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Staff Selection Commission Combined Higher Secondary Level Exam

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Question : A trader sells an article at 20 percent profit. If he buys it at half of the cost price and sells at the same selling price as before, then what will be the profit percentage?

Option 1: 240 percent

Option 2: 40 percent

Option 3: 140 percent

Option 4: 60 percent

Team Careers360 24th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 140 percent


Solution : Let the cost Price of the article be Rs. 100
Selling Price of the article at 20% profit = Rs. 100 + Rs. 20 = Rs. 120
The new Cost Price of the article = Rs. 50
Selling Price = Rs. 120
Now Profit

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Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.

Sumptuous

Option 1: Unremitting

Option 2: Lucrative

Option 3: Inexpensive

Option 4: Delectable

Team Careers360 17th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Inexpensive


Solution : The third option is the correct choice.

The adjective sumptuous means to be splendid and expensive-looking, whereas inexpensive means costing a relatively small amount of money, affordable, making it the right antonym for the word "sumptuous".

The meanings of the other options are as

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Question : Directions: In the following question, select the related number from the given alternatives.
414 : 636 :: 325 : ?

Option 1: 547

Option 2: 414

Option 3: 222

Option 4: 636

Team Careers360 3rd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 547


Solution : Given:
414 : 636 :: 325 : ?

Like, 414 : 636→414 + 222 = 636
Similarly, for 325 : ?→325 + 222 = 547

So, 325 is related to 547. Hence, the first option is correct.

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Question : A contractor employed 69 workers to complete a work in 20 days. How many more workers he should employ to complete the work in 12 days?

Option 1: 115 workers

Option 2: 46 workers

Option 3: 51 workers

Option 4: 64 workers

Team Careers360 20th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 46 workers


Solution : Given: The work can be completed in 20 days by 69 workers.
Let the more workers be $x$.
According to the question:
${M_1×D_1}$ = ${M_2×D_2}$, where $M_1, M_2$ are number of men and $D_1, D_2$ are number of days.
⇒ ${69×20}$ = ${(69+x)×12}$

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Question : In places, the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known as ______.

Option 1: a well

Option 2: an aquifer

Option 3: a lake

Option 4: a pond

Team Careers360 5th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: an aquifer


Solution : The correct answer is an aquifer.

An aquifer is an underground layer of porous rock or sediment that stores and retains groundwater levels in the soil. These are the huge storehouses of water. Aquifers are used for commercial, industrial and agricultural drinking water

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Question : Directions: In a certain code language, will come back later is written as nk zs kp rq and later he won it is written as pj st mk kp. How will later be written in the given language?

Option 1: rq

Option 2: nk

Option 3: zs

Option 4: kp

Team Careers360 12th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: kp


Solution : Given: 
1. will come back later ⇒ nk zs kp rq
2. later he won it ⇒ pj st mk kp.

By comparing two coded sentences, we find that –
In sentences 1 and 2, later and kp are common.

So, later will be coded

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Question : Directions: What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series?
333, 337, 345, ?, 393

Option 1: 361

Option 2: 349

Option 3: 378

Option 4: 382

Team Careers360 22nd Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 361


Solution : Given:
333, 337, 345, ?, 393

The following pattern is being followed in the given series –

So, the missing number is 361. Hence, the first option is correct.

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Question : P and Q can do a project in 12 and 12 days respectively. In how many days can they complete 50% of the project if they work together?

Option 1: 6

Option 2: 3

Option 3: 18

Option 4: 1.5

Team Careers360 14th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: 3


Solution : Time taken by P to complete a project = 12 days
Time taken by Q to complete a project = 12 days
Work done by P in one day = $\frac{1}{12}$
Work done by Q in one day = $\frac{1}{12}$
Work done by P and

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Question : In the following question, out of the given four alternatives, select the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the Idiom/Phrase.

The whys and wherefores.

Option 1: References

Option 2: Circumstances

Option 3: Requirements

Option 4: Reasons

Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Reasons


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Explanation:

The whys and wherefores is an idiomatic expression used to refer to the detailed reasons, explanations, or justifications behind a decision, action, or situation. In this context, reasons is the most fitting alternative that conveys the same

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