Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
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
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
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. Deserts probably existed much (1)________ during former periods of global arid climate in the lee of mountain ranges that sheltered them from (2)_______ or in the centre of extensive continental regions. However, this would have been primarily before the evolution of angiosperms which are (3)________ as seed-producing plants. Only a few primitive plants, which may have been (4)_______ of the ancient desert vegetation, occur in present-day deserts. One (5)______ is the bizarre conifer relative tumboa, in the Namib Desert of southwestern Africa.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number (3).
Option 1: mandated
Option 2: summarised
Option 3: characterised
Option 4: presented
Correct Answer: characterised
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
In the context of the passage, the sentence discusses the characteristics or features of the ancient desert vegetation. It means to describe the distinctive qualities or features of something "characterised" as the best fit.
The meanings of the
Question : "Tidal forests" is otherwise called:
Option 1: Evergreen Forest
Option 2: Monsoon Forest
Option 3: Mangrove Forest
Option 4: Coniferus Forest
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
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
As I (1)_____ the stream and began climbing the hill, the grunting and chattering increased, as though the langurs were trying to warn me of some hidden danger. I looked up and saw a great orange-gold leopard, sleek and spotted, (2)______ on a rock about twenty feet away from me. The leopard looked at me once, briefly and with an air of disdain, and then sprang into a dense thicket, making (3)_______ no sound as it melted into the shadows. I had (4)_______ the leopard in his quest for food. But a little later, I heard the quickening cry of a barking deer as it fled through the forest. After that (5)________ I did not see the leopard again.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: disturbed
Option 2: facilitated
Option 3: helped
Option 4: prevented
Correct Answer: disturbed
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Prevented is the most fitting term, suggesting that the speaker unintentionally deterred the leopard from its pursuit of food.
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
Correct Answer:
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 –
Question : Directions: The marks obtained by 273 examinees are shown by the frequency polygon. Given that the mean mark is 59.5. Study the frequency polygon and answer the given questions.
The percentage of the students who got marks above 60% and below 80% is:
Option 1: 43.95
Option 2: 48.39
Option 3: 16.11
Option 4: 56.84
Correct Answer: 43.95
Solution : As per the given graph, The number of students who got marks above 60% and below 80% = 72 + 48 = 120 The total number of students = 2 + 4 + 12 + 26 + 35 + 42 + 72 + 48 +
Question : Hariprasad Chaurasia plays which of the following musical instruments?
Option 1: Flute
Option 2: Trumpet
Option 3: Tabla
Option 4: Drum
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
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
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
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.
Correct Answer: My friend had already booked the tickets.
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
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.
Option 1:
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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