Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
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.
A young man walks toward me with a stick slung across his back and a (1)_______ of sheep at his feet, which carry him down the path (2)______ a crowd of rowdy children. An older man follows, weatherworn but still (3)______, a rifle over his left shoulder. He clicks his tongue to (4)______ the flock. Behind him are two women on horses; I guess (5)______ are his wife and daughter.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: punish
Option 2: claim
Option 3: encourage
Option 4: dress
Correct Answer: encourage
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Encourage is the correct choice in this context. Encourage means to stimulate action. It helps convey the intended meaning that the old man clicked his tongue to urge the flock to move forward.
Therefore, the complete sentence
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'No substitution required.' This commodity in clay-coloured material (can't be used neither as a table mat nor as a table napkin).
Option 1: can't be used either as a table mat or as a table napkin
Option 2: No substitution required
Option 3: can't be used neither as a table mat but as a table napkin
Option 4: can't be used neither as a table mat or as a table napkin
Correct Answer: can't be used either as a table mat or as a table napkin
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The original sentence contains a double negative with "can't be used neither". The correct phrasing should use "either" to maintain proper negation. The revised sentence provides
Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'.
Writing habit is a good and easily exercise for the brain.
Option 1: for the brain
Option 2: good and easily exercise
Option 3: writing habit is a
Option 4: No Error
Correct Answer: good and easily exercise
The word easily is incorrectly used in the sentence. It should be replaced with the adverb easy to properly modify the noun exercise.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "Writing habit is a good and easy
Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option Choose the correct alternative. Air Travel is the___________ growing emitter of climate change gases.
Option 1: fasting
Option 2: fastest
Option 3: fastly
Option 4: fast
Correct Answer: fastest
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
"The fastest-growing" is the appropriate adjectival phrase modifying the subject "air travel". It describes how air travel is changing or increasing. "Fastest" is the superlative form of "fast", indicating that among all the growing sources, air travel
Question : If an item whose marked price is INR 1,000 is sold after two successive discounts of 10% and 15%, then find the price at which the item is sold.
Option 1: INR 775
Option 2: INR 745
Option 3: INR 755
Option 4: INR 765
Correct Answer: INR 765
Solution : Given : ${D}_1=10\%$ ${D}_2=15\%$ Marked Price = INR 1000 Putting values in the equation, Net discount percentage $=10+15-\frac{10\times 15}{2}=25-1.5=23.5\%$ Now Selling price of the item, Selling price = $1000(1-\frac{23.5}{100})=1000\times 0.765=765$ Hence, the selling price of the item is INR 765.
Question : The force exerted by a charged body on another charged or uncharged body is known as_____.
Option 1: electrostatic force
Option 2: gravitational force
Option 3: frictional force
Option 4: pressure force
Correct Answer: electrostatic force
Solution : The correct answer is electrostatic force.
The force exerted by a charged body on another charged or uncharged body is known as electrostatic force. This force is a fundamental force in nature and is described by Coulomb's Law for charges. Coulomb's Law states
Question : Which of the following is not a logical operator?
Option 1: ADD
Option 2: AND
Option 3: NOT
Option 4: OR
Correct Answer: ADD
Solution : The correct option is ADD.
Programmers employ logical operators to join many expressions and generate a result depending on each expression's truth value. The truth values of the expressions being evaluated determine the value that is generated by a logical operator. The three most often
Question : Directions: Select the option in which the two numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers in the given number pairs. 23 : 529 26 : 676
Option 1: 24 : 576
Option 2: 16 : 196
Option 3: 18 : 400
Option 4: 22 : 444
Correct Answer: 24 : 576
Solution : Given: 23: 529; 26: 676
Square of the first term to get the second term – ⇒ 23 : 529 → 232 = 529 ⇒ 26 : 676 → 262 = 676 Let's check each option –
First option: 24: 576
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Small
Option 1: Rich
Option 2: Adequate
Option 3: Liberal
Option 4: Slight
Correct Answer: Slight
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation:
Slight means small in degree, amount, or importance. This is the most fitting synonym for small among the options provided, as it specifically denotes something of a small or modest size or significance.
The meanings of the
Question : Which article of the Indian Constitution provides for the proclamation of Emergency?
Option 1: Article 364
Option 2: Article 352
Option 3: Article 350
Option 4: Article 362
Correct Answer: Article 352
Solution : The correct answer is Article 352.
Emergency provisions are mentioned in Part 18 of the Constitution, from Articles 352 to 360. Article 352 deals with national emergencies; Article 356 deals with state emergencies; and Article 360 incorporates financial emergencies. The National Emergency in India
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