Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : In which cities of Japan were atomic bombs dropped during World War II?
Option 1: Tokyo and Hiroshima
Option 2: Nagasaki and Miyazaki
Option 3: Sendai and Hiroshima
Option 4: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Correct Answer: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Solution : The correct options are Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
An atomic bomb was unleashed on the city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. The explosion caused massive devastation and a large number of immediate casualties.
On August 9, 1945, a second atomic bomb, was detonated
Question : Uttar Pradesh won the 11th Junior National Men’s Hockey Championship following a 3-1 victory over Chandigarh. Where was the event held?
Option 1: Bihar
Option 2: Tamil Nadu
Option 3: Delhi
Option 4: Chandigarh
Correct Answer: Tamil Nadu
Solution : The correct answer is Tamil Nadu
Uttar Pradesh Hockey secured an undefeated streak in the 11th Hockey India Junior Men National Championship 2021, clinching the title with a 3-1 win over Hockey Chandigarh in the final at Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu. Sharda Nand Tiwari, the
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct. Your parcel should arrived at three days.
Option 1: arrive in three
Option 2: arrive in third
Option 3: No improvement
Option 4: arrive in the third
Correct Answer: arrive in three
Solution : The correct option is the first option.
The verb arrived should be replaced with arrive, and the preposition in is used to indicate a period of time, such as, in three days and it correctly conveys the expected arrival time. The verb arrive
Question : A mixture of 500 litres of alcohol and water contains 20 percent water. How much more water should be added to this so that the water will become 50 percent in the new mixture?
Option 1: 300 litres
Option 2: 400 litres
Option 3: 350 litres
Option 4: 450 litres
Correct Answer: 300 litres
Solution : The initial mixture of 500 litres, 20% is water So, quantity of water = 0.20 × 500 = 100 litres When we add x litres of water to the mixture, The total volume of the new mixture becomes (500 + x) litres. ⇒ Quantity
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Most mainliners do not view modern culture as inherently _____to religious belief.
Option 1: inimical
Option 2: inchoate
Option 3: inconclusive
Option 4: inadvertent
Correct Answer: inimical
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
In this context, "inimical" means hostile or unfriendly. The sentence suggests that most mainliners do not see modern culture as inherently hostile or unfriendly to religious belief.
The meanings of other words are as follows:
Question : Which of the following does not belong to the physical environment?
Option 1: Hemisphere
Option 2: Atmosphere
Option 3: Lithosphere
Option 4: Hydrosphere
Correct Answer: Hemisphere
Solution : The correct option is Hemisphere.
The term hemisphere has no significance in the physical environment. The term hemisphere refers to the split of the Earth's surface into halves based on latitude lines, such as the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Question : Directions: Ajay, Priti, Rakesh, Mehak, Saloni, and Yogesh are sitting in a row facing north. Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in the centre. Ajay and Priti are at the ends. Rakesh is sitting to the immediate left of Ajay. Who is sitting to the immediate right of Priti?
Option 1: Yogesh
Option 2: Saloni
Option 3: Mehak
Option 4: Rakesh
Correct Answer: Mehak
Solution : Given: (I) Ajay, Priti, Rakesh, Mehak, Saloni, and Yogesh are sitting in a row facing north. North facing row; Left end;_, _, _, _, _; Right end (II) Saloni and Yogesh are sitting in the centre. _, _, Saloni, Yogesh, _, _ (III) Ajay and
Question : J1 can do a piece of work alone in 10 days, J2 can do the same work alone in 12 days, while J3 can do it alone in 15 days. They work together and complete the work, and receive a total of INR 2,250 for doing the work. What is the difference in the shares of J1 and J3?
Option 1: INR 450
Option 2: INR 400
Option 3: INR 300
Option 4: INR 350
Correct Answer: INR 300
Solution : LCM of 10. 12 and 15 is 60 Total work = 60 Efficiency of J1 = $\frac{60}{10}=6$ Efficiency of J2 = $\frac{60}{12}=5$ Efficiency of J3 = $\frac{60}{15}=4$ The ratio of their efficiencies = 6 : 5 : 4 Amount received =
Question : Directions: One/two statement(s) is/are given followed by two conclusions, I and II. You have to consider the statement(s) to be true, even if it/they seem(s) to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions, if any, follow(s) from the given statement(s). Statements: Some shoes are white. All white are blue. Conclusions: I. All shoes are blue. II. Some shoes are blue.
Option 1: Only I follows
Option 2: Only II follows
Option 3: Both I and II follow
Option 4: Neither I nor II follows
Correct Answer: Only II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion I: All shoes are blue – From the Venn diagram, it is evident that the circles representing shoes and blue overlap each other and
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. Some boys are human. II. All humans are hard. Conclusions: I. Some hard are not a boy. II. Some humans are not boys. III. No hard is human.
Option 1: Both conclusions I and III follow
Option 2: Both conclusions II and III follow
Option 3: Only conclusion I follows
Option 4: Neither conclusion follows
Correct Answer: Neither conclusion follows
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some hard are not boy – It is a possibility that the circle representing hard is not completely overlapped by the circle representing
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