Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Directions: A man walks 6 km South, turns left and walks 4 km, again turns left and walks 5 km. Which direction is he facing now?
Option 1: South
Option 2: North
Option 3: East
Option 4: West
Correct Answer: North
Solution : First, we will draw the diagram as per the given instructions –
So, the man is facing in the North direction. Hence, the second option is correct.
Question : Which of the following is a work by famous Indian author Khushwant Singh?
Option 1: A Suitable Boy
Option 2: Train to Pakistan
Option 3: The Guide
Option 4: Sacred Games
Correct Answer: Train to Pakistan
Solution : The correct answer is Train to Pakistan.
Author Khushwant Singh's historical fiction "Train to Pakistan" was released in 1956. It tells the story of the August 1947 partition of India from the viewpoint of a made-up border village called Mano Majra. Khushwant
Question : Directions: In a certain code language, SPEAKER is written as RQDBJFQ. How will MOBILE be written in that language?
Option 1: LPAJKS
Option 2: LSPJKS
Option 3: LPSJAK
Option 4: LPAJKF
Correct Answer: LPAJKF
Solution : Given: SPEAKER is written as RQDBJFQ.
Subtract and add 1 alternatively from the place value of each letter to get the code – S – 1 = R; P + 1 = Q; E – 1 = D; A + 1 = B; K –
Question : Which river of India drains into Bay of Bengal?
Option 1: Tapi
Option 2: Godavari
Option 3: Narmada
Option 4: Mahi
Correct Answer: Godavari
Solution : The correct answer is Godavari.
The Godavari River, which covers almost 10% of India's total land area, is the country's second-longest river after the Ganga. It empties into the country's third-largest basin. Trimbakeshwar, Nashik, Maharashtra, is the source of it. The river eventually drains
Question : The population of the village is 25,000. One-fifth are females and the rest are males. 5% of males and 40% of females are uneducated. What percentage, on the whole, are educated?
Option 1: 75%
Option 2: 88%
Option 3: 55%
Option 4: 85%
Correct Answer: 88%
Solution : Total population = 25,000 Females = 25000 × $\frac{1}{5}$ = 5,000 Males = 25000 – 5000 = 20,000 Uneducated People = 20,000 × $\frac{5}{100}$ + 5000 × $\frac{40}{100}$ = 1000 + 2000 = 3000 Educated People = 25000 – 3000 = 22,000 Required Percentage =
Question : What is the value of $\text{cosec}15°\sec 15°?$
Option 1: 0.5
Option 2: 4
Option 3: 2
Option 4: 1
Correct Answer: 4
Solution : $\text{cosec}15°\sec 15°$ $=\frac{1}{\sin 15°}\frac{1}{\cos 15°}$ Multiplying and dividing by 2, we get ⇒ $\frac{2}{2\sin 15° \cos 15°}$ $= \frac{2}{\sin30°}$ $= \frac{2}{\frac{1}{2}}$ $= 2\times 2 = 4$ Hence, the correct answer is 4.
Question : Fishes have ______ chambers of the heart.
Option 1: three
Option 2: one
Option 3: two
Option 4: four
Correct Answer: two
Solution : The correct option is two.
Fishes have a two-chambered heart. The ventricle and the atrium are the two chambers. Blood is pumped from the heart to the gills in this basic circulatory system, where it is oxygenated and subsequently dispersed throughout the body.
Question : Comprehension: In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Fill in the blanks with the help of the alternatives given. Select the most appropriate option for each number. To mark the 25th anniversary of the run, (1)________ Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a one-dollar commemorative circulation coin (2)_______ Monday on the campus of Simon Fraser University. Fox was (3)________ undergraduate student and basketball player at SFU when a malignant tumour was discovered in his right leg in 1977. It resulted in (4)________. A bronze statue of Fox, one of many such tributes across Canada, looks over the academic quadrangle of the university, just a short stroll from the theatre where Monday's (5)______ was held.
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.
Option 1: a
Option 2: in
Option 3: of
Option 4: the
Correct Answer: the
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
In the given sentence, the word (the) would be used before Royal Canadian Mint because it is a definite article, and it is used before a noun to indicate that the noun refers to something specific or previously
Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank. Obesity is also a progressive condition, unlike anorexia nervosa, which tends to______ with age.
Option 1: inebriate
Option 2: ameliorate
Option 3: struggle
Option 4: negate
Correct Answer: ameliorate
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Ameliorate means to improve or make something better, and in the context of anorexia nervosa, the suggestion is that the condition tends to improve or get better with age.
Therefore, the complete sentence is: "Obesity is also a
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.
The study, published today in a magazine, finds that kids (1) ________ played only individual sports, like tennis or gymnastics, tended to (2) _________ more mental health difficulties. As a researcher, Hoffmann has long been interested in how sports (3) ________the psychological health of young people, partly because studies have (4) __________both positive and negative associations between mental health and sports (5) _________in children and adolescents.
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 1.
Option 1: whose
Option 2: that
Option 3: which
Option 4: who
Correct Answer: who
In this context, who is used to specify the group of kids being discussed, particularly those who played only individual sports. It helps to introduce additional information about the subject of the sentence.
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