Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
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%
Question : Fraternity means_______.
Option 1: Spirit of brotherhood
Option 2: Fatherly treatment
Option 3: Unity and integrity
Option 4: Elimination of economic justice
Correct Answer: Unity and integrity
Solution : The correct option is Unity and integrity
The term fraternity, originating from the French language, signifies brotherhood, friendship, community and cooperation. An emphasis on fraternity was inserted in the Preamble by the Indian Constitution drafting committee. The commitment to brotherhood safeguarding the
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have some errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No error".
He asked me (1) / what I am doing (2) / out in the street at that hour. (3) / No error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second part of the sentence.
The sentence contains tense inconsistency as this is the case of a reported speech, which in this case is the past tense. Thus, am should be replaced with was to make the sentence grammatically accurate.
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third number in the same way as the second number is related to the first number. 5 : 125 :: 8 : ?
Option 1: 512
Option 2: 576
Option 3: 343
Option 4: 216
Correct Answer: 512
Solution : Given: 5 : 125 :: 8 : ?
Cube the first number, to get the second number in each number pair – Like, 5 : 125→(5)3 = 125 Similarly, follow the same pattern for 8 : ?→ (8)3 = 512
So, the required
Question : Which of the following period is referred to as the period of population explosion in India?
Option 1: 1951-1981
Option 2: Post-1981 till present
Option 3: 1901-1921
Option 4: 1921-1951
Correct Answer: 1951-1981
Solution : The correct answer is 1951-1981.
India's population boom is said to have occurred between 1951 and 1981. The country's high fertility rate, combined with a sharp decline in the death rate, was the cause. The yearly growth rate, on average, reached 2.2 per cent.
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