Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Indian musician Ravi Shankar won his first Grammy Award in 1968 for best chamber music performance for which of the following works done by him?
Option 1: West Meets East
Option 2: The Concert for Bangladesh
Option 3: The Sounds of India
Option 4: Full Circle – Carnegie Hall
Correct Answer: West Meets East
Solution : The correct answer is West Meets East.
Ravi Shankar, an Indian musician, earned his first Grammy Award for outstanding chamber music performance in 1968 for his work on the album West Meets East, a collaboration with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The record, which combines
Question : Directions: From the given alternative words, select the word that cannot be formed using the letters of the given word. ADMINISTRATION
Option 1: STRAIN
Option 2: TRADITION
Option 3: SITUATION
Option 4: RATION
Correct Answer: SITUATION
Solution : Given: ADMINISTRATION
Now, let's compare all the option words with the word ADMINISTRATION – First option: STRAIN; All the letters of STRAIN are present in the word ADMINISTRATION. Second option: TRADITION; All the letters of TRADITION are present in the word ADMINISTRATION. Third option: SITUATION;
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. bury the hatchet
Option 1: dig a grave
Option 2: hide a treasure
Option 3: forget pas quarrels
Option 4: sow the seeds
Correct Answer: forget pas quarrels
Solution : The third option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate homonym to fill in the blank. Please _____ more sugar to the juice so that it becomes sweeter.
Option 1: aide
Option 2: ad
Option 3: aid
Option 4: add
Correct Answer: add
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation:
Question : Which among the following will be a negative ion?
Option 1: If it has more electron than protons
Option 2: If it has more electrons than neutrons
Option 3: If it has more protons than electrons
Option 4: If it has more protons than neutrons
Correct Answer: If it has more electrons than neutrons
Solution : The correct answer is If it has more electrons than neutrons
Negative ions, or anions, arise when an atom or molecule gains one or more electrons. We call it electron gain. Certain elements are more likely to attract electrons
Question : 1024 bytes equals:
Option 1: 1 TB
Option 2: 1 GB
Option 3: 1 MB
Option 4: 1 KB
Correct Answer: 1 KB
Solution : The correct answer is 1 KB.
Computer is an electronic device which understands only binary language i.e. 0 and 1. 1 byte consists of 8 bits and 1024 bytes together form 1 kilobyte or 1 kB. The unit of memory is 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.
The massive ransomware attack that has crippled the e-hospital services of AIIMS, Delhi, highlights the (1)______ vulnerability of the country's healthcare infrastructure, and possibly other critical IT systems, to cyber criminals. The premier public healthcare institute (2)______ to around 15 lakh outpatients and 80,000 inpatients every year. Consequently, there are fears that the attackers could sell the now force-encrypted AIIMS databases that contain (3)______ information of patients-including political leaders, senior administrators, and judges, and their healthcare records on the Dark Web. Of course, what has happened to AlIMS is hardly a local phenomenon. A (4)_____ increase in cyberattacks on healthcare institutes worldwide (5)_____ during the Covid pandemic. The Indian healthcare sector was the second-most targeted globally. It is clear that Indian hospitals are vulnerable to cybersecurity. Government and hospitals need to use best practices to ward off future crises.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 4.
Option 1: grand
Option 2: weighty
Option 3: massive
Option 4: bulk
Correct Answer: massive
Solution : The most appropriate choice is the third option.
The sentence discusses the increase in cyberattacks on healthcare institutes worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. The term massive appropriately conveys the scale or extent of this increase in cyberattacks, as it means exceptionally large.
Question : Among the defects of eye, the shortsightedness is called
Option 1: coma
Option 2: hypermetropia
Option 3: myopia
Option 4: astigmatism
Correct Answer: myopia
Solution : The correct option is Myopia.
Myopia is the medical term for shortsightedness. It is a condition in which light rays from distant objects concentrate in front of, rather than on, the retina, resulting in impaired vision for distant objects. This is due to the eyeball
Question : Padma Shri awardee, Darshana Jhaveri is a ________ dancer of India.
Option 1: Kathakali
Option 2: Bharatanatyam
Option 3: Kathak
Option 4: Manipuri
Correct Answer: Manipuri
Solution : The correct answer is Manipuri.
Darshana Jhaveri is an Indian classical Manipuri dancer. She was born in 1940 and her notable achievements include the Padma Shri Award, Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, etc. Mainpuri dance has both Tandava and Lasya elements and she excelled in both
Question : The population of the town is 3,11,250. The ratio between women and men is 43 : 40. If there are 24% literate among men and 8% literate among women, the total number of literate persons in the town is?
Option 1: 4,18,00
Option 2: 48,900
Option 3: 56,800
Option 4: 99,600
Correct Answer: 48,900
Solution : Total Population = 3,11,250 The ratio between women and men is 43 : 40. So, the number of women = $\frac{43}{43+40}$ × 311250 = 1,61,250 and the number of men = $\frac{40}{43+40}$ × 311250 = 1,50,000 Also, there are 24% of literate among men and
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