Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Which of the following formulas is correct for Gross Value Added(GVA)?
Option 1: (GVA) = Gross National Product – Subsidies + Taxes
Option 2: GVA= Gross Domestic Product – Subsidies + Taxes
Option 3: GVA = Gross National Product + Subsidies – Taxes
Option 4: GVA = Gross Domestic Product + Subsidies – Taxes
Correct Answer: GVA = Gross Domestic Product + Subsidies – Taxes
Solution : The correct answer is GVA = Gross Domestic Product + Subsidies – Taxes.
The calculation of gross value added (GVA) involves subtracting intermediate consumption (at purchaser prices) from output (at basic prices).
A measure of economic production
Question : Directions: Which of the following numbers will replace the question mark (?) in the given series? 81, 243, 40.5, 121.5, 20.25, 60.75, ?
Option 1: 10.120
Option 2: 10.115
Option 3: 10.125
Option 4: 10.215
Correct Answer: 10.125
Solution : Given: 81, 243, 40.5, 121.5, 20.25, 60.75, ?
In the above-given series, multiply by 3 and divide by 6 alternatively the previous number to get the next number. 81 × 3 = 243, 243 ÷ 6 = 40.5, 40.5 × 3 = 121.5, 121.5 ÷
Question : Which of the following books was not written by Aravind Adiga?
Option 1: Amnesty
Option 2: The Cost of Living
Option 3: The White Tiger
Option 4: Last Man in Tower
Correct Answer: The Cost of Living
Solution : The correct option is The Cost of Living.
The Cost of Living is a book written by Deborah Levy. She is a British novelist, playwright and poet. Her plays were staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company before focusing on prose fiction.
Question : Kodon, Kutki, Hraka, and Bauti are examples of_______________.
Option 1: fruits
Option 2: millets
Option 3: silk
Option 4: vegetables
Correct Answer: millets
Solution : The correct answer is millets.
Kodon, Kutki, Hraka, and Bauti are examples of millets. Millets are small-seeded grasses which are nutritionally rich and drought tolerant and grown in the arid or semi-arid regions of India and also widely grown across the world as cereal
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
When it's your idea, you want to (1) ______ about it all the time. I've had this problem on more than a few occasions now. I know there shouldn't be any shame in (2) ______ your work, but it's such a task to draw the line. In my case, since my work is all things related to social media, this problem gets even (3) ______ convoluted. Long story short, I hate that I (4) ______ have to worry about when it's okay to promote, and when it's (5) ______
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 2.
Option 1: leaning
Option 2: demoting
Option 3: asking
Option 4: promoting
Correct Answer: promoting
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The word promoting fits well in the context of discussing one's work, and it maintains the coherence of the passage. The other options may not convey the intended meaning as effectively in this context.
Therefore, the complete sentence
Question : Directions: Select the figure from among the given options that can replace the question mark (?) in the following series.
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Here the pattern is as follows — In each box, one line at a time from right to left is flipped vertically. Therefore, the complete series is as follows —
Hence, the third option is correct.
Question : Parts of the following sentence have been given as options. 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.
Soon or later, our efforts will be rewarded.
Option 1: be rewarded
Option 2: Soon or later
Option 3: our efforts will
Option 4: No error
Correct Answer: Soon or later
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
The error in the sentence is in the phrase soon or later. The correct expression is sooner or later. This phrase is an idiomatic expression meaning eventually or at some point in the future
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, PHONE is written as RJQPG. How is STAMP written in that code language?
Option 1: UVCOR
Option 2: CVCOS
Option 3: UVDOR
Option 4: UVCPS
Correct Answer: UVCOR
Solution : Given: PHONE is written as RJQPG.
For the word PHONE→P + 2 = R; H + 2 = J; O + 2 = Q; N + 2 = P; E + 2 = G Similarly, for the word STAMP→S + 2 = U; T +
Question : A wound watch spring has ____ energy.
Option 1: electrical
Option 2: kinetic
Option 3: potential
Option 4: both kinetic and potential
Correct Answer: potential
Solution : The correct option is potential.
Potential energy exists in a wound spring. Until the spring is freed and begins to move, it has no kinetic energy. Thus, the spring stores energy in the form of potential energy, which it then distributes as kinetic energy
Question : If a man travels at 12.5 percent less speed than his usual speed, then he will reach 9 minutes late. What is the usual time taken by him?
Option 1: 63 minutes
Option 2: 70 minutes
Option 3: 56 minutes
Option 4: 49 minutes
Correct Answer: 63 minutes
Solution : Given: If a man travels at 12.5 percent less speed than his usual speed, then he will reach 9 minutes late. Here, 12.5% is equivalent to 9 minutes So, 100% is equivalent to $\frac{9×100}{12.5}$ = 72 minutes Therefore, the usual time taken by him
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