Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Demote
Option 1: Break
Option 2: Elevate
Option 3: Disregard
Option 4: Sack
Correct Answer: Elevate
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Demote means to lower someone's rank, position, or status, typically as a result of poor performance or other reasons. Elevate, on the other hand, is the opposite, meaning to raise someone's rank, position, or status, often due to
Question : The length of a cuboid is six times its breadth and the height of a cuboid is four times its breadth. If the breadth of the cuboid is 3 cm, then what is the total surface area of the cuboid?
Option 1: 484 cm2
Option 2: 612 cm2
Option 3: 576 cm2
Option 4: 676 cm2
Correct Answer: 612 cm2
Solution : Breadth of the cuboid, $b$ = 3 cm Length of a cuboid, $l$ = 6 × $b$ = 6 × 3 = 18 cm Height of a cuboid, $h$ = 4 × $b$ = 4 × 3 = 12 cm Total surface area
Question : The Lion Capital was built to ____________ commemorate the historical event of Buddha's death.
Option 1: home abandonment
Option 2: gaining knowledge
Option 3: demise
Option 4: first sermon
Correct Answer: first sermon
Solution : The correct option is the first sermon.
Emperor Ashoka first constructed the Lion Capital in Sarnath, which is currently the National Emblem of India. It was constructed to commemorate the site of the first sermon that the Buddha is said to have delivered
Question : The Ugadi festival in India celebrates the___________.
Option 1: first rainfall
Option 2: commencement of the new year
Option 3: harvesting season
Option 4: monsoon season
Correct Answer: commencement of the new year
Solution : The correct option is the commencement of the new year.
The Ugadi festival in India celebrates the new year. It is a significant festival in the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and certain other regions of South India. Ugadi marks
Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'.
A long-hoped-for revival in private investment has not take place.
Option 1: A long-hoped-for revival
Option 2: not take place
Option 3: No Error
Option 4: in private investment has
Correct Answer: not take place
Explanation: The error lies in the verb-tense agreement. The sentence uses has not (present perfect tense), but it pairs itself incorrectly with take instead of the past participle taken. In the present perfect tense,
Question : Which are the most widespread forests in India?
Option 1: Montane forest
Option 2: Mangrove Forests
Option 3: Tropical Evergreen Forests
Option 4: Tropical Deciduous Forests
Correct Answer: Tropical Deciduous Forests
Solution : The answer is Tropical Deciduous Forests.
Tropical deciduous forests are the most widespread forests in India. They are widely spread in the regions that receive rainfall between 100 and 200 cm. These forests are found along the equator belt between the Tropic of
Question : Materials that allow electric current to pass through them are called_______.
Option 1: insulators
Option 2: alternator
Option 3: conductors
Option 4: capacitor
Correct Answer: conductors
Solution : The correct answer is conductors.
Materials that allow the flow of electric current are referred to as electrical conductors. Anything that permits electricity to pass through it is referred to as an electrical conductor. When voltage is provided, electrical charge carriers—typically electrons or ions—move
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, PIECES is coded as PKBCGP. What is the code for OBTAIN in that code language?
Option 1: ODQALL
Option 2: ODQBKK
Option 3: ODQAKK
Option 4: ODQAJK
Correct Answer: ODQAKK
Solution : Given: PIECES is coded as PKBCGP.
Add 0 and 2 to the place values of the first, second, fourth, and fifth letters and subtract 3 from the place values of the third and sixth letters of PIECES to obtain the required code – P +
Question : Directions: Select the option figure in which the given figure is embedded. (Rotation is not allowed.)
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : As there is a restriction on the rotation of the figure, we will check where the question figure can exactly fit itself in the given option figures. By comparison of all the option figures, the given question figure is embedded only in the third option figure.
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.
When Jane died (1)________ 1850, she was called "one of the most distinguished novelists (2)_______ England has produced" and "the first who (3)_______ that beautiful kind of fiction, the historical romance." The Porter sisters' careers ended (4)_________ as the Bronte sisters were getting started in the early Victorian (5)________.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 4.
Option 1: lest
Option 2: just
Option 3: that
Option 4: must
Correct Answer: just
Explanation: In the given sentence, the word just would be used as an adverb to indicate simultaneity or near simultaneity between the endings of the careers of the Porter sisters and the Bronte sisters. It would
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