Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : Choose the word that is opposite in meaning to the given word. Disregard
Option 1: Hidden
Option 2: Curiosity
Option 3: Demote
Option 4: Split
Correct Answer: Curiosity
Solution : The second option is correct.
Disregard means to ignore or pay no attention to something. In contrast, curiosity represents a keen interest or eagerness to know or learn about something.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
Question : Successive discounts of 15% and 35% are equivalent to a single discount of:
Option 1: 42.28%
Option 2: 12.5%
Option 3: 44.75%
Option 4: 33.33%
Correct Answer: 44.75%
Solution : We know, single equivalent discount = $(a+b-\frac{a×b}{100}$)%, where $a$% and $b$% are successive discounts. ⇒ Single equivalent discount = $15+35-\frac{15×35}{100}=50-5.25=44.75$% Hence, the correct answer is 44.75%.
Question : The table given below shows the marked price and discount percentage of five different articles.
$\text { Selling Price }=\text { Marked Price }-\left(\frac{\text { Marked Price } \times \text { Discount }}{100}\right)$ J1 = Total selling price of articles P and R. J2 = Total selling price of Q and T. What is the value of (J2 – J1)?
Option 1: 530
Option 2: 434
Option 3: 448
Option 4: 532
Correct Answer: 434
Solution : Selling Price = Marked Price $-(\frac{\text { Marked Price } \times \text { Discount }}{100})$ Selling price for P = $300-\frac{300\times20}{100}$ = 240 Selling price for R = $400-\frac{400\times16}{100}$ = 336 J1 = Total selling price of article P and R = 240 + 336
Question : The average of 9 numbers is 47. If a number is removed, then the average becomes 48. Which number was removed?
Option 1: 39
Option 2: 42
Option 3: 45
Option 4: 40
Correct Answer: 39
Solution : Given that the average of 9 numbers is 47, the sum of these 9 numbers = 47 × 9 = 423 If one number is removed and the average becomes 48, the sum of the remaining 8 numbers = 48 × 8 = 384 Required
Question : Directions: 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. E can be represented by 00, 13, 32, etc. and S can be represented by 55, 76, 87, etc. Similarly, you have to identify the set for the word given below. CART
Matrix I
Matrix II
Option 1: 65, 33, 40, 86
Option 2: 66, 12, 40, 58
Option 3: 88, 44, 31, 89
Option 4: 59, 20, 32, 89
Correct Answer: 66, 12, 40, 58
Solution : Given: CART
Number representations of each letter of the word CART – C – 59, 66, 77, 88, 95 A – 01, 12, 20, 33, 44 R – 02, 14, 23, 31, 40 T – 58, 67, 75, 86, 99
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Question : Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
To____ your self-worth, write down some things that are positive about yourself.
Option 1: sanctify
Option 2: overlook
Option 3: affirm
Option 4: repudiate
Correct Answer: affirm
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The word affirm means to assert strongly or to declare positively. In the context of the sentence provided, affirm is the best fit because it suggests the action of acknowledging or confirming one's self-worth by focusing on
Question : A dishonest shopkeeper pretends to sell his goods at a cost price but uses false weights and gains 10%. How much false weight he is using instead of 1 kg weight?
Option 1: 909.09 g
Option 2: 900 g
Option 3: 920.30 g
Option 4: 911.12 g
Correct Answer: 909.09 g
Solution : Let the false weight as $x$ kg. The shopkeeper is gaining 10% by using this false weight, which means that when he claims to sell 1 kg of goods, he is only giving away $x$ kg. The cost price of $x$ kg of goods
Question : In which year did Sher Shah Suri defeated Humayun at Kannauj?
Option 1: 1541
Option 2: 1543
Option 3: 1540
Option 4: 1542
Correct Answer: 1540
Solution : The correct answer is 1540.
In May 1540, Sher Shah Suri, also known as Sher Khan, defeated the Humayun army in the Battle of Kannauj because the gunpowder that the Humayun's army was carrying was left out in the open and grew wet from
Question : A plant cell has a big central _______, unlike several small ______ in animal cells.
Option 1: vacuole, vacuoles
Option 2: cell wall, cell walls
Option 3: tissue, tissues
Option 4: cell membrane, cell membranes
Correct Answer: vacuole, vacuoles
Solution : The correct answer is vacuole, vacuoles.
Animal cells lack a cell wall, a big central vacuole, chloroplasts, and other specialised plastids. In contrast, plant cells do. Animal cells contain a structure called the centrosome that organises microtubules close to the nuclei. It has two
Question : The Bhagirathi river originates from Gomukh Glacier. It meets the Alaknanda at Devprayag to form river _______.
Option 1: Ganga
Option 2: Ravi
Option 3: Saraswati
Option 4: Yamuna
Correct Answer: Ganga
Solution : The correct answer is Ganga.
The Alaknanda River originates at the confluence of the Satopanth and Bhagirath Kharak glaciers in Uttarakhand, near the Tibet border. The Bhagirathi River begins at Gaumukh, situated at the base of the Gangotri and Khatling glaciers in the Garhwal
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