Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence.
She suggested that we should distribute food among the needy.
Option 1: She ordered, "Distribute food among the needy."
Option 2: She said, "Let them distribute food among the needy."
Option 3: She said, "Let us distribute food among the needy."
Option 4: She said, "We could distribute food among the needy."
Correct Answer: She said, "Let us distribute food among the needy."
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
Question : The central bank may________ to discourage credit in the economy.
Option 1: decrease CRR
Option 2: buy securities in an open market
Option 3: reduce SLR
Option 4: increase bank rate
Correct Answer: increase bank rate
Solution : The correct option is to increase the bank rate.
Bank rates influence the lending rates of commercial banks. Higher bank rates will translate to higher lending rates by the banks. To curb liquidity, the central bank can resort to raising the bank
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
Does Sneha not lick the butter?
Option 1: Is the butter being licked by Sneha?
Option 2: Is the butter not licked by Sneha?
Option 3: Sneha does not lick the butter?
Option 4: Was Sneha not licking the butter?
Correct Answer: Is the butter not licked by Sneha?
Solution : The correct answer is the second 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
Question : The average marks of 72 students are shown as 69. It includes a wrong entry of 45 marks instead of 54 marks. The correct average is:
Option 1: 68.875 marks
Option 2: 69.125 marks
Option 3: 68.625 marks
Option 4: 69.375 marks
Correct Answer: 69.125 marks
Solution : Given : The average marks of 72 students are shown as 69. Total marks of the student: 72 × 69 = 4968 Wrong entry of 45 marks instead of 54. Difference made by the wrong entry of 45 marks instead of 54 marks: 54
Question : Select the most appropriate option to improve the underlined segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'No improvement'.
He turned a deaf ear on the advices of his parents.
Option 1: No improvement
Option 2: to the advice
Option 3: at the advices
Option 4: on the advice
Correct Answer: to the advice
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Advice is an uncountable noun, and it does not have a plural form. Uncountable nouns don't take an "s" to indicate plurality. Additionally, when indicating the source or origin of the advice, the preposition to is
Question : The National Archives of India came up in the ______.
Option 1: 1930s
Option 2: 1910s
Option 3: 1920s
Option 4: 1900s
Correct Answer: 1920s
Solution : The correct answer is the 1920s.
The National Archives of India was established in the 1920s to address the need for a centralised agency to conserve and administer historical archives. Its founding has played a critical role in fostering historical study and safeguarding India's
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure (X) is embedded as its part (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of the question figure with all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the second option figure.
Hence, the second option is
Question : Directions: A series is given below with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. FED, IHG, LKJ, ONM, ?
Option 1: MKJ
Option 2: VUT
Option 3: CBA
Option 4: RQP
Correct Answer: RQP
Solution : Given: FED, IHG, LKJ, ONM, ?
In the given series, add 3 to the place value of the letters of the previous term to obtain the next term – FED→F + 3 = I; E + 3 = H; D + 3 = G IHG→I
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. We should sorted out / the problem ourselves / rather than depending / on the third party.
Option 1: rather than depending
Option 2: the problem ourselves
Option 3: We should sorted out
Option 4: on the third party
Correct Answer: We should sorted out
Solution : The third option is correct.
The correct verb form to use after should is the base form of the verb (in this case, sort), not the past participle form (sorted).
So, the corrected sentence is: "We should sort
Question : A circle is inscribed in $\triangle $PQR touching the sides QR, PR and PQ at the points S, U and T, respectively. PQ = (QR + 5) cm, PQ = (PR + 2) cm. If the perimeter of $\triangle $PQR is 32 cm, then PR is equal to:
Option 1: 10 cm
Option 2: 13 cm
Option 3: 8 cm
Option 4: 11 cm
Correct Answer: 11 cm
Solution : ⇒ PQ = (QR + 5) cm ⇒ PQ = (PR + 2) cm From the above two equations, ⇒ PR = (QR +3) cm The perimeter of $\triangle $PQR is 32 cm. ⇒ PQ + QR + PR = 32 cm ⇒ PQ
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