Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (rotation is NOT allowed.)
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the second option figure.
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option. Then Bheeshma entered their lives with his _________ lion's laugh.
Option 1: narrow
Option 2: large
Option 3: moment
Option 4: elephantine
Correct Answer: large
Solution : The second option is correct.
Question : Which among the following straits divides Sri Lanka from India?
Option 1: Yucatan Strait
Option 2: Malacca Strait
Option 3: Palk Strait
Option 4: Sunda Strait
Correct Answer: Palk Strait
Solution : The correct answer is Palk Strait.
Southern India and northern Sri Lanka are separated by the strait. Palk Bay also refers to the southwest section of the strait. Robert Palk, a Madras governor during the Company Raj era, is honoured by having his strait
Question : What is the tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022?
Option 1: Five years
Option 2: Three years
Option 3: Six years
Option 4: Two years
Correct Answer: Six years
Solution : The correct answer is Six years.
The tenure of a Rajya Sabha member as of 2022 is six years, and one-third of the members of Rajya Sabha retire every two years. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and is not subject to dissolution.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
The girl ran into the house to get some ______ of bread, cold potatoes and other such morsels as were suitable for the fowls.
Option 1: heaps
Option 2: shells
Option 3: crumbs
Option 4: bars
Correct Answer: crumbs
Solution : The third option is correct.
The meanings of the given words are:
Heaps mean an untidy pile of something.
Shells are a hard covering that protects eggs, nuts, and some animals.
Crumbs mean a very small, dry piece of bread, cake, or biscuit.
Bars
Question : Does the President of India have veto power?
Option 1: Yes
Option 2: Only for money bills
Option 3: The Constitution is silent on this
Option 4: No
Correct Answer: Yes
Solution : The correct answer is Yes.
Article 111 of the Indian Constitution specifies the veto powers of the President. The President has three veto powers, i.e., absolute, suspension and pocket veto. Before a bill can become law, it must first be introduced in the parliament and
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, SLEEP is written as TLEEQ. How will DROWSY be written in that language?
Option 1: ERWOSZ
Option 2: EROWSZ
Option 3: ERWOZS
Option 4: ROWSZQ
Correct Answer: EROWSZ
Solution : Given: SLEEP is coded as TLEEQ.
Add 1 to the place value of the first and last letters of SLEEP and the rest of the letters will remain the same to get the required code. S + 1 = T; L→L; E→E; E→E; P +
Question : Directions: A circular sheet of paper is folded in a particular manner and a punch is made. When unfolded, the paper appears as given in the question figure. Find out the manner in which the paper is folded and punch is made from the responses given.
Solution : When the given unfolded paper is folded, it will look like –
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : The speeds of a boat along the current and against the current are 10 km/hr and 8 km/hr, respectively. What is the speed (in km/hr) of the current?
Option 1: 1
Option 2: 2
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 9
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : Let the speed of the boat be $x$ km/hr. The speed of the current is $y$ km/hr. Speed of boat along the current = Speed of boat + Speed of current $x+y$ = 10 km/hr ----(1) Speed of boat against the current = Speed of
Question : A can do a piece of work in 8 days which B can destroy in 3 days. A has worked for 6 days, during the last 2 days of which B has been destroying; how many days must A work alone to complete the remaining work?
Option 1: $7\ \text{days}$
Option 2: $7\frac{1}{3}\ \text{days}$
Option 3: $7\frac{2}{3}\ \text{days}$
Option 4: $8\ \text{days}$
Correct Answer: $7\frac{1}{3}\ \text{days}$
Solution : Time taken by A alone to do the work = 8 days Part of work done by A alone in a day = $\frac{1}{8}$ Time taken by B alone to destroy the work = 3 days Part of work destroyed by B alone in
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