Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Who is famously known as the Tiger of Mysore?
Option 1: Baji Rao I
Option 2: Tipu Sultan
Option 3: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
Option 4: Asaf Jah I
Correct Answer: Tipu Sultan
Solution : The correct option is Tipu Sultan
Tipu Sultan, also known as the Tiger of Mysore, was a prominent ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in South India. He is famously associated with this title due to his fierce and valiant military tactics, which earned
Question : Directions: Identify the number of rectangles in the given figure.
Option 1: 7
Option 2: 5
Option 3: 6
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 6
Solution : The given figure can be labelled as shown below –
In the above figure, there are a total of 6 rectangles. They are ABDC, CDFE, ABFE, ONGF, MLJK, GKIH.
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Which physicist is known for discovering that any periodic wave can be represented as an infinite number of weighted sinusoids, i.e., the sum of sine and cosine waves?
Option 1: Louis de Broglie
Option 2: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Option 3: Joseph-Louis Lagrange
Option 4: Ernest Walton
Correct Answer: Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier
Solution : The correct option is Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier.
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Fourier is known for discovering that any periodic wave can be represented as an infinite number of weighted sinusoids, i.e., the sum of sine and cosine waves.
Fourier's work in the early 19th century
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
Can you please tell me where is the city park?
Option 1: where the city park is?
Option 2: where are city’s park?
Option 3: city park where?
Option 4: where was the city park?
Correct Answer: where the city park is?
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The corrected version places the verb is after the subject city park, making it a grammatically correct and complete sentence. In English, the word order in embedded questions is typically subject-verb-object, and the
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Speech is a great (1)________, but it can be a great curse, for, while it helps us to make our desires and intentions known to our fellows, it can also, if we use it carelessly, make our attitude completely misunderstood. A slip of the (2)________, the use of an unusual or ambiguous word, and so on, may create an enemy where we had hoped to win a friend. Again, different classes of people use different (3)________, and the ordinary speech of an educated man may strike an uneducated listener as showing pride. Unwittingly, we may use a word which bears a different meaning for our listener from what it does to men of our own class. Thus, speech is not a gift to use lightly without thought, but one which demands (4)________ handling; only a fool will express himself alike to all kinds and conditions of men. Thus, speech is a valuable gift but if not used in a proper way, may cause misunderstanding. Since different classes use different words, we must use speech carefully to avoid being (5)________.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: praised
Option 2: criticised
Option 3: misunderstood
Option 4: condemned
Correct Answer: misunderstood
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Misunderstood fits best in the context of the passage, as it aligns with the idea of how careless speech can lead to misconceptions or misinterpretations between people.
Question : Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order.
P. American political economist Mancur Olson, who wrote in 1965 Q. the problems of collective action were popularised by the R. that coercion or some other device must be present in order S. for a group of individuals to act in their common interest
Option 1: PSRQ
Option 2: QRPS
Option 3: QPRS
Option 4: SPQR
Correct Answer: QPRS
Solution : The correct option is QPRS.
Q. The problems of collective action were popularised by the P. American political economist Mancur Olson, who wrote in 1965 S. for a group of individuals to act in their common interest R. that coercion or some other device
Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Option 1: Acquiesce
Option 2: Artificial
Option 3: Conscientious
Option 4: Mischievious
Correct Answer: Mischievious
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The correct spelling is mischievous. It means causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful manner.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : A number is first increased by 8% and then decreased by 3% to get 2619. What is 5% of that number?
Option 1: 125
Option 2: 135
Option 3: 130
Option 4: 140
Correct Answer: 125
Solution : Let the number be $x$. The number first increased by 8%, then decreased by 3%. According to the question, $x×\frac{108}{100}×\frac{97}{100}=2619$ $⇒x=2500$ Now, 5% of $x$ = $2500×\frac{5}{100}=125$ Hence, the correct answer is 125.
Question : The temperature of boiling water in a steam engine may be high because:
Option 1: there are dissolved substances in water
Option 2: there is low pressure inside the boiler
Option 3: there is high pressure inside the boiler
Option 4: the fire is at very high temperature
Correct Answer: there is high pressure inside the boiler
Solution : The correct option is there is high pressure inside the boiler.
Due to the high pressure inside the boiler in a steam engine, boiling water has a high temperature. High pressure allows water to reach higher temperatures before boiling.
Question : Simplify: $\frac{(379+276)^2+(379-276)^2}{379 \times 379+276 \times 276}$
Option 1: 2
Option 2: 655
Option 3: 103
Option 4: 1
Correct Answer: 2
Solution : Given, $\frac{(379+276)^2+(379-276)^2}{379 \times 379+276 \times 276}$ = $\frac{2(379^2)+2(276)^2}{379^2+276 ^2}$ [$\because (a+b)^2+(a-b)^2=2(a^2+b^2)]$ = 2 Hence, the correct answer is 2.
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