Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Savita said, "I'm enjoying my stay in the hills."
Option 1: Savita said that I am enjoying my stay in the hills.
Option 2: Savita said that I'm going to enjoy my stay in the hills.
Option 3: Savita said that she was enjoying her stay in the hills.
Option 4: Savita said that she had been enjoying her stay in the hills.
Correct Answer: Savita said that she was enjoying her stay in the hills.
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Question : With effect from the 1st of April 2020, The United Bank of India has been merged with which among the following Banks?
Option 1: Bank of Baroda
Option 2: Punjab National Bank
Option 3: State Bank of India
Option 4: Canara Bank
Correct Answer: Punjab National Bank
Solution : The correct answer is Punjab National Bank.
The United Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank along with the Oriental Bank of Commerce with effect from 1 April 2020. After the Merger, the Punjab National Bank has become the second largest public
Question : Directions: In the following question, some parts of the sentence may have errors. Find out which part of the sentence has an error and select the appropriate option. If the sentence is free from error, select "No Error".
I met the gentleman (1) / today evening on my (2) / way back home. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The error lies in the first part of the sentence.
The error lies in the use of the definite article "the" before gentleman. If the sentence doesn't refer to a specific gentleman known to both the speaker and the listener, the indefinite article "a"
Question : Sadhvi Dhuri, who was one of the most successful athletes at the Khelo India University Games, is a professional:
Option 1: steeplechaser
Option 2: boxer
Option 3: swimmer
Option 4: wrestler
Correct Answer: swimmer
Solution : The correct answer is swimmer.
Sadhvi Dhuri is an Indian swimmer. She scooped two gold medals on the fifth day of the Khelo India University Games. Sadhvi Dhuri, 19, became victorious in the swimming contests, winning the 200-metre freestyle and the 100-metre butterfly.
Question : Directions: Three of the following four–letter cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and one is different. Pick the odd one out.
Option 1: MAGIC : AMGCI
Option 2: FIRST : IFRTS
Option 3: LOGIC : OLGCI
Option 4: CREST : RCTES
Correct Answer: CREST : RCTES
Solution : Let's check each option – First option: MAGIC : AMGCI; The first two alphabets are interchanged middle alphabet is written as it is and then the last two alphabets are interchanged. Second Option: FIRST : IFRTS; The first two alphabets are interchanged middle
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.
It was a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking (1)______ and down his study and remembering (2)______ fifteen years before, he (3)______ given a party one autumn evening. (4)______ had been many clever men present (5)______ they had interesting conversations. (6)______ other things they had talked (7)______ capital punishment. The (8)______ of the guests, among (9)______ were many journalists and intellectual men, (10)______ of the death penalty.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank 2.
Option 1: those
Option 2: whenever
Option 3: which
Option 4: how
Correct Answer: how
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
How is the appropriate choice, as it acts as a conjunction here to introduce a secondary cause and convey the meaning that the banker was walking to and fro in his study and remembering something from fifteen
Question : Comprehension: Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow. Anna Pávlovna's drawing room was gradually filling. The highest Petersburg society was assembled there: people differing widely in age and character but alike in the social circle to which they belonged.
Prince Vasíli's daughter, the beautiful Hélène, wore a ball dress and her badge as maid of honour. The youthful little Princess Bolkónskaya, known as the most fascinating woman in Petersburg was also there. Vasili's son, Hippolyte, Mortemart and many others had also come.
To each new arrival Anna Pávlovna said, "You have not yet seen my aunt," or "You do not know my aunt?" and very gravely conducted him or her to a little old lady, wearing large bows of ribbon in her cap, who had come sailing in from another room as soon as the guests began to arrive; and slowly turning her eyes from the visitor to her aunt, Anna Pávlovna mentioned each one's name and then left them.
Each visitor performed the ceremony of greeting this old aunt whom not one of them knew, not one of them wanted to know, and not one of them cared about; Anna Pávlovna observed these greetings with mournful and solemn interest and silent approval. The aunt spoke to each of them in the same words, about their health and her own.
And each visitor, though politeness prevented his showing impatience, left the old woman with a sense of relief at having performed a vexatious duty and did not return to her the whole evening.
Question: The guests in Anna's drawing room were:
Option 1: from varied social backgrounds and age groups
Option 2: all elderly men and women from high society
Option 3: only very good looking women
Option 4: only men and women belonging to high society
Correct Answer: only men and women belonging to high society
The guests in Anna Pávlovna's drawing room were from the highest Petersburg society, varying in age and character but sharing a common social circle. Notable individuals mentioned include Prince Vasíli's
Question : Directions: In the following question a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series. 6, 10, 18, 34, ___
Option 1: 46
Option 2: 56
Option 3: 66
Option 4: 76
Correct Answer: 66
Solution : Given: 6, 10, 18, 34, ___
In the given series, add twice the difference of the previous number to get the next number – 6 + 4 = 10; 10 + (4 × 2) = 10 + 8 = 18; 18 + (8 × 2)
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.
Sid is / bring the cake / for Ria's birthday.
Option 1: bring the cake
Option 2: for Ria's birthday.
Option 3: No error
Option 4: Sid is
Correct Answer: bring the cake
Solution : The error lies in the first option.
"Bringing" is the correct verb form to be used in the sentence, as the present continuous tense should be used, which is "bringing" in this context, to indicate an action happening at the present moment.
Question : Rheumatic heart disease is treated with the help of:
Option 1: Aspirin
Option 2: Streptomycin
Option 3: Methyldopa
Option 4: Penicillin
Correct Answer: Aspirin
Solution : The correct option is Aspirin.
Aspirin is used to reduce inflammation. Other medicines used for the same purpose are steroids. Rheumatic heart disease is a type of disease in which valves get damaged.
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