Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence. "Who is it?" Vikram asked, his euphoria fading.
Option 1: With a faded euphoria Vikram asked who is it.
Option 2: As his euphoria faded, Vikram asks as to who was it.
Option 3: With his euphoria faded, Vikram asked who it is.
Option 4: With his euphoria fading, Vikram asked who it was.
Correct Answer: With his euphoria fading, Vikram asked who it was.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Indirect speech is a way of reporting what someone else has said without using their exact words. In the transformation to the indirect speech:
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. The ocean floor is famously less (1)________ than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we (2) _______what looks like an asteroid impact crater. Intriguingly, the crater, (3)________ "Nadir" after the nearby volcano Nadir Seamount, is of the same age as the Chicxulub impact caused by a huge asteroid at the end of the Cretaceous (4) _______, around 66 million years ago, which (5) ________the dinosaurs and many other species. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: generation
Option 2: spell
Option 3: period
Option 4: vase
Correct Answer: period
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The sentence discusses the age of the crater, which is mentioned to be of the same age as the Chicxulub impact that occurred at the end of the Cretaceous period, around 66 million years ago. So, "period"
Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. Select the option that contains an error. The committee was divided on the issue, and neither side were willing to compromise on the compensation amount to be given.
Option 1: and neither side were willing to
Option 2: amount to be given
Option 3: compromise on the compensation
Option 4: The committee was divided on the issue
Correct Answer: and neither side were willing to
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation:
The subject in this sentence is "neither side", which refers to a singular subject. Therefore, it should be followed by a singular verb.
So, the correct sentence would be: "The committee was
Question : Which among the following Constitutional Amendment Acts of the Indian constitution reduced the age of voting from 21 to 18 for elections to the Lok Sabha and the Legislative Assemblies of states?
Option 1: 81st
Option 2: 61st
Option 3: 52nd
Option 4: 72nd
Correct Answer: 61st
Solution : The correct option is 61st.
The Constitutional Amendment Act that reduced the voting age from 21 to 18 in India is the 61st Amendment Act of 1988. This amendment aimed to provide the youth with the right to vote, recognising them as eligible, and
Question : If $\alpha$ and $\beta$ are positive acute angles, $\sin (4\alpha -\beta )=1$ and $\cos (2\alpha +\beta)=\frac{1}{2}$, then the value of $\sin (\alpha +2\beta)$ is:
Option 1: $0$
Option 2: $1$
Option 3:
$\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}$
Option 4:
$\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}$
Correct Answer:
Solution : Given: $\sin (4\alpha -\beta )=1$ and $\cos (2\alpha +\beta)=\frac{1}{2}$ $\sin (4\alpha -\beta )=1$ ⇒ $\sin (4\alpha -\beta )=\sin 90^{\circ}$ ⇒ $4\alpha -\beta= 90^{\circ}$...................................... (1) Now, $\cos (2\alpha +\beta)=\frac{1}{2}$ ⇒ $\cos (2\alpha +\beta)=\cos 60^{\circ}$ ⇒ $2\alpha +\beta=60^{\circ}$....................................(2) Solving equations 1 and 2, we get: $6\alpha=150^{\circ}$ ⇒
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word from the following sentence.
Allegation
The lawyer’s cross-examination tactics were designed to elicit incriminating testimony from the witness.
Option 1: Incriminating
Option 2: Designed
Option 3: Tactics
Option 4: Testimony
Correct Answer: Testimony
Allegation: An allegation is an accusation, which is sometimes true and sometimes not.
Testimony: It means a formal statement that something is true.
While both involve making statements, an allegation suggests a claim that may or may
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Lewis can handle many of the European languages with its dialectical varieties fluently.
Option 1: on its dialectical varieties
Option 2: with their dialectical varieties
Option 3: with a dialectical varieties
Option 4: with they dialectical varieties
Correct Answer: with their dialectical varieties
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The phrase "with its dialectical varieties" doesn’t logically fit here because the possessive pronoun "its" doesn't have a clear antecedent in the sentence. The correct substitution for the underlined segment in the given sentence
Question : A shopkeeper professes to sell sugar costing INR 40/kg at INR 42/kg but gives only 550 grams of sugar in place of 600 grams using the faulty weighing machine. His profit percentage (correct to 2 decimal places) is:
Option 1: 14.55%
Option 2: 15.54%
Option 3: 15.45%
Option 4: 16.45%
Correct Answer: 14.55%
Solution : The rate at which the shopkeeper is selling sugar = INR 42/kg The rate at which shopkeeper buys sugar = INR 40/kg Cost price of 550 grams (0.55 kg) sugar = 40 × 0.55 = INR 22 The selling price of 600 grams (0.6 kg)
Question : Which Party was established by Subhash Chandra Bose after he came out of Indian National Congress ?
Option 1: Indian National Army
Option 2: Republican Party
Option 3: Forward Block
Option 4: Socialist Party
Correct Answer: Forward Block
Solution : The correct option is Forward Block
After Subhash Chandra Bose came out of the Indian National Congress, he established the Forward Bloc in 1939. The Forward Bloc was a political party that aimed to oppose British colonial rule in India and advocate for complete
Question : Directions: In the following question, find the wrong number in the given series. 12, 28, 30, 39, 48
Option 1: 28
Option 2: 39
Option 3: 30
Option 4: 15
Correct Answer: 28
Solution : Given: 12, 28, 30, 39, 48
In the above-given series, add 9 to the previous number to obtain the next number. 12 + 9 = 21 ≠ 28; 21 + 9 = 30; 30 + 9 = 39; 39 + 9 = 48
So, 28
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