Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We didn't mean to_________ all of you waiting.
Option 1: creep
Option 2: make
Option 3: seep
Option 4: keep
Correct Answer: keep
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
In this sentence, the word keep would be used to express the unintentional action of causing a group of people to wait. It implies the continuation of a situation—in this case, causing others to wait.
The meanings
Question : What was the objective of "Arya Samaj" founded by "Swami Dayanand Saraswati"?
Option 1: To establish autocratic rule
Option 2: To rise against Britishers
Option 3: To encourage the practice of barter trade
Option 4: To reform Hinduism
Correct Answer: To reform Hinduism
Solution : The correct option is To reform Hinduism.
The Arya Samaj, founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati, aimed to reform Hinduism by advocating for monotheism and Vedic teachings and rejecting idol worship. It promoted social equality and education for all and condemned superstitious practices,
Question : Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Option 1: Contencious
Option 2: Prevaricate
Option 3: Refute
Option 4: Revere
Correct Answer: Contencious
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The incorrectly spelt word is contencious. The correct spelling is contentious, which means causing or likely to cause an argument; controversial.
Other words are correctly spelt and their meanings are as follows:
Question : Directions: In the following question, a sentence is given with a blank that is to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested; choose the correct alternative out of them as your answer.
Next summer we're going ___ a trip to Canada.
Option 1: To
Option 2: On
Option 3: For
Option 4: Over
Correct Answer: On
Solution : The second option is the correct answer since ''going on'' means planning to take a journey, and it fits perfectly in the sentence. Here, the speaker plans to go to Canada the following summer.
The other options, ''going to'' has the meaning of 'about to
Question : "The White Tiger" provides a darkly humorous perspective of India's class struggle in a globalised world. It is written by __________.
Option 1: Shashi Tharoor
Option 2: Amitav Ghosh
Option 3: Aravind Adiga
Option 4: Vikram Seth
Correct Answer: Aravind Adiga
Solution : The correct answer is Aravind Adiga.
The White Tiger is a book by Aravind Adiga. He won the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel "The White Tiger" in 2008. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize, after Salman Rushdie,
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded as its part (Rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the fourth option figure.
Hence, the fourth option is correct.
Question : If 30% of 600 is 60% more than A, then what is the value of A?
Option 1: 133.33
Option 2: 125
Option 3: 112.5
Option 4: 118.25
Correct Answer: 112.5
Solution : 30% of 600 = $\frac{30}{100} \times 600=180$ If 180 is 60% more than A, then ⇒ $180= \frac{160}{100}\times A$ ⇒ $A= 112.5$ Hence, the correct answer is 112.5.
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. To mark the 25th anniversary of the run, (1)________ Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a one-dollar commemorative circulation coin (2)______ Monday on the campus of Simon Fraser University. Fox was (3)_______ undergraduate student and basketball player at SFU when a malignant tumour was discovered in his right leg in 1977. It resulted in (4)_____. A bronze statue of For, one of many such tributes across Canada, looks over the academic quadrangle of the university, just a short stroll from the theatre where Monday's (5)_______ was held.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 3.
Option 1: their
Option 2: a
Option 3: an
Option 4: the
Correct Answer: an
Solution : The third option is correct.
In the given sentence, the word (an) would be used as an indefinite article before the noun undergraduate student. An is an indefinite article used before a singular noun that begins with a vowel sound. It refers to a nonspecific
Question : Paika is a martial folk dance popular in which of the following states?
Option 1: Kerala
Option 2: Andhra Pradesh
Option 3: Gujarat
Option 4: Odisha
Correct Answer: Odisha
Solution : The correct option is Odisha.
In the Indian state of Odisha, there is a martial folk dance called the Paika dance. The dance has historical ties to martial arts customs and practices, as does the Paika community. Paika Nritya, also known as Paika dance,
Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word.
Similar
Option 1: Bizarre
Option 2: Resemblant
Option 3: Unlike
Option 4: Secretive
Correct Answer: Unlike
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: "Unlike" is a preposition that indicates dissimilarity or difference between two things. It is used to show a contrast in characteristics or features. In the context of finding the opposite of similar, unlike appropriately conveys the
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