Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: A circular sheet of paper is folded in a particular manner and a punch is made. When unfolded, the paper appears as given in the question figure. Find out the manner in which the paper is folded and punch is made from the responses given.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : When the given unfolded paper is folded, it will look like –
Hence, the first option is correct.
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.
Workers' compensation benefits in Pennsylvania should pay for your medical (1)_________and a portion of your lost wages. However, you cannot be (2)____________for pain and suffering or other non-financial damages that your illness or injury may (3)__________you. A personal injury or wrongful death lawsuit, on the other hand, (4)___________compensation for the ill worker or surviving family members. If someone (5)____________your employer or a co-worker was to blame for your illness, you could pursue such a claim.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 3.
Option 1: cause
Option 2: has caused
Option 3: have caused
Option 4: causing
Correct Answer: have caused
Solution : The correct option will be the third option.
This construction completes the sentence logically, conveying that the illness or injury may have caused non-financial damages, and workers cannot be compensated for those through workers' compensation benefits. The phrase "have caused" is grammatically appropriate and
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. He_____ his teeth against the curse on his tongue.
Option 1: dropped
Option 2: unclasped
Option 3: yielded
Option 4: clenched
Correct Answer: clenched
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Question : Improve the underlined part of the sentence. Choose ‘No improvement’ as an answer if the sentence is grammatically correct.
The final cost depends on whether you chooses the small or the large size.
Option 1: choose the smaller
Option 2: chose the small
Option 3: No improvement
Option 4: choose the small
Correct Answer: choose the small
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Explanation: The tense is in simple present tense. The subject you requires the base form of the verb, which is choose in this case. Additionally, small should be used after choose to compare with the
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.
Although the (1)______in the Supreme Court arise out of the judgements or orders made by the Subordinate Courts including the High Courts, but of late the Supreme Court has started entertaining (2)______in which interest of the public at large is involved, and the Court can be moved by any (3)_______or group of persons either by filing a Writ Petition at the Filing Counter of the Court or by (4)________a letter to Hon'ble the Chief Justice of India highlighting the question of public importance for (5)_______this jurisdiction. Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: tangents
Option 2: jams
Option 3: matters
Option 4: means
Correct Answer: matters
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
In this context, matters is a suitable term to describe the cases or issues that the Supreme Court has started to consider, especially when the interest of the public is at stake.
Therefore, the right word to fill
Question : Directions: Which of the following diagrams represents the relationship between material, Cement, and wood?
Solution : Cement and wood are types of material, but cement and wood are not related to each other. Therefore, the circle of cement and wood come inside the circle of material but are not related to each other.
The Venn diagram is –
Hence, the second option
Question : Directions: Which number will replace the question mark (?) to complete the given series? 55, 42, 31, 22, 15, 10,?
Option 1: 7
Option 2: 5
Option 3: 3
Option 4: 6
Correct Answer: 7
Solution : Given: 55, 42, 31, 22, 15, 10, ?
Subtract the consecutive odd numbers in decreasing order (starting from 13), to get the missing number in the series.
So, 7 is the missing term in the series. Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : A train runs at an average speed of 85 km/hr. Find the time taken by the train to cover a distance of 1275 km.
Option 1: 15 hours
Option 2: 14 hours
Option 3: 17 hours
Option 4: 12 hours
Correct Answer: 15 hours
Solution : Given: Speed = 85 km/hr Distance = 1275 km We know that, Time = $\frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}}=\frac{1275}{85}= 15$ hours Hence, the correct answer is 15 hours.
Question : What is the Least Common Multiple of lengths 80 cm, 90 cm, and 112 cm?
Option 1: 4250 cm
Option 2: 5040 cm
Option 3: 5680 cm
Option 4: 4840 cm
Correct Answer: 5040 cm
Solution : 80 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 5 90 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 112 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 7 LCM = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, GREAT is coded as 96321, and TALMN is coded as 12457. How will REALM be coded in that language?
Option 1: 63249
Option 2: 63247
Option 3: 63245
Option 4: 62349
Correct Answer: 63245
Solution : Given: GREAT is coded as 96321, and TALMN is coded as 12457.
The alphabet itself represents its code. GREAT → 96321 TALMN → 12457 In the given words T and A are common in both and the position and order of code in both the
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