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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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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

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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

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Question : Directions: Identify the number of rectangles in the given figure.

Option 1: 7

Option 2: 5

Option 3: 6

Option 4: 4

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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.

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.

Option 1: Acquiesce

Option 2: Artificial

Option 3: Conscientious

Option 4: Mischievious

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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:

  • Acquiesce means to accept something reluctantly but without protest.
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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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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