Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : A cross between homozygous recessive and heterozygous plant is
Option 1: Black cross
Option 2: Test cross
Option 3: Monohybrid cross
Option 4: Dihybrid cross
Correct Answer: Test cross
Solution : The correct option is test cross.
A test cross is a genetic cross made between a heterozygous plant and a homozygous recessive plant for a certain trait. The characteristic (rr) contains two recessive alleles in Homozygous Recessive Plant. It will always yield recessive allele
Question : What is India's rank in the world in milk production ?
Option 1: Fourth
Option 2: Third
Option 3: Second
Option 4: First
Correct Answer: First
Solution : The correct option is First.
India is the world's greatest milk producer, owing to programmes such as Operation Flood, a successful dairy development programme began in 1970. Operation Flood raised milk output dramatically, changed the dairy sector, and was critical in ensuring India's top position
Question : The poverty line in India is based on the survey conducted by which of the following?
Option 1: Ministry of Finance
Option 2: Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
Option 3: Ministry of Rural Development
Option 4: National Statistical Office (NSO)
Correct Answer: National Statistical Office (NSO)
Solution : The correct answer is the National Statistical Office (NSO).
The poverty line in India is primarily based on surveys conducted by the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO). The NSSO, under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, conducts periodic surveys to collect
Question : Ugadi is a Telugu festival celebrated on the occasion of ______.
Option 1: birth of lord Krishna
Option 2: birth of lord Rama
Option 3: coming of monsoon
Option 4: Telugu new year
Correct Answer: Telugu new year
Solution : The correct option is Telegu new year.
Ugadi is a Telugu festival celebrated on the occasion of the Telugu New Year. It marks the beginning of a new lunar year in the Hindu calendar, typically falling in March or April of the
Question : What is the difference between the largest and smallest of the given fractions? $\frac{5}{11}, \frac{5}{7}, \frac{3}{8}, \frac{6}{13}$
Option 1: $\frac{17}{56}$
Option 2: $\frac{19}{56}$
Option 3: $\frac{1}{ 7}$
Option 4: $\frac{23}{56}$
Correct Answer: $\frac{19}{56}$
Solution : L.C.M. of 11, 7, 8, 13 = 8008 Now, $(\frac{5}{11},\frac{5}{7},\frac{3}{8},\frac{6}{13})\times$ 8008 ⇒ 5 × 728, 5 × 1144, 3 × 1001, 6 × 616 ⇒ 3640, 5720, 3003, 3696 Least fraction = $\frac{3}{8}$ Greatest fraction = $\frac{5}{7}$ Difference = $\frac{5}{7} - \frac{3}{8} = \frac{(40 -
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, ask the doctor is written as nq sp ml and you can ask is written as I ml tr. How is ask written in the given language?
Option 1: ml
Option 2: sp
Option 3: tr
Option 4: nq
Correct Answer: ml
Solution : Given: 1. ask the doctor ⇒ nq sp ml 2. you can ask ⇒ I ml tr
By comparing the coded sentences, we find that – In sentences 1 and 2, the common word is ask and the common code is ml.
So, ml
Question : Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 kmph and including stoppages, it is 54 kmph. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour?
Option 1: 4 mins
Option 2: 6 mins
Option 3: 7 mins
Option 4: 5 mins
Correct Answer: 6 mins
Solution : Given, Excluding stoppages, the speed of a bus is 60 kmph. Including stoppages, it is 54 kmph. The average speed (including stoppages) = 45 kmph We know, Distance = speed × time taken So in 1 hr, distance travelled = 54 km The average
Question : Article 2 of the Indian constitution is related to ______.
Option 1: Admission or establishment of new states.
Option 2: Alteration of areas of existing states.
Option 3: Alteration of names of existing states.
Option 4: Name and territory of the Union.
Correct Answer: Admission or establishment of new states.
Solution : The correct option is Admission or establishment of new states.
Article 2 of the Indian Constitution deals with the admission or establishment of new states. It provides the power to the Parliament of India to admit new states to the
Question : A fuse wire is made of
Option 1: An alloy of tin and copper
Option 2: An alloy of tin and lead
Option 3: An alloy of tin and aluminium
Option 4: An alloy of Nickel and Chromium
Correct Answer: An alloy of tin and lead
Solution : The correct answer is an alloy of Tin and Lead.
A fuse is a safety device installed in an electric circuit to safeguard it from current fluctuations. It is a thin wire made up of an alloy of Tin
Question : Directions: In the given 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.
During a depression even the affluent, middle class struggles to ___ out a living.
Option 1: make
Option 2: eke
Option 3: pull
Option 4: stretch
Correct Answer: eke
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The phrasal verb eke out a living means to barely manage to make enough money to survive or to maintain a basic standard of living. This expression conveys the idea that even the middle class, which is usually
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