kg. Total weight of the boys in the class = 40 × 40 = 1600 The
Question : Directions: Three of the following four-letter clusters are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd one out.
Option 1: EHV
Option 2: BEY
Option 3: JMP
Option 4: GJT
Correct Answer: JMP
Solution : Let's check the given options – First option: EHV→E + 3 = H; V is the opposite of E Second option: BEY→B + 3 = E; Y is the opposite of B Third option: JMP→J + 3 = M; Q is the opposite of J
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. The doctor asked her what medicine she had taken then.
Option 1: The doctor said to her, “What medicine have you taken now?”
Option 2: The doctor said to her, “What medicine you are taking now?”
Option 3: The doctor said to her, “What medicine you have taken then?”
Option 4: The doctor said to her, “What were medicine you have taken then?”
Correct Answer: The doctor said to her, “What medicine have you taken now?”
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The "direct form" refers to converting reported speech (indirect speech) back into the original speaker's exact words (direct speech).
The steps of conversion are as follows:
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. Changes to the earth's climate, driven by increased (1)______ of heat-trapping greenhouse gases, are already having widespread effects on the environment. Shrinking of glaciers and ice sheets, the occurrence of shifts in flower/plant blooming times, etc., are creating an overall (2)________ in the natural ecosystem. Conditions like the rise in sea levels and saltwater intrusion have advanced to the point where whole (3)__________ have had to relocate, while protracted droughts are putting people at risk of (4)________. The effects of human-caused global warming are (5)_______ for people alive today and will worsen as long as humans keep feeding greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: pregnancy
Option 2: famine
Option 3: overpopulation
Option 4: surgery
Correct Answer: famine
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Famine refers to an extreme scarcity of food in a region, often resulting in widespread hunger and starvation. In the context of the passage, it accurately conveys that protracted droughts are putting people at risk of food
Question : Directions: Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : According to the given figure series – 1. The number of overlapping circles in each figure decreases by one. In Figure 1, there are 9 overlapping circles; in Figure 2, there are 8 overlapping circles; in Figure 3 there are 7 overlapping circles. Similarly, in Figure
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Memory
Option 1: Suppress
Option 2: Oblivion
Option 3: Retrospection
Option 4: Impart
Correct Answer: Oblivion
Explanation:
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
She angrily broke up the letter.
(1) tore up
(2) break up
(3) teared up
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
"Tore up" means to destroy a document by tearing it into pieces, and it fits correctly in the sentence, conveying the intended meaning that she destroyed the letter in bits and pieces in anger.
The meanings
Question : Some words in the following sentence have been underlined and given as options. Select the option that contains a spelling error.
He is an audacious entrepreneur who started his own business with the bear minimum.
Option 1: business
Option 2: audacious
Option 3: entrepreneur
Option 4: bear
Correct Answer: bear
Solution : The option that contains a spelling error is the fourth option.
Explanation: The correct word in this context should be bare, which means minimal or simple and is often used to describe the minimum or essential requirements. Bear refers to the large mammal, and
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.
By morning, the fury of the floods ______.
Option 1: ebbed
Option 2: receded
Option 3: retired
Option 4: abated
Correct Answer: abated
Solution : The correct answer is in option four.
The correct sentence is: "By morning, the fury of the floods abated."
This sentence is effective because it conveys the destructive power of the floods and the relief that the people felt when the floods began to
Question : The term 'Green GNP ' emphasises
Option 1: rapid growth of GNP
Option 2: increase in per capita income
Option 3: economic development
Option 4: sustainable development
Correct Answer: sustainable development
Solution : Correct Answer is Sustainable Development
the kind of income a group derives from environmentally friendly business ventures. The Contribution of Education to the Achieving of Sustainable Development. Sustainable Development is emphasized by the term "Green GNP." An economic metric called the "green national product"
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