Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : How many languages are recognized in the 8th Schedule of the Indian Constitution?
Option 1: 22
Option 2: 16
Option 3: 20
Option 4: 14
Correct Answer: 22
Solution : The correct answer is 22
Three amendment acts added eight languages to the original Constitution's list of 14. The 21st Amendment Act added the Sindhi language, the 71st Amendment Act added Konkani, Manipuri, and Nepali & 92nd Amendment Act added Bodo, Santhali, Maithili, and Dogri
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.
Snail slime is made (1)_______a mixture of substances. It is mostly water (2)______with proteins and some carbohydrates and minerals, (3)________into a sort of jelly. This jelly is (4)_________"mucus". It's not that different from the snot that comes out of your nose when you have a (5)_________. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: hailed
Option 2: called
Option 3: deemed
Option 4: stepped
Correct Answer: called
Solution : The second option is correct.
The word called is used to introduce the name or designation of something. In this context, it indicates that the jelly-like substance formed from the mixture of substances is given the name mucus.
Therefore, the correct answer will be
Question : If 60 is subtracted from 30 percent of a number, then the result is 120. What is the value of the number?
Option 1: 550
Option 2: 600
Option 3: 700
Option 4: 630
Correct Answer: 600
Solution : Let the number be $x$. According to the question, $30$% of $x - 60 = 120$ ⇒ $\frac{30x}{100} =120+60$ ⇒ $\frac{3x}{10}=180$ ⇒ $3x =1800$ ⇒ $x = 600$ Hence, the correct answer is 600.
Question : In 1867, Keshab Chandra Sen helped Atmaram Pandurang found the Prarthana Samaj in_____.
Option 1: Calcutta
Option 2: Bombay
Option 3: Poona
Option 4: Chennai
Correct Answer: Bombay
Solution : The correct answer is Bombay.
In the 1860s, a Hindu reform group called the Prarthana Samaj was founded in Bombay. Dr. Atmaram Pandurang founded it in Maharashtra in 1867, influenced by Brahmo leader Keshab Chandra Sen. It encouraged widow remarriage, intercaste marriage, widow remarriage,
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. It's ____ too late to start your own business.
Option 1: never
Option 2: no
Option 3: neither
Option 4: nor
Correct Answer: never
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
The sentence suggests a sense of opportunity or timing, and the word never fits in this context to convey that there is no point in time that is too late to start your own business.
The meanings of
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. Get cold feet
Option 1: To get no results
Option 2: To be in a bad mood
Option 3: To feel nervous about doing something
Option 4: To escape from something
Correct Answer: To feel nervous about doing something
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Explanation: The idiomatic expression get cold feet is a figurative way of expressing nervousness or apprehension about a forthcoming action or event. The phrase is often used to describe a sudden loss
Question : What is the average of the first six (positive) odd numbers each of which is divisible by 7?
Option 1: 42
Option 2: 43
Option 3: 47
Option 4: 49
Correct Answer: 42
Solution : The first six positive odd numbers that are divisible by 7 are 7, 21, 35, 49, 63 and 77. So, the average of these six numbers is: $\text{Average}=\frac{\text{Sum of all the observations}}{{\text{Total number of observations}}}=\frac{7 + 21 + 35 + 49 + 63 + 77}{6}
Question : Which state government launched the Udaan Project in collaboration with IPE Global which attempts to keep girls in schools through their enrolment at the secondary level while ensuring that the eligible ones among them get their scholarships?
Option 1: Maharashtra
Option 2: Assam
Option 3: Rajasthan
Option 4: Punjab
Correct Answer: Rajasthan
Solution : The correct answer is Rajasthan
The Udaan project, a collaborative effort between the Rajasthan government and the development consulting group 'IPE Global,' aims to promote girls' education by focusing on their enrollment and retention at the secondary level.
Question : A man sold his bike for INR 18,600 at 55% profit. At what price would he have sold to incur a loss of 10%?
Option 1: INR 10,800
Option 2: INR 15,000
Option 3: INR 11,200
Option 4: INR 16,600
Correct Answer: INR 10,800
Solution : Selling price = INR 18,600 Profit = 55% of cost price Cost price = Selling price – profit Cost price = 18600 – 55% of cost price 155% of cost price = 18,600 Cost price = $\frac{18600}{1.55}$ = INR 12,000 Loss = 10% of
Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. One of them may contain an error. Select the part that contains the error from the given options. If you don’t find any error, mark ‘No error’ as your answer.
They finally did what / we advice them to do / before the final match.
Option 1: we advice them to do
Option 2: before the final match
Option 3: They finally did what
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: we advice them to do
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Advice should be replaced with advised to make the sentence grammatically accurate. Advised is the verb in the past tense, which is the correct form that should be used in the sentence.
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