Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
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.
The G20, or Group of Twenty, is an international forum which (1)_______ 19 countries and the European Union (EU). It focuses on significant global economic challenges such as international financial (2)_______, climate change mitigation, and (3) development. In 1999, the G20 was formed in (4)______ to various global economic crises. The G20 (5)______ itself the principal arena for international economic and financial cooperation during its 2009 meeting.
Question
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank number 5.
Option 1: values
Option 2: designated
Option 3: appointed
Option 4: offered
Correct Answer: designated
Solution : The right choice is the second option.
Using designated in the sentence means that during its 2009 meeting, the G20 officially assigned or declared itself to be the primary forum for international economic and financial cooperation. This term indicates a self-assignment of a specific
Question : Select the most appropriate synonym of the underlined word.
The soldiers showed fortitude and resilience while facing the opponents.
Option 1: Ingenuity
Option 2: Bravery
Option 3: Atrocity
Option 4: Conscientiousness
Correct Answer: Bravery
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Fortitude refers to courage in facing adversity, enduring challenges, or displaying strength in difficult situations. Similarly, bravery conveys the quality of being brave, showing courage, and facing adversity with determination.
The meanings of the other options are
Question : Select the most appropriate ANTONYM of the given word.
Admire
Option 1: Adore
Option 2: Ridicule
Option 3: Enjoy
Option 4: Wonder
Correct Answer: Ridicule
Admire means to respect and look up to someone. Ridicule means to mock someone. Thus, it is the opposite of "admire", which makes them antonyms.
The meanings of the other options are as follows:
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."
There were extensive (1) / lawn in front (2) / of the bungalow. (3) / No Error (4)
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (1)
Solution : The error is in the first part of the sentence, as "were" is used, which is the plural verb and should be used with plural subjects. However, in this sentence, the subject "lawn" is singular, not plural, so "were" should be replaced with "was" to
Question : In the sentence, identify the segment that contains the grammatical error. No sooner had the lockdown been announced when people began to do panic shopping.
Option 1: No sooner had
Option 2: the lockdown been announced
Option 3: when people began
Option 4: to do panic shopping
Correct Answer: when people began
Solution : The error lies in the third option.
The conjunction when should be replaced with than to maintain grammatical accuracy. In the given sentence, the conjunction no sooner...than is a correlative conjunction pair commonly used to express a cause-and-effect relationship in a simultaneous or
Question : Directions: X is older than Z, Y is younger than Z, Z is older than W. W is younger than X, who is the oldest?
Option 1: X
Option 2: Y
Option 3: W
Option 4: Z
Correct Answer: X
Solution : Given: I. X is older than Z. X > Z II. Y is younger than Z. Y < Z III. Z is older than W. Z > W IV. W is younger than X. W < X After combining all the given information, we have
Question : Directions: Six persons, P, Q, R, S, T, and U are sitting in a room. There are equal males and females. There is at least one married couple in the room. Q is P's daughter. S is the father of two persons (one male and one female). P and T are daughters of U. Who is the married couple?
Option 1: P and S
Option 2: U and Q
Option 3: U and S
Option 4: Q and T
Correct Answer: P and S
Solution : As per the given information, the family tree will be as follows –
Here, the quadrilateral represents the male, and the circular figure represents the female in the figure.
So, from the above family tree, the married couple is P and S. Hence,
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.
Many years ago, high up among (1)______ old Swiss mountains, there lived a man named William Tell. He was a (2)______ hunter and considered to be the best shot in the (3)______ land. At that time, the country was ruled by a (4)______ named Gessler. Gessler was very proud of the power that he had (5)______ his people. He made many harsh laws which the people had to (6)______. He had his hat placed on a tall pole and ordered that anyone who (7)______ that way should bow to his hat. One day William Tell (8)_______ to pass that way. The soldier on duty asked him to bow or face the (9)______. But William Tell boldly refused and said he would never show (10)______ to a hat.
Question:
Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank No. 8.
Option 1: happens
Option 2: has happened
Option 3: happen
Option 4: happened
Correct Answer: happened
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Happened in this context means that it occurred by chance. The sentence "William Tell happened to pass that way" implies that it was by chance or coincidence that William Tell went past that particular location where Gessler's
Question : Directions: If Red is called Tomato, Tomato is called Sweet, Sweet is called Good, and Good is called Clean, then what is the colour of blood?
Option 1: Good
Option 2: Clean
Option 3: Tomato
Option 4: Red
Correct Answer: Tomato
Solution : Here, as per the given instructions – Red represents Tomato; Tomato represents Sweet; Sweet represents Good; Good represents Clean
Since, in the real world, the colour of Blood is Red, therefore, according to the colour code, the colour of Blood will be Tomato.
Hence, the
Question : Comprehension: Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow. Unlike its Nordic neighbours, Sweden decided early on in the pandemic to forgo lockdown in the hope of achieving broad immunity to the coronavirus. While social distancing was promoted, the government allowed bars, restaurants, salons, gyms, and schools to stay open. Initially, Sweden saw death rates from COVID-19 that were similar to those of other European nations that had closed down their economies. But now, the Scandinavian nation's daily death toll per 1 million people is 8.71 compared to the United States 4.59, according to the online publication 'Our World in Data'. Sweden's mortality rate is the highest in Europe. "I'd say it hasn't worked out so well," said Dr. George Rutherford, professor of epidemiology at the University of California, San Francisco. "I think the mortality in Norway is something like ten-fold lower. That's the real comparator." (Norway's daily death rate is less than 0.01 per 1 million people.) "If you let this go, don't try very hard, or go about it in somewhat of a more restrained way than we have here, this is the price you pay," Rutherford said. "Maybe it didn't hurt businesses, but you have twice the mortality rate of the United States. All those people who died were part of families, and they were citizens and part of the fabric of Swedish society. And now they're gone because of a policy that hasn't worked out quite the way they thought it would." Scientists estimate herd immunity for the coronavirus is reached when 70–90% of the population becomes immune to a virus, either by becoming infected or getting a protective vaccine. Despite its relaxed response, Sweden is nowhere near hitting that goal. Tests on 1,118 Stockholm residents carried out by Sweden's Public Health Agency over one week in late April showed that only 7.3% had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the disease. "I think herd immunity is a long way off if we ever reach it," Björn Olsen, a professor of infectious medicine at Uppsala University, told Reuters after the release of the antibody findings. Rutherford said we can keep doing non-pharmaceutical interventions like contact tracing, mask-wearing, and isolation quarantines, but also develop drugs that work better treating people who already have the infection so they don't require critical care in a hospital.
Question: Select the option that correctly matches the words from the passage with their meanings. a. forgo 1. Prevent b. restrain 2. decline c. stave off 3. control
Option 1: a-2, b-3, c-1
Option 2: a-2, b-1, c-3
Option 3: a-1, b-3, c-2
Option 4: a-3, b-2, c-1
Correct Answer: a-2, b-3, c-1
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Explanation:
Forgo means abstaining
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