Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : The New Economic Policy was introduced by:
Option 1: Lenin
Option 2: Stalin
Option 3: Kerensky
Option 4: Khrushchev
Correct Answer: Lenin
Solution : The correct answer is Lenin.
Vladimir Lenin suggested the New Economic Policy (NEP), a Soviet economic strategy, in 1921 as a short-term remedy for the Russian economy. The National Economic Plan (NEP) was a short-term retreat from War Communism, which had destroyed the country's
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
What customs officials are asking for are not things that_____ their own personal titles.
Option 1: aggrandize
Option 2: accede
Option 3: acerbic
Option 4: advocate
Correct Answer: aggrandize
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation: In this context, the sentence is discussing what customs officials are asking for, and the verb needed here should convey the idea of enhancing or exaggerating personal titles. Aggrandize is the correct choice, as it means
Question :
Directions: In the given question, a sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives.
Mr. Sen is absent today. He ________ sick.
Option 1: has to be
Option 2: could have been
Option 3: might be
Option 4: must have been
Correct Answer: might be
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Might is the simple past form of "may", which is used to express the possibility that the given condition can be true, although not very likely. "Might be" is used here to indicate the possibility that
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the fifth term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term and the fourth term is related to the third term. PAN : IFK :: TEA : VJO :: FOR : ?
Option 1: NTA
Option 2: MUB
Option 3: MTB
Option 4: MTA
Correct Answer: MTA
Solution : Given: PAN : IFK :: TEA : VJO :: FOR : ?
Subtract and add 5 alternatively from the letters of PAN and TEA and then reverse the order of the letters obtained to get the required letter clusters. PAN→P – 5 = K; A
Question : The festival of Navroz or Nowruz is celebrated as a new year of which community?
Option 1: Buddhist
Option 2: Parsi
Option 3: Sindhi
Option 4: Jainism
Correct Answer: Parsi
Solution : The correct answer is Parsi.
Navroz, also known as Nowruz or Parsi New Year, is celebrated by Parsi people following Zoroastrianism, marking the onset of spring and nature's renewal. Derived from the Persian king Jamshed's name, the festival signifies the creation of the Shahenshahi calendar.
Question : What is the value of $\frac{1.2 \times 1.2+0.2 \times 0.2+1.2 \times 0.4}{1.8 \times 1.8+0.4 \times 0.4-1.8 \times 0.8} ?$
Option 1: 0.1
Option 2: 0.25
Option 3: 0.2
Option 4: 1
Correct Answer: 1
Solution : Given: $\frac{1.2 \times 1.2+0.2 \times 0.2+1.2 \times 0.4}{1.8 \times 1.8+0.4 \times 0.4-1.8 \times 0.8} $ = $\frac{1.2^2 +0.2^2+2 ×1.2 ×0.2}{1.8^2+0.4^2-2×1.8×0.4}$ = $\frac{(1.2+0.2)^2}{(1.8-0.4)^2}$ = $\frac{(1.4)^2}{(1.4)^2}$ = $1$ Hence, the correct answer is 1.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
It is important to verify the credibility of an online master's program.
Option 1: serenity
Option 2: improbability
Option 3: integrity
Option 4: accuracy
Correct Answer: improbability
Solution : The second option is correct.
Credibility means the quality that somebody has that makes people believe in or trust them whereas improbability means the quality of not being likely to happen or be true. It is clear that credibility and improbability have the opposite meanings.
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."
At last he married with a poor girl.
(1) With a poor girl.
(2) At last
(3) He married
(4) No Error
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The correct answer is the first option as "with" should be omitted to convey the intended meaning as "marry" doesn't follow the preposition in active voice.
Therefore, the correct statement is, "At last, he married a poor girl".
Question : Comprehension:
In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
Anthony Abraham, a 34-year-old crane driver, (1) ______ managed to get out of the way of falling steel. Turning around, he could hardly believe the (2) ______ scene that lay before him. Girders were (3) _____ on top of the crane in a haphazard fashion, like gigantic pick-up sticks. All he could see of the machine was its rear wheels and a section of what had been the cab. Abraham (4) ______ to the cab, shouting his friend George Burns' name. By then, three other ironworkers had reached the (5) ______ of the carnage. One of them yelled, 'George, can you hear me?' Over the din of the diesel engine, a strained voice responded.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: dived
Option 2: piled
Option 3: duped
Option 4: riled
Correct Answer: piled
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Piled is the past form of pile, which means a heap of things laid on top of one another. This helps convey that the long, thick plates of metal were laid on top of one another
Question : The result of the English Education Act of 1835 was to make ______ as a medium of instruction for _____ education.
Option 1: vernacular, higher
Option 2: English, primary
Option 3: English, higher
Option 4: vernacular, primary
Correct Answer: English, higher
Solution : The correct answer is English, higher
The 1835 English Education Act was introduced in response to Macaulay's minute. English will henceforth be the primary language of instruction in higher education, and initiatives to support oriental educational establishments such as the Banaras Sanskrit College and
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