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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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Question : Refer to the data table and answer the following question.

  Weight (kg) Height (in m)
Aabha 68 1.68
Aahana 77 1.57
Aakanksha 55 1.8
Aakriti 51 1.76

Who had the lowest weight-to-height ratio?

Option 1: Aabha

Option 2: Aahana

Option 3: Aakanksha

Option 4: Aakriti

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Correct Answer: Aakriti


Solution : The weight-to-height ratios for each person in fraction form are:
Aabha: $\frac{68}{1.68} = \frac{4048}{100}$ = 40.48
Aahana: $\frac{77}{1.57} = \frac{4904}{100}$ = 49.04
Aakanksha: $\frac{55}{1.8} = \frac{3056}{100}$ = 30.56
Aakriti: $\frac{51}{1.76} = \frac{2898}{100}$ = 28.98
So, Aakriti had the lowest weight-to-height ratio.
Hence, the correct answer

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Question : Directions: In this question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.

Only patience and fortitude carried him ____ the crisis.

Option 1: over

Option 2: about

Option 3: out

Option 4: through

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Correct Answer: through


Solution : The correct choice to fill in the blank is the fourth option.

Through means moving in from one side and getting out of the other side, implying that only patience and fortitude carried him from the start to the end of that crisis, which is

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Question : Select the option with the correct spellings to replace the underlined words in the given sentence.

There was an anouncement by the director of the company that grabed the attention of all the employees.

Option 1: announcement, grabbed

Option 2: announcement, grabed

Option 3: anoucement, grabbed

Option 4: anounsement, grebbed

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Correct Answer: announcement, grabbed


Solution : The correct choice is the first option.

The correct spelling is announcement, which refers to a public or formal statement or notice made to a group of people, and grabbed, which is the past tense form of the verb "grab".

Therefore,

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Question : Which among the following pairs of "animal – a phylum of the animal kingdom they belong" is incorrect?

Option 1: Liver fluke - Nematoda

Option 2: Sycon - Porifera

Option 3: Prawns - Arthropoda

Option 4: Starfish - Echinodermata

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Correct Answer: Liver fluke - Nematoda


Solution : The correct option is Liver Fluke - Nematoda.

Liver flukes are not nematodes but flatworms. They are parasitic trematodes that live in the liver, bile ducts, and gallbladder of various mammals, including humans. The most common type of liver fluke infects

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Question : Who amongst the following has never been the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?

Option 1: D. Subbarao

Option 2: C. Rangarajan

Option 3: B.B. Battacharya

Option 4: Y.V.Ready

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Correct Answer: B.B. Battacharya


Solution : Correct Answer is B.B. Battacharya

Indian economist and educator Barid Baran Bhattacharya was a pioneer in his field. He served as Jawaharlal Nehru University's vice chancellor. Bhattacharya was a renowned economist who was well-known throughout the world. He held significant affiliations with a number

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Question : Directions: Select the figure that will come next in the following figure series.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : According to the given figures –
From box 1 to box 2 –


1. The circle is shifted from the top left corner to the bottom left corner and the line at the middle of that circle changes its orientation from vertical to horizontal.
2. The

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Question : The name of the first Mammal clone sheep is

Option 1: Noori

Option 2: Dolly

Option 3: Louse

Option 4: Durga

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Correct Answer: Dolly


Solution : The correct option is Dolly.

A sheep named Dolly was cloned in 1996 by a team of scientists led by Wilmut at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. It was the most famous animal cloning achievement. Dolly was created by cloning the mammary gland cells

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Question : Direction: Various expenditures incurred by a publishing company for publishing books in 2011 are given below. Study the chart and answer the question.

The royalty of a book is less than the printing cost by:

Option 1: $25\%$

Option 2: $5\%$

Option 3: $33\frac{1}{3}\%$

Option 4: $20\%$

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Correct Answer: $25\%$


Solution : We have,
Let the cost price be $x$.
The Printing cost of the book = 20% of the cost price = 0.2$x$
The Royalty on the book = 15% of the cost price = 0.15$x$
The required percentage = $\frac{0.20x-0.15x}{0.20x}$ × 100 = 25%
Hence,

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Question : Mr. Y purchased a flat for Rs. 9,25,000 and spent Rs. 35,000 for its renovation. If he sold the flat for Rs. 10,80,000 then his profit percent is:

Option 1: 15%

Option 2: 17.5%

Option 3: 20%

Option 4: 12.5%

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Correct Answer: 12.5%


Solution : The total money spent on flat (Cost price) = 925000 + 35000 = Rs. 9,60,000
The selling price of flat = Rs. 10,80,000
Profit = 1080000 – 960000 = Rs. 1,20,000
Profit percent = $[\frac{\text{Profit}}{\text{Cost price}}]$ × 100
Profit percent = $\frac{120000}{960000}$ × 100 =

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