Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : The following bar graph represents the income and expenditures (Rs, in thousands) of five companies A, B, C, D, and E in the year 2021. Which company suffered the maximum percentage of loss in the year 2021?
Option 1: E
Option 2: B
Option 3: A
Option 4: C
Correct Answer: A
Solution : By viewing the given graph, only Companies A and C's expenditure is more than income. So, the Expenditure of A = 45 Income of A = 35 Required loss percentage = $\frac{\text{Expenditure – Income}}{\text{Expenditure}}\times 100$ = $\frac{45-35}{45}\times 100$ = 22.22% Expenditure of C = 45
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
Excuse (1) / me (2) / interrupting you. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (3)
Solution : The error lies in the third part of the sentence.
The preposition "for" is to be used before "interrupting you" in the sentence, as it rightly connects the reason for the apology. This makes the sentence grammatically accurate and conveys the intended meaning of the
Question : Directions: Study the bar chart given below and answer the following questions:
For company R, if the expenditure had increased by 20% in the year 2001 from the year 2000 and the company had earned a profit of 10% in 2000, the company's income in the year 2000 was (in Rs. crore):
Option 1: 41.25
Option 2: 35.75
Option 3: 37.25
Option 4: 38.5
Correct Answer: 41.25
Solution : As per the graph, Let the expenditure of the company R in the year 2000 = Rs. $x$ crore If the expenditure had increased by 20% in the year 2001 from the year 2000. $⇒(1+\frac{20}{100}) × x = 45$ $⇒\frac{120}{100}x = 45$ $⇒x = 37.5
Question : The phenomenon which causes mirage is:
Option 1: interference
Option 2: diffraction
Option 3: polarisation
Option 4: total internal reflection
Correct Answer: total internal reflection
Solution : The correct option is total internal reflection.
The phenomenon of total internal reflection (TIR) happens when light travelling through a denser media meets the border of a less dense medium at a sufficiently large angle, causing the light to be reflected into the
Question : Which among the following films received the Filmfare award for the Best Film popular choice in 2022?
Option 1: Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Option 2: Rashmi Rocket
Option 3: shershaah
Option 4: Sardar Udham
Correct Answer: shershaah
Solution : The correct answer is shershaah.
At the 67th Filmfare Awards in 2022, "Shershaah" took up the Best Film (Popular Choice) Award. Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani's biographical movie won several awards, including Best Film. Vishnuvardhan, a filmmaker, won Best Director. In addition, the movie took
Question : Ustad Asad Ali Khan played which of the following instruments?
Option 1: Rudra veena
Option 2: Alghoza
Option 3: Sitar
Option 4: Ravanahatha
Correct Answer: Rudra veena
Solution : The correct answer is Rudra Veena.
Ustad Asad Ali Khan was an Indian musician who played the Rudra veena, a plucked string instrument. Khan was praised for being India's finest living Rudra veena performer after performing the dhrupad style.
Question : Directions: How many triangles can be found in the following figure?
Option 1: 17
Option 2: 21
Option 3: 24
Option 4: 25
Correct Answer: 24
Solution : The given figure can be labelled as shown below –
Now, in the above figure, there are a total of 24 triangles. They are ABI, IBD, IBC, BCD, BJC, IJD, DJC, IJB, ICD, ABD, FGH, GFK, GHK, GIL, GLE, GIE, LID, DLE, DIE, DEG, DIG,
Question : The demand curve facing a perfectly competitive firm:
Option 1: downward sloping
Option 2: perfectly inelastic
Option 3: a concave curve
Option 4: perfectly elastic
Correct Answer: perfectly elastic
Solution : The correct option is perfectly elastic.
A completely competitive company faces a perfectly elastic demand curve, meaning its slope is zero. In other words, at the market price, the demand curve is a horizontal line. This is because, in a market with perfect
Question : The simplified form of $(x+3)^{2}+(x-1)^{2}$ is:
Option 1: $(x^{2}+2x+5)$
Option 2: $2(x^{2}+2x+5)$
Option 3: $(x^{2}-2x+5)$
Option 4: $2(x^{2}-2x+5)$
Correct Answer: $2(x^{2}+2x+5)$
Solution : $(x+3)^{2} = x^{2} + 6x + 9$ $(x-1)^{2} = x^{2} - 2x + 1$ Adding these two expressions together, we get, $(x+3)^{2}+(x-1)^{2}$ = $x^{2} + 6x + 9 + x^{2} - 2x + 1$ = $2x^{2} + 4x + 10 $ = $2(x^{2} + 2x
Question : Some parts of a few sentences have been jumbled up and labelled A, B, C, and D. Select the option that gives the correct sequence in which these parts can be rearranged to form a meaningful and grammatically correct sentence Our twelve years in the forest were A. Ram had lost, we would have to B. ending. Now, according to the wager C. discovered our whereabouts, we would have to endure another ten years in exile D. spend a year in hiding. If during this year Mohan
Option 1: BDCA
Option 2: CDBA
Option 3: BADC
Option 4: ACBD
Correct Answer: BADC
Solution : The correct answer is the third option.
Explanation:
The beginning of the passage is already fixed in the question.
Sentence "B" introduces a conditional clause explaining the consequences of a wager that Ram has lost. After "were," the 'v4' form of the verb is used.
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