Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Find the part of the given sentence that has an error in it. If there is no error, choose 'No Error'. Largest farmers usually have more money, social power and local influence.
Option 1: Largest farmers usually
Option 2: No Error
Option 3: have more money, social power
Option 4: and local influence.
Correct Answer: Largest farmers usually
Solution : The first option is correct.
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the bracketed idiom in the given sentence. Later, Brooks' brother alleged that racism helped put the (pedal to the metal).
Option 1: Very excessive
Option 2: To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle
Option 3: To enjoy yourself by going out
Option 4: Avoid responsibility by giving it to someone else
Correct Answer: To go full speed, especially while driving a vehicle
Solution : The second option is correct.
In this context, the idiom is used metaphorically to suggest that racism played a role in driving forward or accelerating the situation, implying that the negative effects of racism were actively at
Question : A trader sells an article at 20% profit. If he buys it at half of the cost price and sells at the same selling price as before, then what will be the profit percentage?
Option 1: 50%
Option 2: 150%
Option 3: 100%
Option 4: 140%
Correct Answer: 140%
Solution : Given: A trader sells an article at 20% profit. Let the cost price (CP) = 100 Then the selling price (SP) = (100 + 20) = 120 Now if the CP became half of the original CP, Then the new CP = $\frac{100}{2}$ = 50
Question : Who among the following led the Battle of Buxar on behalf of the British East India Company?
Option 1: Charles Stuart
Option 2: Robert Clive
Option 3: Hector Munro
Option 4: John William Fortescue
Correct Answer: Hector Munro
Solution : The correct answer is Hector Munro.
The Battle of Buxar occurred in October 1764 and involved the British East India Company, led by Hector Munro, facing the combined forces of Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula, and Mughal Emperor Shah Alam II.
Question : Water cannot be used to extinguish fire caused by electric current, because:
Option 1: it may cause electrocution
Option 2: it may cause hydrolysis
Option 3: it may cause electrolysis
Option 4: it may spoil the wiring
Correct Answer: it may cause electrocution
Solution : The correct option is it may cause electrocution.
Water can conduct electricity, posing a risk of electric shock if it comes into contact with live electrical equipment or a current-carrying conductor during firefighting. For electrical fires, it is safer to use
Question : A supercomputer would be used for which one of the following applications?
Option 1: Business computing
Option 2: Desktop publishing
Option 3: Weather forecasting
Option 4: Computer-aided designing
Correct Answer: Weather forecasting
Solution : The correct option is weather forecasting.
A supercomputer would be utilised for weather forecasting. Supercomputers are built to handle exceedingly complex and computationally demanding activities like modelling and simulating weather patterns, climate change and atmospheric conditions. These machines can handle massive quantities of data
Question : Directions: Study the given pattern carefully and select the number that can replace the question mark (?) in it. First row – 74, 85, 96 Second row – 67, 78, 89 Third row – 84, 95, ?
Option 1: 106
Option 2: 246
Option 3: 124
Option 4: 112
Correct Answer: 106
Solution : Add 11 to the first and second number in each row to obtain the second and third numbers respectively – First row: 74 + 11= 85, 85 + 11 = 96 Second row: 67 + 11 = 78, 78 + 11 = 89 Third row:
Question : Directions: In this question, a word is represented by only one set of numbers as given in any one of the alternatives. The sets of numbers given in the alternatives are represented by two classes of alphabets as in the two matrices, given below. The columns and rows of Matrix (I) are numbered from 0 to 4 and that of Matrix (II) are numbered from 5 to 9. A letter from these matrices can be represented first by its row and next by its column, e.g. A can be represented by 00, 44, etc and P can be represented by 56, 79, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word ZEST.
Option 1: 89, 31, 30, 01
Option 2: 98, 13, 33, 04
Option 3: 98, 13, 30, 10
Option 4: 89, 13, 03, 01
Correct Answer: 98, 13, 30, 10
Solution : Given: ZEST
Number representations of each letter – Z→67, 98 E→04, 13, 21, 40 S→12, 24, 30 T→10, 32 Let's check the options – First option: 89, 31, 30, 01 – Z, E, and T cannot be represented by 89, 31 and
Question : Prithviraj III defeated Afghan ruler Sultan Muhammad Ghori in
Option 1: 1191
Option 2: 1292
Option 3: 1192
Option 4: 1291
Correct Answer: 1191
Solution : The correct option is 1191.
Prithviraj Chauhan III, the Rajput king of the Chauhan dynasty, faced Sultan Muhammad Ghori in the famous Battle of Tarain. The First Battle of Tarain took place in 1191 when Prithviraj Chauhan achieved victory over Muhammad Ghori. However, in the
Question : Directions: Select the option related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster. RL : VJ :: AN : ?
Option 1: FL
Option 2: EL
Option 3: FM
Option 4: EM
Correct Answer: EL
Solution : Given: RL : VJ :: AN : ?
Add 4 to the first letter and subtract 2 from the second letter of the given letter cluster to obtain the required letter cluster. R + 4 = V; L – 2 = J Thus, RL is
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