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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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Question : Identify the segment in the sentence which contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, then select the option "No Error".

The presidential election / turned out to be one of / the biggest landslide in history.

Option 1: No Error

Option 2: The presidential election

Option 3: the biggest landslide in history.

Option 4: turned out to be one of

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: the biggest landslide in history.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

The sentence contains the phrase "one of", which should always be followed by a plural noun and a singular verb. Hence, "landslide" should be changed to its plural form, "landslides", to make the

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Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Can you please / pass me a sweater? / It's going to be / the cold day today.

Option 1: Can you please

Option 2: the cold day today

Option 3: It's going to be

Option 4: pass me a sweater?

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: the cold day today


Solution : The second segment marked by the second option contains a grammatical error.

Explanation: The error in this segment lies in the use of the article "the" before the adjective "cold." The correct usage is "a cold day" instead of "the cold day".

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Question : ________ is calculated by dividing the nominal GDP in a given year by the real GDP for the same year and multiplying it by 100.

Option 1: Disposable income

Option 2: GDP deflator

Option 3: Real income

Option 4: Per capita income

Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: GDP deflator


Solution : The correct option is the GDP deflator.

The GDP deflator is calculated by dividing the nominal GDP (gross domestic product at current prices) in a given year by the real GDP (gross domestic product at constant prices, adjusted for inflation) for the same

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Question : Directions: Three of the following four are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does NOT belong to that group?

Option 1: 16 – 256

Option 2: 14 – 196

Option 3: 17 – 289

Option 4: 19 – 371

Team Careers360 16th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 19 – 371


Solution : Let's check the options –
First option: 16 – 256; 162 = 256
Second option: 14 – 196;142 = 196
Third option: 17 – 289;172 = 289
Fourth option: 19 – 371;192​​​​​​​ = 361 

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Question : Parts of a sentence are given below in jumbled order. Select the option that arranges the parts in the correct order to form a meaningful sentence.
A. Looks first to his own profit
B. And then to the king's,
C. Or destroys the king's gain altogether
D. The chief collector of revenue

Option 1: BDAC

Option 2: DABC

Option 3: DCAB

Option 4: ABCD

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: DABC


Solution : The correct choice is the second option: DABC.

Explanation:

  • D. This part introduces the character or role responsible for collecting revenue, setting the context for the sentence.
  • A. Following the introduction of the chief collector, this part describes the individual's priority, emphasising that they
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Question : An angle is greater than its complementary angle by 30°. Find the measure of the angle.

Option 1: 30°

Option 2: 90°

Option 3: 60°

Option 4: 120°

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 60°


Solution : Let $x$ be the angle and the complement of the angle be $(90°-x)$.
According to the question,
$(90°-x)+30°=x$
⇒ $2x=120°$
$\therefore x =60°$
Hence, the correct angle is 60°.

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Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error.

The poor undergoes / several problems in life / that could be / solved with money.

Option 1: that could be

Option 2: several problems in life

Option 3: the poor undergoes

Option 4: solved with money

Team Careers360 19th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: the poor undergoes


Solution : The correct option will be the third option.

The subject, "The poor" is plural, as it represents the class of poor people, so the plural form of the verb i.e., "undergo" should also be used.

Therefore, the correct sentence is: The poor undergo

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