Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : 'Galpaguchchha', written by Rabindranath Tagore, is a collection of_______.
Option 1: devotional songs
Option 2: poems
Option 3: english shayaris
Option 4: short stories
Correct Answer: short stories
Solution : The correct option is short stories.
Galpaguchchha is a collection of sixty-one of Rabindranath Tagore's short stories. These short stories are broadly grouped under the themes of parting ways and the relationship between men and women.
Question : Who invented the first-ever safety elevator?
Option 1: Bill Gates
Option 2: Elisha Otis
Option 3: Paul Allen
Option 4: Dave Hyatt
Correct Answer: Elisha Otis
Solution : The correct option is Elisha Otis.
American Elisha Otis is credited with developing the safety elevator. In the New York City store of E. V. Haughwout & Co., he installed the first safety elevator for passenger use on March 23, 1857. He patented
Question : There are 222 red balls in a basket. A boy takes out 6 red balls from it and replaces them with 12 white balls. He continues to do so till all the red balls are replaced by white balls. Determine the number of white balls put in the basket.
Option 1: 444
Option 2: 111
Option 3: 333
Option 4: 222
Correct Answer: 444
Solution : We have, The 6 red balls are replaced with 12 white balls. ⇒ 1 red ball = 2 white ball $\therefore$ 222 red balls = 2 × 222 = 444 white balls Hence, the correct answer is 444.
Question : The diameter of a circle is $\frac{7}{4}$ times the base of a triangle, and the height of the triangle is 14 cm. If the area of the triangle is 56 cm2, then what is the circumference (in m) of the circle? (Use $\pi=\frac{22}{7}$)
Option 1: 0.44 m
Option 2: 2.46 m
Option 3: 0.48 m
Option 4: 1.74 m
Correct Answer: 0.44 m
Solution : Given: The diameter of a circle is $\frac{7}{4}$ times the base of a triangle, and the height of the triangle is 14 cm. The area of the triangle is 56 cm2. Use the formulas, The diameter of the circle = $2r$, The
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.
To smell a rat
Option 1: To suspect something
Option 2: To catch someone during a crime
Option 3: To leave things undisturbed
Option 4: To detect a dead rat
Correct Answer: To suspect something
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
To smell a rat means to suspect something or to recognise something is not as it appears to be.
Therefore, the correct answer is, to suspect something.
Question : Directions: Five students A, M, C, Y and G are sitting around a circular table facing outside the center not necessarily in the same order. M sits to the immediate left of A and the immediate right of G. Y is not an immediate neighbour of A. Who sits second left of G?
Option 1: Y
Option 2: M
Option 3: A
Option 4: C
Correct Answer: C
Solution : Given: (I) Five students A, M, C, Y and G are sitting around a circular table facing outside the centre. (II) M sits to the immediate left of A and the immediate right of G.
(III) Y is not an immediate neighbour of A. So,
Question : Directions: The bar diagram below shows the production of potatoes (in quintals) from the year 2000 to 2006. Study the diagram and answer the following questions.
During this period, the highest rate of decline in production is:
Option 1: 24.4%
Option 2: 28.22%
Option 3: 33.64%
Option 4: 35.32%
Correct Answer: 33.64%
Solution : The rate of decline can be seen only in 2001, 2002, and 2004. The rate of decline in production in 2004 = $\frac{1640-1240}{1640}×100$ = 24.39% The rate of decline in production in 2002 = $\frac{1085-720}{1085}×100$ = 33.64% The rate of decline in production in 2001
Question : Directions: Select the figure from the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : In the figure given, each alphabet covers half the distance in the anticlockwise direction. Follow the directions to find the next term.
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019 declares the instant divorce granted by the pronouncement of talaq three times as void and illegal. It provides for imprisonment for a term up to____ and fine to the husband who practised instant Triple Talaq.
Option 1: 2 years
Option 2: 5 years
Option 3: 4 years
Option 4: 3 years
Correct Answer: 3 years
Solution : The correct answer is 3 years.
The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Act of 2019 declares the instant divorce granted by the pronouncement of talaq three times as void and illegal. It provides for imprisonment for a term of up to 3
Question : Which famous Indian musician is associated with the musical instrument santoor?
Option 1: Ustad Amjad Ali Khan
Option 2: Ustad Zakir Hussain
Option 3: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
Option 4: Hariprasad Chaurasia
Correct Answer: Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma
Solution : The correct option is Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma.
Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma is associated with the santoor. A renowned Indian musician, he transformed the santoor, making it popular in classical music. In 1986, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma received the Sangeet Natak
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