Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Gresham's law in economics relates to ___________.
Option 1: Supply and Demand
Option 2: Distribution of goods and services
Option 3: Consumption and Supply
Option 4: Circulation of currency
Correct Answer: Circulation of currency
Solution : The correct option is Circulation of currency
Gresham's law states that people will typically hoard or save the money that is viewed as being of higher quality (good money) and spend or circulate the value that is viewed as being of lower
Question : Accounting of National Income at constant prices is known as____________.
Option 1: Money income
Option 2: Current income
Option 3: Domestic income
Option 4: Real income
Correct Answer: Real income
Solution : The correct answer is Real income.
Accounting of National income at constant prices is known as Real income. It is known as real income because National income at constant prices is a true measure of the purchasing power of the people. If the National
Question : The following sentence has been divided into parts. 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. It were the farmers / who wanted the government / to increase the minimum selling price.
Option 1: to increase the minimum selling price
Option 2: It were the farmers
Option 3: who wanted the government
Option 4: No Error
Correct Answer: It were the farmers
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Explanation: The error lies in the use of "were" instead of "was". According to the subject-verb agreement, when the subject is the singular pronoun "it", the correct form of the verb "to be"
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
DISCARD
Option 1: accept
Option 2: ditch
Option 3: scrap
Option 4: eliminate
Correct Answer: accept
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Discard means to let go of, or dismiss something.
Accept means to approve or agree on something. Both of these words imply opposite actions in decision-making, as "discard" implies rejecting something, whereas "accept" implies agreeing on something,
Question : Who is the first Indian to win the FIH (Federation Internationale de Hockey) Player of the Year Award 2019?
Option 1: Manpreet Singh
Option 2: Dhyan Chand
Option 3: Ajit Pal Singh
Option 4: Bharat Chettri
Correct Answer: Manpreet Singh
Solution : The correct answer is Manpreet Singh.
Manpreet Singh is the captain of the National men's hockey team, and he became the first Indian to win the FIH (Federation Internationale de Hockey) Player of the Year Award 2019. Manpreet Singh is a midfielder in
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The manager said to his staff, “Don’t be late for work or your salary will be deducted.”
Option 1: The manager told his staff not to be late for work, or their salary would be deducted.
Option 2: The manager told his staff not be late for work or their salary will be deducted.
Option 3: The manager told his staff to not be late for work or your salary would be deducted.
Option 4: The manager told his staff to be not late for work or your salary will be deducted.
Correct Answer: The manager told his staff not to be late for work, or their salary would be deducted.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Narration Conversion:
Question : Which of the following wildlife sanctuaries is located in Goa?
Option 1: Dandeli Wildlife Sanctuary
Option 2: Interview Island Wildlife Sanctuary
Option 3: Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
Option 4: Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary
Correct Answer: Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary
Solution : The correct answer is Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary.
The Goan town of Mollem in Goa is home to the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary. This is the largest of Goa's four protected wildlife regions, covering 240 sq km and includes The Molem
Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. With an impressive growth in yields, Telangana now claims to be transforming into the rice bowl of India. The Food Corporation of India (FCl) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone, which is more than half of the national target of 91 lakh tonnes. The state's harvests have nearly doubled in a year. Paddy production is up 93%, maize 95%, and cotton 74%, according to the Telangana Planning Department.
The state is also making its mark as a producer of paddy seed. "About 85% of our village's paddy is of a fine variety that farmers in MP, Haryana, Bengal, and Bihar use as seed," said a farmer in Anksapur Village in Nizamabad district. The seed crop sells at a premium over the state's minimum support price for paddy.
Question: Telangana's contribution to the national stock of paddy is:
Option 1: one-third of the country's procurement target
Option 2: more than half of the country's paddy procurement
Option 3: less than half of the nation's rice procurement
Option 4: half of the nation's procurement target
Correct Answer: more than half of the country's paddy procurement
Solution : The correct option is the second option.
Explanation: Telangana's contribution to the national stock of paddy is stated in the passage as "The Food Corporation of India (FCI) has procured 52 lakh tonnes of paddy from Telangana alone,
Question : The following sentence has been divided into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
Radha told her friends that / she will discuss the project / with her mentor when / she would meet him tomorrow.
Option 1: she would meet him tomorrow.
Option 2: Radha told her friends that
Option 3: with her mentor when
Option 4: she will discuss the project
Correct Answer: she would meet him tomorrow.
The segment that contains a grammatical error is: "she would meet him tomorrow."
In reported speech, the use of "would" is generally reserved for past-tense scenarios, indicating a conditional or indirect statement. In
Question : The ANZUS was signed in 1951 between ______.
Option 1: Australia and New Zealand
Option 2: Australia and USA
Option 3: New Zealand and USA
Option 4: Australia, New Zealand, and USA
Correct Answer: Australia, New Zealand, and USA
Solution : The correct options are Australia, New Zealand and the USA.
To safeguard the security of the Pacific, three countries—Australia, New Zealand, and the United States—signed the ANZUS Treaty in 1951. The United States and New Zealand no longer retain their bilateral
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