Staff Selection Commission Combined Graduate Level Exam
Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Plato is the earliest important educational thinker, and education is an essential element in 'The Republic' (his most important work on philosophy and political theory, written around 360 B.C.). In it, he advocates some rather extreme methods: removing children from their mothers' care and raising them as wards of the state, and differentiating children suitable to the various castes, the highest receiving the most education, so that they could act as guardians of the city and care for the less able. He believed that education should be holistic, including facts, skills, physical discipline, music, and art. Plato believed that talent and intelligence are not distributed genetically and thus can be found in children born to all classes, although his proposed system of selective public education for an educated minority of the population does not really follow a democratic model.
Aristotle considered human nature, habit, and reason to be equally important forces to be cultivated in education, the ultimate aim of which should be to produce good and virtuous citizens. He proposed that teachers lead their students systematically, and that repetition be used as a key tool to develop good habits, unlike Socrates' emphasis on questioning his listeners to bring out their own ideas. He emphasized the balancing of the theoretical and practical aspects of subjects taught, among which he explicitly mentions reading, writing, mathematics, music, physical education, literature, history, and a wide range of sciences, as well as play, which he also considered important.
Question: Children who are imparted the highest education would be responsible for:
Option 1: developing talent and skills
Option 2: inculcating good habits
Option 3: guarding the city
Option 4: teaching the illiterate
Correct Answer: guarding the city
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
In Plato's philosophy, particularly outlined in The Republic, children who receive the highest education are expected to be responsible for guarding the city.
Explanation: Plato proposes a system in The Republic where education is
Question : Ashoka sent a mission to spread the principle of Dhamma, led by his son, Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra, to________.
Option 1: Kalinga
Option 2: Ceylon
Option 3: Cambodia
Option 4: Thailand
Correct Answer: Ceylon
Solution : The correct option is Ceylon.
Ashoka dispatched his son Mahendra and daughter Sanghamitra on a journey to promote the Dhamma concept throughout different regions. The mission was to bring together different social groups and sects and advance the concepts of world brotherhood and peaceful
Question : In India, the residuary powers to legislate any matter that is not mentioned in the three federal lists lies with the _____________.
Option 1: supreme court
Option 2: union legislature
Option 3: state legislature
Option 4: respective ministry
Correct Answer: union legislature
Solution : The correct option is the union legislature.
The residuary powers—that is, the power to legislate on matters not explicitly mentioned in the three lists (Union List, State List, and Concurrent List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution—lie with the Parliament of India
Question : Directions: Three Statements are given followed by Three conclusions numbered I, II, and III. Assuming the statements to be true, even if they seem to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: I. All stars are moons. II. Some moons are suns. III. All suns are satellites. Conclusions: I. Some satellites are moons. II. Some satellites are stars. III. Some moons are stars.
Option 1: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 2: All conclusions follow
Option 3: Both conclusions I and III follow
Option 4: Both conclusions II and III follow
Correct Answer: Both conclusions I and III follow
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion I: Some satellites are moons – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the circles representing satellites and moons overlap
Question : Simplify the following. $\frac{0.01 \times 0.01 \times 0.01+0.003 \times 0.003 \times 0.003}{0.05 \times 0.05 – 0.015 \times 0.05 + 0.015 \times 0.015}$
Option 1: $\frac{13}{25} \times 10^3$
Option 2: $\frac{13}{15} \times 10^{–3}$
Option 3: $\frac{13}{15} \times 10^3$
Option 4: $\frac{13}{25} \times 10^{–3}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{13}{25} \times 10^{–3}$
Solution : Given: $\frac{0.01 \times 0.01 \times 0.01+0.003 \times 0.003 \times 0.003}{0.05 \times 0.05–0.015 \times 0.05 + 0.015 \times 0.015}$ Converting it into the form, $a^3 + b^3 = (a + b)(a^2 - ab + b^2)$. = $\frac{(0.01 + 0.003)((0.01)^2 – 0.01\times0.003 + (0.003)^2)}{25\times((0.01)^2 –
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom.
Do not beat about the bush when you have anything to say.
Option 1: To try to influence.
Option 2: To shift blame on others.
Option 3: To argue.
Option 4: To avoid giving a definite answer or position.
Correct Answer: To avoid giving a definite answer or position.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Beating about the bush means to speak evasively, indirectly, or vaguely, often to avoid addressing a topic directly. The idiom implies that one should be concise and to the point
Question : Directions: A sentence or a part of the sentence is printed in bold. Below are alternatives to the bold part that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, choose "No Improvement".
Once emerged business is clearly defence manufacturing, and hence the group has tied up with global defence companies for starting production in India.
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 3
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The phrase "once emerged business" means a business that appeared in the past, which should be replaced with "one emerging business", making the explanation of the sentence as defence manufacturing is the emerging sector for business.
Question :
What happens to a person who receives the wrong type of blood?
Option 1:
All the arteries constrict
Option 2:
All the arteries dialates
Option 3:
The RBCs agglutinate
Option 4: The spleen and lymphnodes deteriorate
Correct Answer:
Solution : The correct option is The RBCs agglutinate
If a person gets blood with antigens recognised by their immune system as foreign, their antibodies may react with the donor's red blood cells (RBCs). This can result in agglutination, or the clumping of RBCs. Agglutinated
Question : The orthocentre of an obtuse-angled triangle lies:
Option 1: Inside the triangle
Option 2: Outside the triangle
Option 3: On one side of a triangle
Option 4: None of these
Correct Answer: Outside the triangle
Solution : The orthocentre of an obtuse-angled triangle lies outside the triangle. Hence, the correct answer is 'Outside the triangle'.
Question : The chemical that is used to ripen mangoes is
Option 1: calcium sulphide
Option 2: calcium carbide
Option 3: calcium carbonate
Option 4: calcium chloride
Correct Answer: calcium carbide
Solution : The correct option is Calcium carbide.
Calcium carbide is a chemical that has traditionally been used to artificially ripen fruits such as mangoes. When calcium carbide comes into contact with moisture, it emits Acetylene gas, which can hasten fruit ripening. However, due to
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