Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: Select the option that is related to the third word in the same way as the second word is related to the first word. Judge : Court :: Gambler : ?
Option 1: Casino
Option 2: Hangar
Option 3: Sea
Option 4: Station
Correct Answer: Casino
Solution : Given: Judge : Court :: Gambler : ?
Like, a judge makes all the judgements in a courtroom. Similarly, a gambler plays in the casino.
Hence, the first option is correct.
Question : The moon moves around the Earth in about_______days.
Option 1: 21
Option 2: 23
Option 3: 27
Option 4: 25
Correct Answer: 27
Solution : The correct answer is 27.
The moon takes 27 days to complete one orbit around the Earth. This period is known as the sidereal month. The moon's orbit around the Earth is not perfectly circular but elliptical. The moon goes through different phases as
Question : Pandit Ravi Shankar is famous for playing which of the following instruments?
Option 1: Santoor
Option 2: Sarod
Option 3: Veena
Option 4: Sitar
Correct Answer: Sitar
Solution : The correct option is Sitar.
Pandit Ravi Shankar was an Indian composer and performer. He was credited for making the sitar, an Indian classical instrument, widely known worldwide. A brilliant sitar player, he rose to prominence in the second half of the 20th century as
Question : Directions: In the question, the sentence is given with a blank to be filled in with an appropriate word. Four alternatives are suggested for each question. Choose the correct alternative out of the four alternatives. As the bare mountains turned green, the people found ____ looking forward to spring.
Option 1: they
Option 2: them
Option 3: their
Option 4: themselves
Correct Answer: themselves
Solution : The correct option will be the fourth option.
Themselves is the reflexive form of they and is appropriate because it emphasises that the people themselves (not someone else) are experiencing the anticipation of spring.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Ram walks at the speed of 12 km/hr and reaches his school 12 minutes late. If he walks at 16 km/hr, then he reaches 8 minutes before the scheduled time. What is the distance of his school from his house?
Option 1: 16 km
Option 2: 30 km
Option 3: 20 km
Option 4: 24 km
Correct Answer: 16 km
Solution : Let distance between Ram's school and his house is D km and the actual time taken by Ram to reach his school from his home is $t$ minutes. Distance = 12 × $\frac{t+12}{60}$ -----------(i) Distance = 16 × $\frac{t-8}{60}$ -----------(ii) From (i) and (ii),
Question : The minimum payment to a factor of production is called:
Option 1: quasi-rent
Option 2: rent
Option 3: wages
Option 4: transfer payment
Correct Answer: transfer payment
Solution : The correct answer is transfer payment.
Transfer income is the minimal payment to a component of production. Transfer revenue is the bare minimum required to retain a factor of production in its current usage. It is also known as the potential cost of
Question : Who among the following is a famous sitar player?
Option 1: Ustad Rehman Khan
Option 2: Kishan Maharaj
Option 3: Ali Ahmad Hussain
Option 4: Anoushka Shankar
Correct Answer: Anoushka Shankar
Solution : The correct answer is Anoushka Shankar.
Anoushka Shankar, an Indian-American musician and sitar player of British descent born in 1981, is also an occasional writer and actor. Up to now, she has put out nine albums. She has given performances at several prestigious
Question : Which of the following states does not share a border with Nepal?
Option 1: Uttarakhand
Option 2: Uttar Pradesh
Option 3: Bihar
Option 4: Himachal Pradesh
Correct Answer: Himachal Pradesh
Solution : The correct option is Himachal Pradesh.
Himachal Pradesh does not share a border with Nepal. It is a northern Indian state surrounded by Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, and Tibet. Nepal shares borders with states like Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, and
Question : What is that least perfect square, which is exactly divisible by each of 12, 84 and 24?
Option 1: 2304
Option 2: 7056
Option 3: 11664
Option 4: 1764
Correct Answer: 7056
Solution : Let's find the correct least perfect square that is exactly divisible by each of 12, 84, and 24. Prime factorization of 12 = ${2}^{2}×3$ Prime factorization of 84 = ${2}^{2}×3×7$ Prime factorization of 24 = ${2}^{3}×3$ Least Common Multiple = 2 × 2 × 2
Question : Select the appropriate antonym for the underlined word.
Sunny turned to find his daughter's sweet, bright eyes close to his.
Option 1: gleaming
Option 2: dusky
Option 3: merry
Option 4: anxious
Correct Answer: dusky
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The word bright in this context refers to the eyes being vivid, cheerful, or well-lit. The antonym that contrasts with this meaning is dusky which suggests darkness or dimness.
The meanings of the other options are
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