Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
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. A great fire (1)______ in London in 1666, which (2)____ the city and made around 1,00,000 people homeless. This fire is said to have begun in a pudding lane. It (3)____ through the crowded streets and wooden houses. However, after the fire, London was (4)___ with wider streets and improved water supplies. New buildings were (5)___ using bricks instead of wood. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank no. 3.
Option 1: glided
Option 2: carried
Option 3: swept
Option 4: pulled
Correct Answer: swept
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: "A great fire swept through the crowded streets and wooden houses." Swept, in this context, means that the fire moved rapidly and forcefully through the crowded streets and wooden houses, engulfing or spreading throughout the area.
Question : A cone and a cylinder with equal radii have equal volumes. The ratio of their heights is:
Option 1: 2 : 3
Option 2: 3 : 4
Option 3: 1 : 2
Option 4: 3 : 1
Correct Answer: 3 : 1
Solution : Let radius of cylinder = radius of cone = $r$ Volume of cylinder = $\pi r^2 h_1$ Volume of cone = $\frac{\pi r^2 h_2}3$ When the radius and volume are the same, ${(\pi r^2 h_1)}={(\frac{\pi r^2h_2}3)}$ ⇒ $\frac{h_2}{h_1}$ = 3 : 1 Hence,
Question : Siderosis is a disease caused by the inhalation of
Option 1: silica dust
Option 2: iron dust
Option 3: zinc dust
Option 4: coal dust
Correct Answer: iron dust
Solution : The correct option is iron dust.
Siderosis is a disease induced by inhaling iron or iron oxide particles, frequently caused by occupational exposure to iron dust or fumes. It primarily affects the lungs, causing inflammation, scarring and other respiratory complications. Workers in mining,
Question : Directions: In the following question, out of four alternatives, select the alternative that will improve the bracketed part of the sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select "No Improvement".
(One of the major drawback of cleanliness drives is) less action and more talks.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The appropriate answer is the first option as 'drawback' should be replaced with 'drawbacks' since the plural noun comes after the phrase 'one of the'.
The second option is grammatically incorrect as a singular subject should not be accompanied by plural helping verbs. Moreover, it
Question : An eudiometer measures
Option 1: atmospheric pressure
Option 2: time
Option 3: volume of gases
Option 4: vapour pressure
Correct Answer: volume of gases
Solution : The correct option is the volume of gases.
The volume of a gas mixture changes after a physical or chemical change, and a eudiometer is a laboratory instrument that monitors this change. It typically comes in two sizes, 50 mL and 100
Question : Who among the following received the MS Subbulakshmi Award from the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram for the year 2020?
Option 1: Harini
Option 2: Vani Jairam
Option 3: L.R.Eswari
Option 4: Saindhavi
Correct Answer: Vani Jairam
Solution : The Correct Option is Vani Jairam
Vani Jairam was named the recipient of the 2020 "M.S. Subbulakshmi Award" by the Tamil Nadu Eyal Isai Nataka Manram. This honor, which bears the name of the renowned Indian classical vocalist M.S. Subbulakshmi, is given to people
Question : Directions: Three different positions of the same standard dice are shown. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing 5.
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 1
Option 3: 6
Option 4: 3
Correct Answer: 6
Solution : According to the dice rule, if two or three positions of the same dice are given with two common faces but in different orientations, then out of those two common faces the faces that are not common are opposite to each other.
So, the opposite
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
He just needs to calm down a wee bit.
Option 1: understand
Option 2: agitate
Option 3: question
Option 4: dissipate
Correct Answer: agitate
Solution : The correct answer is the second option.
Agitate means to disturb or excite emotionally; it is the opposite of being calm. The word calm means to be peaceful, composed, or free from disturbance.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Understand: It relates
Question : ______ is the fundamental structural unit of living organisms.
Option 1: Organ system
Option 2: Tissue
Option 3: Organ
Option 4: Cell
Correct Answer: Cell
Solution : The correct answer is Cell.
The smallest structural element of a living thing is called a cell. That means that the 10 trillion cells in our body make possible all we can achieve. They serve an even greater purpose than just being so many.
Question : Directions: Which two signs should be interchanged to make the given equation correct? 81 + 3 ÷ 9 * 5 − 12 = 60
Option 1: ÷ and +
Option 2: + and ×
Option 3: ÷ and −
Option 4: + and −
Correct Answer: ÷ and +
Solution : Given: 81 + 3 ÷ 9 * 5 − 12 = 60
Replace the given signs in the options one by one with the original signs in the given equation. First option: ÷ and + = 81 ÷ 3 + 9 × 5
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