Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Name the brand under which all the fertilizers will be sold under the "One Nation One Fertilizer" scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in October 2022.
Option 1: Bharti
Option 2: Bhartiya
Option 3: Bharatwasi
Option 4: Bharat
Correct Answer: Bharat
Solution : The correct answer is Bharat.
"Bharat" is the largest fertilizer initiative implemented by the Government of India. Under the scheme, all types of fertilizers will be sold under a single brand name, "Bharat". It will be sold under the "One Nation One Fertilizer"
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the bracketed idiom in the given sentence.
Let the bully have (a taste of his own medicine).
Option 1: A dangerous person pretending harmless.
Option 2: A result that is still unclear and can go either way.
Option 3: When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
Option 4: A visual presentation is far more descriptive than words.
Correct Answer: When you are mistreated the same way you mistreat others.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The idiom refers to experiencing the same negative treatment or behaviour that one has inflicted on others. In this context, it suggests allowing the bully to experience the consequences
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, TRAIN is coded as 14911820, and POLIT is coded as 209121516. How will SHNKE be coded in that language?
Option 1: 51114819
Option 2: 5114819
Option 3: 51114919
Option 4: 51411819
Correct Answer: 51114819
Solution : Given: TRAIN is coded as 14911820 POLIT is coded as 209121516
Reverse the alphabet and write down the positional value of the alphabet to obtain the code. TRAIN→ NIART→ N (14), I (9), A (1), R (18), T(20) = 14911820 POLIT→ TILOP→ T (20), I
Question : Directions: Select the correct mirror image of the given figure when the mirror is placed at MN as shown below.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
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 bottom side of the figure (on line MN). So, the top side of the reflected image will appear
Question : Directions: In a department, 24 employees know typing and 11 know stenography, 25 know how to use a computer. 7 know both typing and stenography, 4 know stenography and computers, 12 know typing and computers, and 3 know all three. If there were 50 employees in the department, find how many employees know none of the three jobs.
Option 1: 40
Option 2: 10
Option 3: 47
Option 4: 33
Correct Answer: 10
Solution : As per the given instructions, we can draw the following diagram –
Note: S represents stenography in the image.
Here, there will be 7 regions: a = employees who know typing b = employees who know stenography c = employees who know computer d =
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some of the words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives. "I am proud to (1)_____ to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance (2)_____ universal acceptance," he declared (3)_____September 11, 1893. "We believe not only in universal toleration; (4)_____ we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the (5)_____ of all religions and all nations of the earth.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: belong
Option 2: live
Option 3: behest
Option 4: gain
Correct Answer: belong
Solution : The most appropriate choice to fill in the blank is the first option.
Explanation: The sentence structure indicates that the speaker is expressing pride in being associated with or connected to a religion.
The verb belong precisely conveys this sense of affiliation or association.
Question : Air________on heating and________on cooling.
Option 1: expands, contracts
Option 2: contracts, stabilises
Option 3: expands, expands
Option 4: contracts, expands
Correct Answer: expands, contracts
Solution : The correct answer is expands, contracts.
Air expands on heating and contracts on cooling. When we heat the air the distance between the molecules increases, and that's why it expands, but when we cool the air the distance between the molecules decreases and hence
Question : Directions: Read the given statements and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: No basket is a trolley. No trolley is a suitcase. Conclusions: I. Some baskets being suitcases is a possibility. II. Some suitcases are baskets.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion I follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram, according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): Some baskets being suitcases is a possibility – As shown in the diagram, the circles of baskets and suitcases are independent.
Question : Directions: Eight teachers Anil, Kamal, Ram, Sanjay, Aakash, Vivek, Rahul, and Ramu are sitting around a circular table facing towards the centre (not necessarily in the same order). Ramu is third to the left of Ram. Vivek is third to the right of Ram. Aakash is to the immediate right of Anil. Sanjay is not the immediate neighbour of Ram or Ramu. Rahul is second to the left of Anil. Who is second to the left of Kamal?
Option 1: Ram
Option 2: Rahul
Option 3: Aakash
Option 4: Ramu
Correct Answer: Aakash
Solution : Given: 1. Ramu is third to the left of Ram. 2. Vivek is third to the right of Ram. 3. Sanjay is not the immediate neighbour of Ram or Ramu.
4. Aakash is to the immediate right of Anil. 5. Rahul is second to the
Question : Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error. If there is no error, select 'No Error'.
These include the nature / documentaries, including / The Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
Option 1: documentaries, including
Option 2: The Blue Planet and Planet Earth.
Option 3: No Error
Option 4: These include the nature
Correct Answer: No Error
Explanation:
The sentence is structured properly. It introduces a list of nature documentaries. The use of including is appropriate here, indicating that the mentioned documentaries are part of the broader category of nature documentaries.
Thus, the sentence
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