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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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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

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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, $75000\times 12:60000\times t = 3:1$
⇒ $\frac{5\times 12}{4t}=\frac{3}{1}$

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Question : Ustad Bismillah Khan is associated with which of the following instruments?

Option 1: Shehnai

Option 2: Veena

Option 3: Flute

Option 4: Violin

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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Question : Who among the following rulers abolished Jizya?

Option 1: Aurangzeb

Option 2: Balban

Option 3: Akbar

 

Option 4: Jahangir

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

Team Careers360 25th Jan, 2024

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

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Question : Arthasastra was written by

Option 1: Dhanananda

Option 2: Kautilya

Option 3: Bimbisara

Option 4: Pushyamitra

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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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