Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words.
A residence for monks or priests
Option 1: Nursery
Option 2: Convent
Option 3: Monastery
Option 4: Tomb
Correct Answer: Monastery
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation:
A monastery is a place where monks or priests live, pray, and often work. It is a specific term that accurately describes a residence for individuals dedicated to religious life.
Therefore, the correct one-word substitute is monastery
Question : Directions: Find the missing number from the given responses in each of the following questions.
Option 1: 12
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 8
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 6
Solution : For the given figure, add the numbers in the upper left corner and middle to get the number in the lower right corner. Also, add the numbers in the upper right corner and middle to get the number in the lower left corner.
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Question : Directions: Select the option figure that will replace the question mark (?) in the figure given below to complete the pattern.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : On comparing the question figure and all the answer figures, the following figure will combine and make the complete pattern –
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Dissolve
Option 1: Emerge
Option 2: Consolidate
Option 3: Fade
Option 4: Repair
Correct Answer: Fade
Dissolve is the process of a solid becoming incorporated into a liquid and disappearing into it. Fade means to gradually grow faint and disappear.
Both of these words imply reduction, hence making them synonymous.
The meanings of
Question : A person loses 20% on selling 80 pens for INR 40. What should be the selling price of 80 pens to earn a profit of 10%?
Option 1: INR 80
Option 2: INR 60
Option 3: INR 55
Option 4: INR 65
Correct Answer: INR 55
Solution : Selling price = INR 40 Loss = 20% of cost price Cost price = loss + selling price Cost price = 20% of cost price + 40 80% of cost price = 40 Cost price = $\frac{40}{0.8}$ = INR 50 Profit = 10% 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. You may wonder if anyone would (1) ______ to be diagnosed before they are even aware they have Alzheimer’s (2) ______? A recent survey shows that, indeed, they would. (3) ______ three-quarters of the respondents said they would want (4) ______ if they had Alzheimer’s disease, even if they were not yet experiencing (5) ______.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: drop
Option 2: surrender
Option 3: want
Option 4: got
Correct Answer: want
Solution : The most appropriate option is the third option.
Explanation: The sentence structure and context suggest that the missing word should express the idea of someone desiring or consenting to something. The sentence questions whether anyone would willingly or wishfully choose to be diagnosed before they
Question : Directions: In an examination hall seven students Aditi, Cindy, Jeanie, Kirti, Niti, Preeti, and Sweety are sitting in a row facing North but not necessarily in the same order. Cindy sits third to the right of Sweety. Aditi and Preeti are immediate neighbours of Cindy. More than two persons sit between Preeti and Sweety. Jeanie is the only neighbour of Niti. Jeanie sits to the right of Aditi. What is the position of Niti with respect to Kirti?
Option 1: Fifth to the left
Option 2: Fifth to the right
Option 3: Third to the right
Option 4: Third to the left
Correct Answer: Fifth to the right
Solution : Given: (I) In an examination hall seven students Aditi, Cindy, Jeanie, Kirti, Niti, Preeti, and Sweety are sitting in a row facing North but not necessarily in the same order. (Left end) _, _, _, _, _, _, _. (Right end) (North
Question : Select the word from the options that is similar in meaning to the bracketed word given in the sentence below. The sky was alight from (top) to horizon.
Option 1: summit
Option 2: start
Option 3: zenith
Option 4: base
Correct Answer: zenith
Solution : The third option is the correct choice.
Top refers to the highest point, and in this case, the sentence describes the sky being alight from the highest point to the horizon. Zenith specifically denotes the highest point reached in the sky, especially by a celestial
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, if February is called March, March is called April, April is called June, June is called September, and September is called November, then which month will have the most number of days?
Option 1: September
Option 2: March
Option 3: April
Option 4: June
Correct Answer: April
Solution : Here, as per the given instructions –
Since March has the most number of days,
Question : If the ratio of the volumes of two cylinders is 6 : 5 and the ratio of their heights is 5 : 24, then what is the ratio of their radii?
Option 1: 12 : 7
Option 2: 5 : 6
Option 3: 1 : 2
Option 4: 12 : 5
Correct Answer: 12 : 5
Solution : Given: the ratio of the volumes of two cylinders is 6 : 5 and the ratio of their heights is 5 : 24. Let their radii be $r_1$ and $r_2$, also let their heights be $5h$ and $24h$. According to the question, $\frac{\pi×r_1^2×5h}{\pi×r_2^2×24h}=\frac{6}{5}$
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