Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : The percentage of India's total population employed in agriculture as of 2023 is nearly:
Option 1: 60%
Option 2: 50%
Option 3: 70%
Option 4: 80%
Correct Answer: 60%
Solution : The correct answer is 60%.
Agriculture and allied sectors contribute about 17.5%-18% to the GDP of India, while it employs nearly 60% of the total workforce in India. Although the contribution of agriculture is constantly decreasing in the GDP of India, it employs most
Question : A man suffering from diabetes mellitus drinks water more frequently as he has to eliminate from the blood extra :
Option 1: glucose
Option 2: insulin
Option 3: glucagon
Option 4: salt
Correct Answer: glucose
Solution : The correct option is glucose.
In diabetes mellitus, the body's failure to adequately manage blood glucose results in hyperglycemia, or elevated blood sugar levels. The kidneys filter extra glucose from the blood into the urine, bringing water with it and resulting in excessive urination (polyuria).
Question : Comprehension:
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 3.
Option 1: hardly
Option 2: silently
Option 3: loudly
Option 4: absolutely
Correct Answer: absolutely
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Absolutely conveys a sense of completeness and certainty, indicating that the leopard made absolutely no sound.
Question : Directions: If the 15th of January 1996 is Monday, then what will be the day of the week on the 30th of March 1997?
Option 1: Tuesday
Option 2: Sunday
Option 3: Wednesday
Option 4: Monday
Correct Answer: Sunday
Solution : Given: The 15th of January 1996 is Monday.
First, find the total number of days – 1996→(1996 is a leap year)
Question : Male is the capital of _____.
Option 1: Algeria
Option 2: Maldives
Option 3: Kenya
Option 4: Mauritius
Correct Answer: Maldives
Solution : The correct answer is Maldives.
Male is the capital city of the Maldives. It is an island and atoll in the Indian Ocean. It is also the world's smallest capital. The Maldives is a group of 1200 islands, sand banks and atolls. The Dhivehi
Question : The collection of all bundles a consumer can buy with her income at the prevailing market prices is called the ______.
Option 1: budget set
Option 2: budget constraint
Option 3: budget anomaly
Option 4: budget line
Correct Answer: budget set
Solution : The correct option is the budget set.
The collection of all bundles that a consumer can buy with their income at the prevailing market prices is called the budget set. This set represents the various combinations of goods and services that the consumer
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined words in the given sentence. She's been beating around the bush all afternoon - I just wish she would come out and tell us what she really thinks.
Option 1: avoiding to talk directly about a topic or issue
Option 2: trying to be overprotective
Option 3: denying to have her head in the clouds
Option 4: there to give the cold shoulder
Correct Answer: avoiding to talk directly about a topic or issue
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The phrase "beating around the bush" is an idiom that means avoiding addressing a topic directly or not getting to the main point of a conversation. The first
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each blank.
The modern pizza was originally (1).__________ in Naples, Italy but the word pizza is Greek in (2).__________ derived from the Greek word pktos meaning solid or clotted. The ancient (3)._________ covered their bread with oils, herbs and cheese. The first major (4).__________ that led to flatbread pizza was the use of tomato as a topping. It was common for the poor of the area around Naples to add (5).___________ to their yeast-based flat bread, and so the pizza began. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
Option 1: Romans
Option 2: Greeks
Option 3: Spaniards
Option 4: Indians
Correct Answer: Greeks
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Greeks is the correct choice in this context, as the paragraph is already talking about the Greeks, from whom the word pizza originated.
Question : Select the wrongly spelt word.
Option 1: Invulnerable
Option 2: Litigation
Option 3: Fortuous
Option 4: Intrepid
Correct Answer: Fortuous
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The incorrectly spelled word is fortuous. There are the letters "i" and "t" missing in the given word. The correct spelling is fortuitous, which means something that is not direct and requires many changes of
Question : Select the most appropriate option that can substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence.
She will accept his love proposal if he will express impressively.
Option 1: if he has been pressed
Option 2: if he had express
Option 3: if he expresses
Option 4: if he expressed
Correct Answer: if he expresses
In English, when we use the conjunction if to introduce a conditional clause, the simple present is used in that clause, and the simple future tense is used in the main clause. The first conditional is
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