Staff Selection Commission Multi Tasking Staff Exam
Question : In the product method for measurement of national income, we need to deduct the value of intermediate goods to ____.
Option 1: analyse factors of production
Option 2: avoid over consumption
Option 3: avoid double counting
Option 4: estimate aggregate value of expenditure
Correct Answer: avoid double counting
Solution : The correct option is to avoid double counting.
In the product method for measuring national income, we need to deduct the value of intermediate goods to avoid double counting. Intermediate goods are those used in the production process and are included in
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word. Vanish
Option 1: Disappear
Option 2: Depart
Option 3: Conquer
Option 4: Emerge
Correct Answer: Emerge
Solution : The right choice is the fourth option.
Vanish means to disappear from sight or to cease to exist. Emerge, on the other hand, means to come into view, appear, or become known which is the opposite of disappearing or vanishing.
The meanings of
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the bracketed segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to substitute it, select 'no substitution required'. The government appears (to be at war with it's own people.)
Option 1: to be on war with it's own people
Option 2: to be at war against it's own people
Option 3: No substitution required
Option 4: to be at war with its own people
Correct Answer: to be at war with its own people
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The word "it's" in the original sentence is not a possessive pronoun. This is the contraction of "it is" or "it has". It should be replaced with the correct possessive pronoun,
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence have errors and some are correct. Find out which part of the sentence has an error. The number of that part is the answer. If a sentence is error-free, your answer is "No Error."
It is better to stay at home than go to market when it is raining.
(1) It is better to stay at home
(2) than go to market
(3) when it is raining.
(4) No error
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The error lies in the second option.
The phrase "go to market" should be replaced with "go to the market", as it refers to a specific activity. Moreover, while using "than" to compare two actions, parallelism also needs to be observed.
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the underlined word in the given sentence.
These types of insects are usually very difficult to eradicate.
Option 1: emancipate
Option 2: annihilate
Option 3: conserve
Option 4: devastate
Correct Answer: conserve
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The word eradicate means to completely destroy or get rid of something. Conserve is the most appropriate antonym, as it means to protect and preserve something from harm or destruction.
The meanings of the other options
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym to substitute the bracketed word in the given sentence.
From start to finish, the treatment of the defendants was a (travesty) of legal due process.
Option 1: magic
Option 2: mockery
Option 3: tribute
Option 4: slurry
Correct Answer: mockery
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The word travesty refers to a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. Mockery is the synonym that closely aligns with this sense of distortion and absurdity.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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. Nuclear power for civil use is well (1)________ in India. Since building the two small boiling water reactors (2)__________ Tarapur in the 1960s, its civil nuclear strategy (3)_________ directed towards complete independence in the nuclear fuel cycle, necessarily (4)__________ it is excluded (5)___________ the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Question: Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 1.
Option 1: implanted
Option 2: founded
Option 3: resurrected
Option 4: established
Correct Answer: established
Solution : The most appropriate option to fill in the blank is the fourth option.
Explanation: In this context, the blank requires a word that signifies the initiation or setup of nuclear power for civil use in India. The word established is the most suitable choice
Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom. For better or (for) worse
Option 1: Become out of control
Option 2: Extreme enthusiasm
Option 3: To be in trouble
Option 4: To accept whatever results, good or bad
Correct Answer: To accept whatever results, good or bad
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The most appropriate meaning of the idiom, for better or (for) worse, is to accept whatever results, good or bad. This idiom is often used in the context of marriage vows, indicating
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.
Apart from Germany, they also visited Italy and Austria during its business trip.
Option 1: also visited Italy and Austria
Option 2: during its business trip
Option 3: Apart from Germany, they
Option 4: No error.
Correct Answer: during its business trip
Explanation: "Its" should be replaced with the third-person plural possessive pronoun "their" to make the sentence grammatically accurate, as it is the correct choice, which shows that they also visited Italy and Australia
Question : A sentence has been given a blank to be filled with an appropriate option. Choose the correct alternative.
Your presence______ both my brother and sister.
Option 1: affecting
Option 2: effect
Option 3: effects
Option 4: affects
Correct Answer: affects
Explanation: In this sentence, "presence" is the subject, and since it is singular, the verb that follows should also be singular. Affects, is the third-person singular form of the verb affect, and correctly agrees with the singular
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