Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: The sequence of folding a piece of paper and how the folded paper has been cut is shown in the following figures. How would this paper look when unfolded?
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given folded paper is unfolded, it will look like –
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Directions: By interchanging the given two signs, which of the following equations will NOT be correct? + and × l. 180 – 32 + 3 × 148 ÷ 37 = 88 II. 204 ÷ 17 × 23 + 5 – 97 = 50
Option 1: Both I and II
Option 2: Only I
Option 3: Neither I nor II
Option 4: Only II
Correct Answer: Only II
Solution : Given: l. 180 – 32 + 3 × 148 ÷ 37 = 88 II. 204 ÷ 17 × 23 + 5 – 97 = 50
Equation I: 180 – 32 × 3 + 148 ÷ 37 = 88 On solving the L.H.S. of the
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom. Does my name ring a bell for you?
Option 1: To sound familiar
Option 2: To be very frightened
Option 3: To take advantage
Option 4: To mock someone
Correct Answer: To sound familiar
Solution : The most appropriate meaning of the underlined idiom Does my name ring a bell for you? is the first option.
Explanation: The idiom ring a bell is commonly used to inquire whether something or someone sounds familiar or is remembered by the person
Question : Who among the following addressed the Indian National Congress as its President in 1887?
Option 1: Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Option 2: Badruddin Tyabji
Option 3: W. C. Bonnerjee
Option 4: Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer: Badruddin Tyabji
Solution : The correct answer is Badruddin Tyabji.
Badruddin Tyabji was the first Indian Muslim to preside over the Indian National Congress. He served as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1887. Badruddin Tyabji was a distinguished lawyer who played a significant role
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The dress is too tights around the waist.
Option 1: too tightly
Option 2: no improvement
Option 3: too tightest
Option 4: too tight
Correct Answer: too tight
Solution : The correct option will be the fourth option.
The original sentence has a grammatical error with the use of "too tights". The correct form is "too tight" because "tight" is an adjective, and when expressing excessiveness or intensity, we use
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
Geeta said that she had never viewed across a book she liked so much.
(1) come across
(2) come through
(3) come around
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the first option.
Come across means to encounter or find something unexpectedly, which fits the context of discovering a book that she liked.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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. The Crosses, the village (1) ______ Vasili Andreevich lived, consisted of six houses. As soon as they had passed the blacksmith’s hut (2) ______ last in the village, they realised that the wind was much stronger than they had thought. The road could hardly be seen. The tracks left by the sledge-runners were immediately (3) ______ by snow, and the road was only (4) ______ by the fact that it was higher than the rest of the ground. There was a swirl of snow over the fields, and the line where the sky and earth met could not be (5) ______. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: seen
Option 2: seeing
Option 3: saw
Option 4: see
Correct Answer: seen
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
The phrase suggests that due to the swirl of snow over the fields, the visibility was significantly reduced, making it difficult to distinguish the line where the sky and earth appeared to meet. "Seen" fits well in the
Question : Which of the following is a characteristic of an exothermic reaction:
Option 1: Release of heat
Option 2: Absorption of heat
Option 3: Doesn't involve any change in temperature
Option 4: None of the options is correct
Correct Answer: Release of heat
Solution : The correct option is the Release of heat.
Exothermic reactions are those in which the system releases heat into the environment. The temperature of the surroundings rises because they are absorbing heat from the system. Respiration and burning of candles are examples of
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. "I am proud to (1)_____ to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance (2)_____ universal acceptance," he declared (3)_____ September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration; (4)_____ we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5)_____of all religions and all nations of the earth.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: toilers
Option 2: refugees
Option 3: workers
Option 4: peons
Correct Answer: refugees
Solution : The most appropriate choice to fill in the blank is the second option.
Explanation: The sentence context suggests that the nation has provided shelter to certain individuals. Refugees is the most suitable term for people who have been forced to leave their home country due
Question : Who developed the innovations theory of profit?
Option 1: Francis Amasa Walker
Option 2: John Bates Clark
Option 3: Frank Hyneman Knight
Option 4: Joseph Alois Schumpeter
Correct Answer: Joseph Alois Schumpeter
Solution : The correct answer is Joseph Alois Schumpeter.
Austrian economist Joseph Alois Schumpeter established the profit innovation idea. He claimed that profits are earned by entrepreneurs who propose new goods, methods, or company models. These innovations interrupt established markets and open up new economic
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