Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Directions: If a paper is folded in a particular manner and a punch is made, when, unfolded this paper appears as given below in the question figure. Find out how the paper is folded and punch is made from the answer figures given.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given unfolded paper is folded, it will look like –
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Import substitution strategy is commonly called _____.
Option 1: make in India campaign
Option 2: outward-looking trade strategy
Option 3: balanced trade strategy
Option 4: inward-looking trade strategy
Correct Answer: inward-looking trade strategy
Solution : The correct option is an inward-looking trade strategy.
Inward-looking trade strategy, also known as import substitution industrialisation (ISI), is an economic approach where a country emphasises the domestic production of goods and services to reduce reliance on imports. Governments often impose high tariffs
Question : The plan that mainly aims to coordinate both private and public investment and output plans through targets is called _______.
Option 1: indicative planning
Option 2: rolling plan
Option 3: decentralised planning
Option 4: centralised planning
Correct Answer: indicative planning
Solution : The correct answer is indicative planning.
The plan that mainly aims to coordinate both private and public investment and output plans through targets is called indicative planning or targeted planning. In this type of planning, the government sets broad targets and goals for
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice.
The boy will bring the coffee.
Option 1: The coffee will be brought by the boy.
Option 2: The coffee will have been brought by the boy.
Option 3: The coffee would have been brought by the boy.
Option 4: The coffee must have been brought by the boy.
Correct Answer: The coffee will be brought by the boy.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option, "The coffee will be brought by the boy."
Explanation: To change it to the passive voice, we need to use the appropriate form of the verb "bring" in the
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third term on the same basis as the second term is related to the first term. Mirror : Reflection of light :: Prism : ?
Option 1: Scattering of light
Option 2: Reflection of light
Option 3: Dispersion of light
Option 4: Inversion of light
Correct Answer: Dispersion of light
Solution : Given: Mirror : Reflection of light :: Prism : ? Like, Mirror : Reflection of light →Reflection of light is one of the properties of a mirror. Similarly, follow the same pattern for a Prism : ?→Prism disperses the lights passing through it.
Question : Which day is International Human Rights Day?
Option 1: December 10th
Option 2: October 24th
Option 3: November 25th
Option 4: None of these
Correct Answer: December 10th
Solution : The correct option is December 10th.
On December 10 of each year, people all over the world observe Human Rights Day. The date was chosen to commemorate the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly
Question : A solid has 12 vertices and 30 edges. How many faces does it have?
Option 1: 22
Option 2: 24
Option 3: 26
Option 4: 20
Correct Answer: 20
Solution : Given: Vertices = 12 Edges = 30 Let the vertices be V, edges be E and faces be F. According to the Euler’s formula, V + F – E = 2 ⇒ 12 + F – 30 = 2 ⇒ F – 18 = 2
Question : If $\sqrt{a}=3b$, then $\frac{a}{b^2}$ is equal to:
Option 1: $\frac{1}{6}$
Option 2: $6$
Option 3: $\frac{1}{9}$
Option 4: $9$
Correct Answer: $9$
Solution : Given: $\sqrt{a}=3b$ Squaring both sides we get, ⇒ $a = 9b^2$ ⇒ $\frac{a}{b^2} = 9$ Hence, the correct answer is $9$.
Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Argue loudly about unimportant things.
Option 1: Maintain
Option 2: Disagree
Option 3: Agree
Option 4: Squabble
Correct Answer: Squabble
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
"Squabble" means to have a noisy quarrel, often about trivial matters, which precisely matches the meaning of arguing loudly about unimportant things.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : What is the value of 512 × 3 – 25 ÷ 15 × 9?
Option 1: 1521
Option 2: 1425
Option 3: 1486
Option 4: 1536
Correct Answer: 1521
Solution : Given: $512 × 3 - 25 ÷ 15 × 9$ $= 1536 - \frac{25}{15} × 9$ $= 1536 - \frac{5}{3} × 9$ $= 1536 - 15$ $= 1521$ Hence, the correct answer is 1521.
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