Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam
Question : Salim had to sell vegetables worth Rs. 5750 for Rs. 4500 due to heavy rainfall. What is the loss percentage that he has incurred?
Option 1: 21.74%
Option 2: 23.47%
Option 3: 20%
Option 4: 23.45%
Correct Answer: 21.74%
Solution : Cost price (CP) = Rs. 5750 Selling price (SP) = Rs. 4500 Loss = CP – SP = 5750 – 4500 = Rs. 1250 Loss % $=\frac{\text{Loss}}{\text{Cost price}} × 100=\frac{1250}{5750} × 100 = 21.74\%$ Hence, the correct answer is 21.74%.
Question : Directions: In the following question, select the missing number from the given series. 120, 110, 101, 93, 86, ?
Option 1: 80
Option 2: 79
Option 3: 82
Option 4: 81
Correct Answer: 80
Solution : Given: 120, 110, 101, 93, 86, ?
Subtract the consecutive natural numbers in decreasing order (starting from 10) from each term to get the missing term in the series. 120 – 10 = 110; 110 – 9 = 101; 101 – 8 = 93; 93
Question : Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Ideal
Option 1: Flawed
Option 2: Excellent
Option 3: Fitting
Option 4: Optimal
Correct Answer: Flawed
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The word "ideal" refers to something that is conceived as perfect. "Flawed" means something that has blemishes or shortcomings, making it the antonym of "ideal".
The meanings of the other words are:
Question : Rearrange the parts of the sentence in the correct order.
P. requires knowledge of the complex interplay among ocean Q. chemistry and circulation, ecology of marine and terrestrial R. organisms, ice sheet dynamics, and atmospheric chemistry and circulation S. a full understanding of glacial-interglacial carbon dynamics
Option 1: PQRS
Option 2: QPRS
Option 3: SPQR
Option 4: SRPQ
Correct Answer: SPQR
Solution : The correct choice is the third option, SPQR.
The sentence begins with the overarching idea (S) that achieving a full understanding of glacial-interglacial carbon dynamics is essential. Following this, the sentence delves into the specifics of what this understanding entails. The sequence unfolds by
Question : Directions: The position of which letter will be exactly at the centre of the arrangement if each of the letters of IOUCHID is arranged in reversed alphabetical order, i.e. starting from the last letter (Z)?
Option 1: E
Option 2: U
Option 3: O
Option 4: I
Correct Answer: I
Solution : Given: IOUCHID
After arranging the letters of the IOUCHID in reverse alphabetical order, the letter cluster formed is UOIIHDC.
So, the middle letter is I. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Directions: If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then out of the option figures which figure will be the right image of the question figure?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear
Question : If the ratio of the altitudes of two triangles is 3 : 4 and the ratio of their corresponding areas is 4 : 3, then the ratio of their corresponding lengths of bases is:
Option 1: 1 : 1
Option 2: 16 : 9
Option 3: 1 : 2
Option 4: 2 : 1
Correct Answer: 16 : 9
Solution : Given: the ratio of the altitudes of two triangles is 3 : 4 and the ratio of their corresponding areas is 4 : 3. Let the altitudes of two triangles be 3$x$ and 4$x$ and the areas of the triangles be 4$y$ and
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. There are a number of places of historical or religiously importance.
Option 1: religiosity important
Option 2: religious importance
Option 3: No improvement
Option 4: religious important
Correct Answer: religious importance
Solution : The correct answer is the second option.
In the given sentence, the phrase "religiously importance" contains an error. The term "religiously" is an adverb, but in this context, an adjective is required to modify the noun "importance". The correct adjective form is "religious" to
Question : Choose the word that can substitute for the given group of words.
Killing one's father.
Option 1: Insecticide
Option 2: Suicide
Option 3: Tyrannicide
Option 4: Patricide
Correct Answer: Patricide
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
Patricide is the term specifically used to describe the act of killing one's own father. It is derived from the Latin word pater, meaning father. The prefix "patr-" is commonly associated with concepts related to fathers or
Question : The next number of the sequence 3, 5, 9, 17, 33, ... is:
Option 1: 65
Option 2: 60
Option 3: 50
Option 4: 49
Correct Answer: 65
Solution : The sequence 3, 5, 9, 17, 33,... is obtained by adding successively increasing the power of 2n (where n is 1, 2, 3 ...) to the previous term. The first term is 3 and the second term is 5. The difference between the second
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