Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Rohit started a business with Rs. 75000 and after some months Simaran joined him with Rs. 60000. If the profit at the end of the year is divided in the ratio 3 : 1, then after how many months did Simran join Rohit?
Option 1: 7
Option 2: 6
Option 3: 8
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 7
Solution : Given: The investment made by Rohit = Rs. 75,000 And investment made by Simran = Rs. 60,000 And the ratio of profits = 3 : 1 Let the time of investment Simran be $t$ months respectively. So, $75000\times 12:60000\times t = 3:1$ ⇒ $\frac{5\times 12}{4t}=\frac{3}{1}$
Question : Ustad Bismillah Khan is associated with which of the following instruments?
Option 1: Shehnai
Option 2: Veena
Option 3: Flute
Option 4: Violin
Correct Answer: Shehnai
Solution : The correct option is Shehnai.
The reeded woodwind instrument known as the Shehnai is linked to Ustad Bismillah Khan. He was a legendary Indian classical musician and one of the most renowned Shehnai players in the world.
Question : In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the one which best expresses the meaning of the idiom or phrase. To twiddle one’s thumbs.
Option 1: To be idle.
Option 2: To play safe.
Option 3: To waste one’s resources.
Option 4: To show no mercy.
Correct Answer: To be idle.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The idiom "to twiddle one's thumbs" refers to "do nothing or be idle".
When someone is twiddling his thumbs, he is making circular motions with his thumbs while his hands are otherwise inactive. This gesture is
Question : Cotton requires _____ temperature, light rainfall or irrigation, _________ frost-free days and bright sun-shine for its growth.
Option 1: high, 210
Option 2: low, 150
Option 3: low, 210
Option 4: high, 150
Correct Answer: high, 210
Solution : The correct answer is high, 210
In the drier areas of the Deccan Plateau's black cotton soil, cotton thrives well. It needs high temperatures, little irrigation or rainfall, 210 days without frost, and bright sunlight for growth.
Question : Who among the following rulers abolished Jizya?
Option 1: Aurangzeb
Option 2: Balban
Option 3: Akbar
Option 4: Jahangir
Correct Answer: Akbar
Solution : The correct answer is Akbar.
In 1564, Akbar repealed the Jizya Tax. Unlike earlier kings, Akbar considered the Indian subcontinent to be his motherland. He thought it was a human right to practice any faith. He never forced someone to become a follower of Islam.
Question : Which law states that with constant taste and preference, the proportion of income spent on food stuff diminishes as income increases?
Option 1: Say's Law
Option 2: Griffin's Law
Option 3: Gresham's Law
Option 4: Engel's Law
Correct Answer: Engel's Law
Solution : The correct option is Engel's Law.
According to Engel's Law, even though the quantity spent on food increases in absolute terms, the percentage of income spent on food drops as income rises. Based on the observation that when income levels rise, people tend
Question : Directions: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. All G are N. II. No A is N. Conclusion: I. Some G are A. II. Some N are G. III. All A are G.
Option 1: Both conclusions II and III follow
Option 2: All conclusion follows
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Only conclusion II follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some G are A – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the circle representing G lies inside the circle representing
Question : Directions: 9 is related to 80 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 17 is related to 288. To which of the following is 23 related, following the same logic?
Option 1: 527
Option 2: 525
Option 3: 526
Option 4: 528
Correct Answer: 528
Solution : Given: 9 is related to 80 and 17 is related to 288.
Subtract 1 from the square of the first number to obtain the code – Like, 9 is related to 80→92 – 1 = 81 – 1 = 80 And, 17 is related
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence.
The principal posted all the staff rules in black and white.
Option 1: on chart.
Option 2: on board.
Option 3: in writing.
Option 4: in coloured print.
Correct Answer: in writing.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The expression, in black and white is an idiomatic way of saying that something is put in writing or documented. It signifies clarity and specificity. The option "in writing" conveys the same meaning and maintains the idiomatic
Question : Arthasastra was written by
Option 1: Dhanananda
Option 2: Kautilya
Option 3: Bimbisara
Option 4: Pushyamitra
Correct Answer: Kautilya
Solution : The Correct Answe is Kautilya
Arthashastra is an Indian Sanskrit text on statecraft and economics published during the Mauryan era by the famed philosopher Chanakya, commonly known as the Kautilya. The original of this piece was discovered in the institute's piles of palm leaf records
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