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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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Question : White clothes are cooler than black ones because they:

Option 1: absorb all the light that reaches them

Option 2: reflect all the light that reaches them

Option 3: will not allow the light to penetrate

Option 4: cool the sunlight completely

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Correct Answer: reflect all the light that reaches them


Solution : The correct option is reflect all the light that reaches them.

In bright sunlight, white clothing seems cooler than black because it reflects more of the sunlight than black clothing. A considerable fraction of the sunlight is reflected away

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Question : Directions: Four words have been given, out of which three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd word.

Option 1: Laptop

Option 2: File

Option 3: Refrigerator

Option 4: Television

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Correct Answer: File


Solution : Let's check each option –
First option: Laptop; It is an electronic device.
Second option: File; It is not an electronic device.
Third option: Refrigerator; It is an electronic device.
Fourth option: Television; It is an electronic device.

So, only the second option is different

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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

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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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Question : The phenomenon which causes mirage is:

Option 1: interference

Option 2: diffraction

Option 3: polarisation

Option 4: total internal reflection

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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

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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

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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

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Question : Ustad Asad Ali Khan played which of the following instruments?

Option 1: Rudra veena

Option 2: Alghoza

Option 3: Sitar

Option 4: Ravanahatha

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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.

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Question : Directions: How many triangles can be found in the following figure?

Option 1: 17

Option 2: 21

Option 3: 24

Option 4: 25

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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,

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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 

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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

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