Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Directions: Select the correct option that indicates the arrangement of the following words in a logical and meaningful order. 1. Metre 2. Millimetre 3. 100 Metre 4. Centimetre 5. Kilometre
Option 1: 3, 5, 1, 4, 2
Option 2: 5, 3, 1, 4, 2
Option 3: 5, 2, 3, 1, 4
Option 4: 5, 3, 1, 2, 4
Correct Answer: 5, 3, 1, 4, 2
Solution : Given: 1. Metre 2. Millimetre 3. 100 Metre 4. Centimetre 5. Kilometre
The arrangement of units in descending order is as follows – From the given words the smallest unit is a metre and a metre is a metric unit of
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. David said, "Can someone please explain what is going on?"
Option 1: David asked whether someone could explain what was going on.
Option 2: David said can someone please explain what is going on.
Option 3: David asked that if someone could explain what is going on.
Option 4: David asked if someone can please explain what was going on.
Correct Answer: David asked whether someone could explain what was going on.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.
Narration conversion:
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
He gave a large amount of donations for flood victims and everyone appreciated his magnanimous act.
Option 1: Vindictive
Option 2: Chimerical
Option 3: Chivalrous
Option 4: Cherubic
Correct Answer: Chivalrous
Solution : The third option is correct.
Magnanimous means generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from resentment or vindictiveness. Chivalrous refers to someone who shows qualities associated with chivalry, such as honour, generosity, and courage. Both of the words describe noble and generous qualities and,
Question : National Pollution Prevention Day is observed on____ annually in memory of people who lost their lives in the Bhopal gas tragedy.
Option 1: 15 July
Option 2: 23 October
Option 3: 6 November
Option 4: 2 December
Correct Answer: 2 December
Solution : The correct option is December 2.
Every year on December 2, people mark National Pollution Prevention Day. This observance is devoted to supporting actions that can aid in the prevention and control of pollution as well as increasing public knowledge of pollution prevention
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. 4, 5, 6, 9, 8, 13, 10, ?
Option 1: 14
Option 2: 15
Option 3: 11
Option 4: 17
Correct Answer: 17
Solution : Given: 4, 5, 6, 9, 8, 13, 10, ?
Here, add 2 and 4 alternatively to each number to get the missing number –
So, the missing number is 17. Hence, the fourth option is correct.
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 blank.
The locust is an insect that belongs to the family of grasshoppers. These insects are essentially harmless (1)__________they meet certain circumstances under which they (2) _________more abundant and change their behaviour. India, Pakistan and Iran (3)_____________currently thinking over the locust plague threat (4) _________over their economies. When these locusts meet (5) __________environmental conditions, they become gregarious and (6) __________breeding abundantly. With their population becoming (7) _________, they form swarms and keep moving (8) ___________areas damaging the crops. These swarms attacking (9) ____________and thereby devastating the entire agricultural economy is (10) ____________is commonly referred to as locust plague.
Question: Select the most appropriate option for blank no. 4.
Option 1: staying
Option 2: leaving
Option 3: lingering
Option 4: remaining
Correct Answer: lingering
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
The term lingering in this context implies that the locust plague threat is persisting or remaining over the economies of India, Pakistan, and Iran. It suggests a continuing and potentially concerning impact on their economic situations.
Therefore,
Question : Directions: Select the option related to the third letter cluster in the same way as the second letter cluster is related to the first letter cluster. SEASONAL : OEAALNSS :: FRUITS : ?
Option 1: BRUVDR
Option 2: BRUART
Option 3: UIFRST
Option 4: IUSTRF
Correct Answer: UIFRST
Solution : Given: SEASONAL : OEAALNSS :: FRUITS : ?
Firstly arrange vowels in reverse alphabetical order and then arrange all consonants in alphabetical order – SEASONAL → Vowels = OEAA, Consonants = LNSS Thus, SEASONAL is coded as OEAALNSS. Similarly, by following the same pattern for
Question : Select the correct passive voice of the given sentence. How can you determine your audience's needs?
Option 1: How is your audience's needs determined?
Option 2: How can your audience's needs be determined?
Option 3: How are the audience's needs determined by you?
Option 4: How could your audience's needs determined?
Correct Answer: How can your audience's needs be determined?
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Passive voice is the voice in which the object experiences an action rather than the person who performs the action. Hence, the object in the active voice becomes the subject in the
Question : The following sentence has been split into four segments. Identify the segment that contains a grammatical error.
By this time tomorrow, / you will be playing / the violin / for 48 hours.
Option 1: you will be playing
Option 2: By this time tomorrow,
Option 3: for 48 hours
Option 4: the violin
Correct Answer: you will be playing
Solution : The first option is correct.
The future perfect tense is the tense which is used to describe an event that is expected to happen before time.
The sentence is in the future perfect tense, and in these cases, will have + past
Question : Directions: Select the option in which the given figure is embedded (rotation is NOT allowed).
Option 1:
Option 2:
Option 3:
Option 4:
Correct Answer:
Solution : Since the rotation is restricted. So, the embedded figure will have the same orientation as the main figure. By comparison of the question figure with all the option figures, it is evident that the given question figure is embedded only in the third option figure.
Hence,
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