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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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Question : On learning about the Jallianwala Bagh massacre, ________ expressed the pain and anger of the country by renouncing his knighthood.

Option 1: Dadabhai Naoroji

Option 2: Badruddin Tyabji

Option 3: Rabindranath Tagore

Option 4: Surendranath Banerjee

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Correct Answer: Rabindranath Tagore


Solution : The correct answer is Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore returned his knighthood for services to Literature in protest against the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre. This award was given to him in 1915 by King George V. He also received the Noble Prize in Literature

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Question : "Tidal forests" is otherwise called:

Option 1: Evergreen Forest

Option 2: Monsoon Forest

Option 3: Mangrove Forest

Option 4: Coniferus Forest

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Correct Answer: Mangrove Forest


Solution : The correct answre is Mangrove forests.

Tidal forests are found in the coastal areas and are also known as Mangrove Forests. They protect the coastal areas from the vigorous wave actions and also from harmful sea waves like Tsunami. They are characterised by pneumatophores

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Question : 70% of the cost price of an article is equal to 40% of its selling price. What is the profit or loss percent?

Option 1: 63% loss

Option 2:

70% loss

Option 3:

75% profit

Option 4:

80% profit

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Correct Answer:

75% profit


Solution : Let the cost price be Rs. 100 and the selling price is Rs. S.
According to the question,
70% of the cost price = 40% of the selling price
⇒ 70 × $\frac{100}{100}$ = $\frac{40}{100}$S
⇒ S = Rs. 175
Profit = 175 –

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Question : Hariprasad Chaurasia plays which of the following musical instruments?

Option 1: Flute

Option 2: Trumpet

Option 3: Tabla

Option 4: Drum

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Correct Answer: Flute


Solution : The correct answer is Flute.

On July 1st, 1938 Hariprasad Chaurasia was born. He is an Indian music director and classical flautist whose compositions and performances have made the flute well-known throughout the world. He was a student of Allauddin Khan and is recognized

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Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Forthright

Option 1: Artless

Option 2: Uninhibited

Option 3: Uncandid

Option 4: Blunt

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Correct Answer: Uncandid


Solution : The correct answer is the third option.

The word that is opposite in meaning to forthright is uncandid.

The term "forthright" describes someone as direct, honest, and straightforward in his or her speech or actions. On the contrary, the word "uncandid" refers to someone

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Question : Select the option that expresses the following sentence in active voice.

The tickets had already been booked by my friend.

Option 1: My friend already booked the tickets.

Option 2: The tickets had already booked my friend.

Option 3: My friend had already booked the tickets.

Option 4: My friend has already booked the tickets.

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Correct Answer: My friend had already booked the tickets.


Solution : The correct choice is the third option.

Active voice emphasises the doer of the action, while passive voice emphasises the receiver. To convert passive voice to active, we make the subject perform the action and rephrase the verb.

The

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Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.

Option 1:

Option 2:

Option 3:

Option 4:

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Correct Answer:


Solution : As per mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in reflection.
So, according to the above property and the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line MN). So, the left side of the reflected image

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