Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : The marked price of a computer is Rs. 14,000. The selling price of the computer is Rs. 9,702. If two successive discounts of 23% and $y$% are given, then what is the value of $y$?
Option 1: 15%
Option 2: 10%
Option 3: 12%
Option 4: 5%
Correct Answer: 10%
Solution : Given: The marked price of a computer is Rs. 14,000. The selling price of the computer is Rs. 9,702. The two successive discounts of 23% and $y$% are given. Here marked price (MP) = Rs. 14,000 After the first discount of 23% the selling price
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the bracketed idiom in the given sentence. After repeated failures and disappointments he was tempted (to throw up the sponge), but continued perseverance finally brought success.
Option 1: To catch somebody of guard
Option 2: To surrender or give up the contest
Option 3: To reveal secret information
Option 4: To be afraid
Correct Answer: To surrender or give up the contest
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The idiom to throw up the sponge is an expression that means to give up, surrender, or quit a contest or endeavour.
In the context of the sentence, the individual was tempted
Question : Directions: In the following question below are given some statements followed by some conclusions based on those statements. Taking the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. Read all the conclusions and then decide which conclusions logically follow the given statements. Statements: I. Some V are P. II. Some F are V. Conclusions: I. Some F are P. II. Some V are F.
Option 1: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 2: Only conclusion I follows
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: Neither conclusion follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statement is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion I: Some F are P – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that there is no definite relation between F and P.
Question : Which was the tallest of all Medieval Indian Temple ?
Option 1: Kailasa Temple
Option 2: Sun Temple at Konark
Option 3: Nilkantheswara Temple at Udaipur
Option 4: Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore
Correct Answer: Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore
Solution : Correct Answer is Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjore
Brihadishvara Temple, also known as Rajarajesvaram by its architect, was built in the Chola architectural style. It contained the gopura, the main temple's enormous tower, and inscriptions primarily pertaining to Shaivism but also to Vaishnavism
Question : Successive discounts of 15% and 30% are equivalent to how much percent of a single discount?
Option 1: 52.8%
Option 2: 20.5%
Option 3: 33.33%
Option 4: 40.5%
Correct Answer: 40.5%
Solution : Successive equivalent discounts of 15% and 30% $=30 + 15 - (\frac{30 × 15}{100})$ $=45 - \frac{45}{10}$ $=45 - 4.5$ $=40.5$% Hence, the correct answer is 40.5%.
Question : Which of the following dances is a popular folk dance of Maharashtra?
Option 1: Lavani
Option 2: Bihu
Option 3: Jhumar
Option 4: Giddha
Correct Answer: Lavani
Solution : The correct option is Lavani.
Lavani is a popular folk dance in Maharashtra. Lavani is a combination of traditional song and dance particularly performed to the beats of Dholki. Dholki is a percussion instrument used to create a powerful rhythm. Lavani has significantly contributed to
Question : Who among the following succeeded Ghatotkacha, the Gupta ruler?
Option 1: Kumaragupta I
Option 2: Chandragupta I
Option 3: Chandragupta II
Option 4: Skandagupta
Correct Answer: Chandragupta I
Solution : The correct answer is Chandragupta I.
Chandragupta I succeeded Ghatotkacha. Sri Gupta is regarded as the first of the Gupta rulers, and Ghatotkacha was the successor of Sri Gupta. Chandragupta I was the son and also the successor of Ghatotkacha.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. I often feel I am an_______, that I would be more at home at the turn of the century than today.
Option 1: anachronism
Option 2: analogous
Option 3: apathy
Option 4: avarice
Correct Answer: avarice
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Avarice means excessive greed for wealth or gain. It helps convey the intended meaning that the speaker feels out of place in the current time due to their perceived materialistic tendencies and that they would feel more at
Question : Select the word segment that substitutes (replaces) the bracketed word segment correctly and completes the sentence meaningfully. Select the option 'no correction required if the sentence is correct as given
One of the main climbing routes approaches the summit from the southeast (in the Nepal).
Option 1: at the Nepal
Option 2: in Nepal
Option 3: No correction required
Option 4: from the Nepal
Correct Answer: in Nepal
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation:
The definite article "the" is not needed before Nepal, as "the" is only used before the country names, which either contains "of" or includes a common noun.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: One of the
Question : S alone can do a piece of work in 14 days. T alone can do the same work in 21 days. U alone can do the same work in 28 days. Working together, in how many days will they complete the work?
Option 1: $\frac{84}{13}$ days
Option 2: $\frac{77}{13}$ days
Option 3: $\frac{71}{13}$ days
Option 4: $\frac{87}{13}$ days
Correct Answer: $\frac{84}{13}$ days
Solution : One day's work of S = $\frac{1}{14}$ One day's work of T = $\frac{1}{21}$ One day's work of U = $\frac{1}{28}$ One day's work of S + T + U = $\frac{1}{14}+\frac{1}{21}+\frac{1}{28}$ = $\frac{6+4+3}{84}$ = $\frac{13}{84}$ So, the work will be completed in $(1÷\frac{13}{84})=\frac{84}{13}$
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