Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : A trader marked the price of a commodity to include a profit of 25% but allowed a discount of 16% on the marked price. His actual profit will be:
Option 1: $16\%$
Option 2:
$25\%$
Option 3:
$5\%$
Option 4:
$9\%$
Correct Answer:
Solution : Let the cost price as $\mathrm{Rs.}\;\mathrm{C}$ and the marked price as $\mathrm{Rs.}\;\mathrm{M}$. The trader marked the price of the commodity to include a profit of $25\%$. $\mathrm{M = C + 0.25C = 1.25C}$ The trader allowed a discount of $16\%$ on the marked price. The
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose 'No improvement' as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
She was bored because she didn't have any work to does.
Option 1: work to done
Option 2: No improvement
Option 3: work to do
Option 4: works to do
Correct Answer: work to do
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
In the sentence provided, the segment "to does" contains an error.
The word "do" in this context is the base form of the verb and is used after the preposition "to". When using the infinitive
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
She was trying to help that little boy in the grocery_______.
Option 1: road
Option 2: asylum
Option 3: store
Option 4: park
Correct Answer: store
Explanation:
A store refers to a grocery store, a place where food and other household items are sold. It fits the context of someone helping a little boy in a grocery store. The sentence suggests that the woman
Question : Which Guru of Kuchipudi dance form received Padma Bhushan in the year 1998?
Option 1: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam
Option 2: Uday Shankar
Option 3: Kelucharan Mohapatra
Option 4: Guru Bipin Singh
Correct Answer: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam
Solution : The correct answer is Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam received Padma Bhushan in 1998 for his contributions to Kuchipudi dance. Chinna Satyam started the Kuchipudi Art Academy at Madras in 1963. Kuchipudi is one of the eight major Indian
Question : Select the correctly spelt word.
Option 1: Connievence
Option 2: Conniavance
Option 3: Connivance
Option 4: Conivance
Correct Answer: Connivance
Connivance is the correct spelling of the word, which refers to the act of secretly cooperating or conspiring, especially in wrongdoing.
Therefore, the word that is correctly spelt is connivance.
Question : Who among the following revived Kuchipudi, started his own 'Kuchipudi Dance Academy' in Chennai and received 'Padma Bhushan' in 1998?
Option 1: Kelucharan Mohapatra
Option 3: Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam
Solution : The correct option is Guru Vempati Chinna Satyam.
Indian classical dancer and choreographer Vempati Chinna Satyam was a well-known figure who was instrumental in bringing Kuchipudi back to life and popularizing it. In 1963, he established the Kuchipudi Art Academy in Chennai,
Question : Choose the word that can substitute the given group of words. To enter unlawfully upon the land of another
Option 1: Trespass
Option 2: Delinquent
Option 3: Transgression
Option 4: Culprit
Correct Answer: Trespass
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Trespass refers to the act of entering someone else's property or land without permission or legal right. It involves crossing a boundary or entering a place where one does not have the authorisation to do so.
The
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: I. No L is P. II. No R is L. Conclusions: I. Some R is not P. II. Some R is not L.
Option 1: Only conclusion I follows
Option 2: Neither conclusion I nor II follows
Option 3: Both conclusions I and II follow
Option 4: Only conclusion II follows
Correct Answer: Only conclusion II follows
Solution : The possible Venn diagram according to the given statements is as follows –
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion I: Some R is not P – From the above diagram, it is clear that circles of R and P are independent. The
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 are seen 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 U are M II. All M are J. Conclusions: I. All J are U. II. Some U are J. III. Some M are U.
Option 1: Only conclusion III follows
Option 2: Both conclusions I and III follow
Option 3: Only conclusion II follows
Option 4: Both conclusions II and III follow
Correct Answer: Both conclusions II and III follow
Let's analyse the conclusions – Conclusion (I): All J are U – From the Venn diagram, we can see that the two circles representing J and U
Question : Vinegar used in cooking contains which of the following compounds?
Option 1: Methanol
Option 2: Sodium sulphate
Option 3: Ammonia
Option 4: Acetic acid
Correct Answer: Acetic acid
Solution : The correct option is Acetic acid.
Acetic acid (CH3COOH), water, and trace amounts of other chemicals, which could include flavourings, make up vinegar. There is variation in the acetic acid content. Acetic acid usually makes up 5% to 8% of the
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