Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Who was the first to accurately describe the rings of Saturn as a disc around the planet in 1655?
Option 1: Hideki Yukawa
Option 2: Galileo Galilei
Option 3: Christiaan Huygens
Option 4: Giovanni Domenico Cassini
Correct Answer: Christiaan Huygens
Solution : The correct answer is Christiaan Huygens.
The first person to correctly characterise Saturn's rings as a disc encircling the planet was the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens in 1655. Huygens finds Titan, the first moon of Saturn, seven months before the ring plane crosses that
Question : The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of _____________.
Option 1: Eid al-Fitr
Option 2: Ramadan
Option 3: Eid-ul-Adha
Option 4: Mawlid al-Nabi
Correct Answer: Mawlid al-Nabi
Solution : The correct option is Mawlid al-Nabi.
The birthday of Prophet Muhammad is also celebrated by the name of Mawlid al-Nabi, or simply Mawlid. It is an important religious and cultural celebration in Islam that marks the birth of the Prophet Muhammad.
Question : Identify the INCORRECTLY spelt word in the given sentence. If she had begun earlier, she might have suceeded in finishing the extremely intricate project before the deadline.
Option 1: deadline
Option 2: intricate
Option 3: suceeded
Option 4: earlier
Correct Answer: suceeded
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The incorrectly spelled word in the given sentence is suceeded. The correct spelling is succeeded, which means to have achieved the desired result or outcome; to have attained success.
The meanings of other options are as follows:
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’.
She came home to meet I and mine family.
Option 1: myself and mine
Option 2: No improvement
Option 3: me and mine
Option 4: me and my
Correct Answer: me and my
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
I and mine should be replaced with me and my to make the sentence grammatically accurate. Me is the correct object pronoun to be used, as it is being used as the object of the
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word. Belief
Option 1: Faith
Option 2: Promise
Option 3: System
Option 4: Religion
Correct Answer: Faith
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
Belief refers to a conviction or acceptance that something is true or exists. Faith means confidence or trust in a person, thing, or concept, often associated with religious beliefs or strong convictions.
The meanings of other options are
Question : Which of the following is called the "ecological hot spot of India" ?
Option 1: Western Ghats
Option 2: Eastern Ghats
Option 3: Western Himalayas
Option 4: Eastern Himalayas
Correct Answer: Western Ghats
Solution : The correct answer is Western Ghats.
Ecological hotspots are the regions of high biodiversity. As per the Conservation International, biodiversity hotspots are the region having at least 1500 endemic vascular plants and it must be threatened but it should be having 30% of its
Question : Directions: In these questions, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold parts at 1, 2, and 3, which may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is 4.
He was a hopeless doctor, if ever I saw one.
(1) if I ever saw
(2) if I saw
(3) if I see
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 4
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is grammatically correct, and hence, no improvement is required in the sentence, as the phrase, if I ever saw one, is used to lay emphasis on the fact and show that it is a true
Question : The Preventive Detention Act curtailed
Option 1: Right to freedom
Option 2: Right to equality
Option 3: Right to property
Option 4: Right to education
Correct Answer: Right to freedom
Solution : The correct option is the Right to freedom.
The Preventive Detention Act restricts the right to freedom, which is guaranteed by Article 21 of the Indian Constitution. The right to life and personal liberty is guaranteed under Article 21 of the Indian
Question : Select the correct active form of the given sentence.
By whom were you pushed into the mud?
Option 1: Who pushed you into the mud?
Option 2: Who has pushed you into the mud?
Option 3: Whom did you push into the mud?
Option 4: Who was pushing you into the mud?
Correct Answer: Who pushed you into the mud?
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while possessive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.
Here, "by whom"
Question : Directions: Three different positions of the same dice are shown. Find the number on the face opposite the face showing 1.
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 4
Option 3: 6
Option 4: 3
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : While considering figures 1 and 2, it is seen that two faces 1 and 5 are common. So, the remaining numbers are 6 and 4. So, 6 and 4 are the opposite faces of each other in the given dice.
Similarly, while considering Figures 2
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