Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Shobha purchased a saree for INR 5,130 after availing of two successive discounts of 10% and 5%. What is the marked price of the saree?
Option 1: INR 6,000
Option 2: INR 5,400
Option 3: INR 5,000
Option 4: INR 5,200
Correct Answer: INR 6,000
Solution : Let the Marked Price be $x$. After 10% discount, SP1 = 90% of $x$ = $0.9x$ After 5% discount, SP2 = 95% of $0.9x$ ⇒ 5130 = $\frac{95}{100}×\frac{9}{10}x$ ⇒ $x=\frac{5130×100×10}{95×9}$ ⇒ $x=6000$ Hence, the correct answer is INR 6,000.
Question : Which of these measures of money supply is referred to as the aggregate monetary resources?
Option 1: M4
Option 2: M1
Option 3: M2
Option 4: M3
Correct Answer: M3
Solution : The correct option is M3.
"Aggregate monetary resources of society" is another name for M3. Total deposits made with post office savings banks equal M1 plus M3. (With the National Savings Service (NSC) excluded.) The money supply is measured using M3, which is extensively utilised.
Question : In case the president wishes to resign, to whom he is to address his resignation letter?
Option 1: Chief Justice of India
Option 2: Secretary of Lok Sabha
Option 3: Vice president
Option 4: Prime minister
Correct Answer: Vice president
Solution : The correct answer is Vice president.
The vice president notifies the Speaker of the Lok Sabha of the resignation of the president. The vice president and Lok Sabha Speaker may accept the president's resignation, according to the 1948 draft article 45. It was accepted
Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Contempt
Option 1: Approbation
Option 2: Odium
Option 3: Opprobrium
Option 4: Obloquy
Correct Answer: Approbation
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Contempt refers to a feeling of disdain, scorn, or strong disapproval.
Approbation denotes approval, praise, or commendation. While "contempt" conveys a negative and disapproving sentiment, "approbation" represents a positive and approving attitude.
The meanings of the other options
Question : Directions: How many triangles are there in the given figure?
Option 1: 5
Option 2: 4
Option 3: 6
Option 4: 8
Correct Answer: 8
Solution : The given figure can be labelled as shown below –
Now, in the above figure, there are 8 triangles. They are ABC, ABD, ACD, AED, BED, AGH, FGH, AFH.
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : If the numerical value of the circumference and area of a circle is the same, then the area is:
Option 1: $6\pi$ sq. units
Option 2: $4\pi$ sq. units
Option 3: $8\pi$ sq. units
Option 4: $12\pi$ sq. units
Correct Answer: $4\pi$ sq. units
Solution : Given: the numerical value of the circumference and area of a circle is the same. Let the radius of the circle be $r$ unit. We know that, the circumference of a circle = $2\pi r$, and the area of a circle = $\pi
Question : Who was appointed by Hockey India as the new head coach of the Indian Men's Hockey Team in 2023?
Option 1: Zak Jones
Option 2: Kim Sang Ryul
Option 3: Craig Fulton
Option 4: David Quinn
Correct Answer: Craig Fulton
Solution : The correct answer is Craig Fulton.
Craig Fulton was appointed by Hockey India as the new head coach of the Indian men's hockey team in 2023. He is a former South African international hockey player and coach with over 25 years of experience.
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The ocean floor is famously less (1)________ than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we (2) _______what looks like an asteroid impact crater. Intriguingly, the crater, (3)________ "Nadir" after the nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact caused by a huge asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous (4) _______, around 66 million years ago, which (5) ________the dinosaurs and many other species. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: reconstructed
Option 2: imposed
Option 3: explored
Option 4: stocked
Correct Answer: explored
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The sentence compares the ocean floor to the surface of Mars, highlighting that the ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars.
The term "explored" fits in the context of investigating, mapping, or studying the
Question : Directions: If 13 © 62 = 225 and 4 © 38 = 126$, then 29 © 17 = ?
Option 1: 119
Option 2: 138
Option 3: 127
Option 4: 148
Correct Answer: 138
Solution : Given: 13 ©️ 62 = 225 and 4 ©️ 38 = 126
Use the following operations in place of the given symbols – Use + in place of ©️, Like, 13 ©️ 62 = 225→13 + 62 = 75→75 × 3 = 225 And, 4
Question : The deciduous trees will :
Option 1: shed their leaves every year
Option 2: not lose their leaves
Option 3: synthesise their own food
Option 4: depend on others for their food
Correct Answer: shed their leaves every year
Solution : The correct option is to shed their leaves every year.
Deciduous trees grow in a variety of temperate and subtropical climates across the world, including North America, Europe, Asia, and portions of South America and Australia. As part of their natural
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