Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? (?)2 + ? + 123 = 132 + 222 + 2715
Option 1: 38
Option 2: 40
Option 3: 34
Option 4: 50
Correct Answer: 40
Solution : Let the question mark be x. (x)2 + x + 123 = 132 + 222 + 2715 ⇒ (x)2 + x + 1728 = 169 + 484 + 2715 ⇒ (x)2 + x + 1728 = 3368 ⇒ (x)
Question : Directions: Which answer figure shall complete the given question figure?
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 second option is correct.
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 of the given conclusions logically follows the given statements. Statements: I. All red are birds. II. All birds are dogs. Conclusion: I. Some birds are dogs. II. Some dogs are not red.
Option 1: Only conclusion II follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II follows
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Neither conclusion follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Solution : According to the statements, the Venn diagram is given below –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some birds are dogs – From the above diagram, it is clear that all birds are dogs as a circle of birds is overlapped
Question : Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words. Government by king or queen
Option 1: Monarchy
Option 2: Capitalism
Option 3: Plutocracy
Option 4: Oligarchy
Correct Answer: Monarchy
Solution : The first option is the correct answer.
A monarchy is a form of government where a single person, the monarch, rules as head of state for life or until abdication and typically inherits the position. This form of government can be headed by either a
Question : Select the option that will improve the underlined part of the given sentence. In case no improvement is needed, select 'No improvement required'.
The books has become enormously popular with students who do not like to read.
Option 1: have become enormous
Option 2: No improvement required
Option 3: have became enormously
Option 4: have become enormously
Correct Answer: have become enormously
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: According to subject-verb agreement, the verb tense needs to match the subject ("books"), which is plural. "Have become" is the correct present perfect tense for plural subjects. "Enormously" correctly modifies "popular" to convey the extent
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster. WOR : WSZ :: CLW : ?
Option 1: BPF
Option 2: BOF
Option 3: BOE
Option 4: BPG
Correct Answer: BPF
Solution : Given: WOR : WSZ :: CLW : ?
Reverse the letters of WOR and then add 5, 4, and 3 to the place value of the letters of the resultant, to get the next term – Like, WOR : WSZ→On reversing, we get – ROW
Question : A sentence has been given with a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative. Meteorologists are still ______ to understand sting jets.
Option 1: on work
Option 2: working
Option 3: worked
Option 4: works
Correct Answer: working
Solution : The correct option will be the second option.
In this context, working suggests that meteorologists are actively engaged in efforts to comprehend or understand sting jets, as per the present continuous tense.
Therefore, the correct answer will be working.
Question : Which of the following is an artificial sweetener?
Option 1: Saccharin
Option 2: Glucose
Option 3: Lactamase
Option 4: Sodium benzoate
Correct Answer: Saccharin
Solution : The correct answer is Saccharin.
Saccharin is an artificial sweetener that lacks nutrients. It is made in a laboratory by oxidising o-toluene sulfonamide or phthalic anhydride. In the 1870s, a researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, named Constantine Fahlberg, made the discovery.
Question : Super Bowl, an annual championship game of Football, is held in _____country.
Option 1: Canada
Option 2: Peru
Option 3: United States of America
Option 4: Mexico
Correct Answer: United States of America
Solution : The correct answer is the United States of America.
The Super Bowl is an annual Championship game of football in the United States of America. The game is hosted by a different city each year. It is a Championship game of the
Question : The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price. What is the gain or loss percentage?
Option 1: 5% gain
Option 2: 5% loss
Option 3: 1% loss
Option 4: 1% gain
Correct Answer: 1% loss
Solution : Given: The marked price is 10% higher than the cost price. A discount of 10% is given on the marked price. Let the cost price (CP) = 100 So, the marked price (MP) = (100 + 100 × $\frac{10}{100}$) = 110 After a 10%
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