Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : ________is a process in which natural rubber is treated with sulphur to make it more durable and elastic.
Option 1: Saponification
Option 2: Fermentation
Option 3: Vulcanisation
Option 4: Carbonation
Correct Answer: Vulcanisation
Solution : The correct answer is Vulcanisation.
Vulcanisation is a process in which natural rubber is treated with sulphur to make it more durable and elastic. The vulcanisation process is done to enhance the properties of rubber, and it was discovered by Charles Goodyear.
Question : Select the most appropriate antonym of the given word. Misunderstand
Option 1: Impossible
Option 2: Comprehend
Option 3: Delayed
Option 4: Sluggish
Correct Answer: Comprehend
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Comprehend is the word that represents the opposite meaning of misunderstand. To comprehend means to understand or grasp something correctly, whereas to misunderstand means to fail to understand something correctly or to interpret it inaccurately.
The
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (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 third option figure.
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Directions: In the given question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with the appropriate words. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.
What an ________ story! I am not _______ enough to believe it.
Option 1: incredible; credulous
Option 2: incredulous; credible
Option 3: increditable; believable
Option 4: unbelievable; creditable
Correct Answer: incredible; credulous
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
In this option, incredible means something unbelievable or astonishing, and credulous refers to a person who is too willing to believe in things, even if they are not credible or true. So, the sentence conveys that the
Question : If the altitude of a triangle is increased by 10% while its area remains the same, its corresponding base will have to be decreased by:
Option 1: $10\%$
Option 2: $9\%$
Option 3: $9\frac{1}{11}\%$
Option 4: $11\frac{1}{9}\%$
Correct Answer: $9\frac{1}{11}\%$
Solution : Given that the area remains the same and the altitude is increased by $10\%$, the base must decrease to compensate for this. Let the original base be $B_o$ and the original altitude be $A_o$. The new altitude is $1.1A_n$. Let the new base be $B_n$.
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Raccoons have being more active at night.
Option 1: are more
Option 2: are few
Option 3: No improvement
Option 4: are much
Correct Answer: are more
Solution : The first option is correct.
The original sentence contains a grammatical error in the use of the verb form. The phrase have being is incorrect. Being is the present participle form of the verb be, but it is not used with have in
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the given word.
Tidy
Option 1: Muddy
Option 2: Orderly
Option 3: Petty
Option 4: Nominal
Correct Answer: Orderly
Tidy refers to being neat, well-organised, and in good order. Orderly also means well-organised, systematic, and neat.
The meanings of the other options are:
Question : Directions: If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then out of the option figures which figure will be the right image of the question figure?
Solution : As per the mirror image properties, closer things appear closer to the mirror in the reflection. Here, according to the information provided, the mirror is placed on the right side of the figure (on line AB). So, the left side of the reflected image will appear
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. Abandon : Leave :: Pensive : ?
Option 1: Dancing
Option 2: Thoughtful
Option 3: Depressed
Option 4: Happy
Correct Answer: Thoughtful
Solution : Given: Abandon : Leave :: Pensive : ?
Like, leave is the synonym of abandon. Similarly, the synonym of pensive is thoughtful.
Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
But this immortality / will have purchased / at the price of / his immortal part.
Option 1: will have purchased
Option 2: at the price of
Option 3: his immortal part
Option 4: But this immortality
Correct Answer: will have purchased
Explanation: The error in the segment "will have purchased" is that it lacks a helping verb. The correct construction should be "will have been purchased" to form the future perfect passive voice, indicating an action
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