Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : The era of five-year plans began in India with the establishment of______.
Option 1: The NITI Aayog
Option 2: The Parliament
Option 3: The Finance Commission
Option 4: The Planning Commission
Correct Answer: The Planning Commission
Solution : The correct answer is the Planning Commission.
The era of five-year plans in India began with the establishment of the Planning Commission. The Planning Commission of India was set up in March 1950, shortly after India gained independence. It played a central
Question : The number of various types of vehicles (in thousands) in three cities is given below.
Which type of vehicle is the maximum number combining the three cities?
Option 1: Truck
Option 2: Car
Option 3: Bus
Option 4: Bike
Correct Answer: Car
Solution : Car in all three cities = Car in city B + Car in city C + Car in city K = 4.5 + 3.0 + 3.0 = 10.5 Bus in all three cities = Bus in city B + Bus in city C + Bus
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
The unique selling proposition of (1) / our products are that (2) / they are unbreakable. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
The error is in the use of "are" in the sentence, which should be replaced with "is". "Selling proposition" is a singular subject, hence, the singular form of the verb should be used to maintain
Question : Number of solution of the two equations 4x – y = 2 and 2y – 8x + 4 = 0 is:
Option 1: Zero
Option 2: one
Option 3: two
Option 4: Infinitely many
Correct Answer: Infinitely many
Solution : Given: $4x - y = 2$-----(equation 1) and $2y - 8x + 4 = 0$-----(equation 2) There are an infinite number of possible solutions for the equation system if two lines are in the same precise line if they share the same slope and
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors, and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error".
The door should be keep closed.
(1) kept closed.
(2) The door
(3) should be
(4) No Error
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 4
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Explanation: The given sentence is in passive voice. Hence, "should" must be followed by the third form of the verb "kept", as the past participle form of the verb is used in the passive structure.
Therefore, the
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, FRIENDS * FANS is coded as 28, and INDIANS * PICKS is coded as 35. What is the code for INCREASES * PRICES in that code language?
Option 1: 54
Option 2: 48
Option 3: 45
Option 4: 58
Correct Answer: 54
Solution : Given: FRIENDS * FANS is coded as 28, INDIANS * PICKS is coded as 35.
Multiply the number of letters of FRIENDS with the number of letters of FANS, to obtain the required code – The number of letters in FRIENDS is 7 and in
Question : Who was the first Indian woman appointed Chief Justice of a state High Court?
Option 1: Leila Seth
Option 2: Anna Chandy
Option 3: M. Fathima Beevi
Option 4: Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
Correct Answer: Leila Seth
Solution : The correct option is Leila Seth.
Leila Seth was the first woman to become a judge of the Delhi High Court. She was also the first woman to be appointed as the Chief Justice of a state high court in India, and she
Question : Directions: 20 is related to 30 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 42 is related to 56. To which of the following is 72 related, following the same logic?
Option 1: 94
Option 2: 92
Option 3: 88
Option 4: 90
Correct Answer: 90
Solution : Given: 20 is related to 30 and 42 is related to 56.
The first term is n(n – 1) and the second term is n(n + 1). Like, 20 is related to 30→5 × (5 – 1) = 5 × 4 = 20; 5 ×
Question : Directions: In the following bar diagrams sales of books (in thousand numbers) from six branches B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 of a publishing company in 2009 and 2010 have been shown. Study the graph and answer the questions.
The ratio of the total sales of branch B2 for both years to the total sales of branch B4 for both years is:
Option 1: 7 : 9
Option 2: 2 : 3
Option 3: 4 : 5
Option 4: 3 : 5
Correct Answer: 7 : 9
Solution : From the given graph, The total sales of branch B2 for both the years 2009 and 2010 = 75 + 65 = 140 thousand The total sales of branch B4 for both the years 2009 and 2010 = 85 + 95 = 180
Question : The Coast of Norway is an example of:
Option 1: Dalmatian Coast
Option 2: Fjord Coast
Option 3: Ria Coast
Option 4: Emerged Coast
Correct Answer: Fjord Coast
Solution : The correct option is the Fjord Coast.
A fjord is a glacier-carved, long, narrow inlet with cliffy walls. It is created when a glacier carves a U-shaped valley in the surrounding bedrock via ice segregation. With its roughly 1200 fjords, Norway's coastline is
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