Staff Selection Commission Stenographer Grade C & D Exam
Question : Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underlined segment in the given sentence. If no substitution is required, select No substitution. Every day, a vegetable-seller coming in the lane nearby.
Option 1: comes into the lane nearby
Option 2: coming on the lane nearby
Option 3: came at a lane nearby
Option 4: No substitution
Correct Answer: comes into the lane nearby
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
Explanation: The original sentence is in the present continuous tense (coming), but for general statements like this, we typically use the simple present tense.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: "Every day, a vegetable seller
Question : Which of the following is not a Mendelian disorder?
Option 1: Turner Syndrome
Option 2: Haemophilia
Option 3: Phenylketonuria
Option 4: Sickle-cell anaemia
Correct Answer: Turner Syndrome
Solution : The correct option is Turner Syndrome.
Turner syndrome is not a Mendelian disorder. Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder that results from the complete or partial absence of one of the X chromosomes in females. It is often characterised by short stature and
Question : Directions: In the question, a part of the sentence is in bold. Below are given alternatives to the bold part at (1), (2), and (3) that may improve the sentence. Choose the correct alternative. In case no improvement is needed, your answer is (4).
His brother never has and never will be dependable.
(1) never had
(2) never has been
(3) was never being
(4) No Improvement
Option 1: (1)
Option 2: (2)
Option 3: (3)
Option 4: (4)
Correct Answer: (2)
Solution : The sentence can be improved using the second option.
This option maintains the correct tense and structure of the sentence. "Has been" is used to indicate that the brother has never been dependable in the past, and this pattern will continue in the future.
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. The policeman told the tourist that first of all they had to establish his identity.
Option 1: The policeman said to the tourist, "First of all we will establish your identity."
Option 2: The policeman said to the tourist, "First of all we have to establish his identity."
Option 3: The policeman said to the tourist, "First of all we have to establish your identity."
Option 4: The policeman said to the tourist, "First of all I have to establish your identity."
Correct Answer: The policeman said to the tourist, "First of all we have to establish your identity."
Solution : The correct choice is the third option.
Question : Who among the following was the recipient of the "National Award for Young Women Showing Excellence through Application of Technology for Societal Benefit" in March 2020?
Option 1: Shweta Rawat
Option 2: Ritu Karidhal
Option 3: Muthayya Vanitha
Option 4: Gagandeep Kang
Correct Answer: Shweta Rawat
Solution : The correct answer is Shweta Rawat.
Shweta Rawat was conferred with the "National Award for Young Women Showing Excellence through the Application of Technology for Societal Benefits" by the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind. She had developed a female-specific full-body protector.
Question : During the freedom struggle, who was the only President of the Indian National Congress who resigned from the presidency even after being elected?
Option 1: Mahatma Gandhi
Option 2: Dadabhai Naoroji
Option 3: Subhash Chandra Bose
Option 4: Rajendra Prasad
Correct Answer: Subhash Chandra Bose
Solution : The correct answer is Subhash Chandra Bose.
In 1939, Subhas Chandra Bose defeated Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya to become the President of the Indian National Congress (INC). Bose later tendered his resignation as President following a falling out with Gandhi and the Congress
Question : Directions: Select the option that represents the correct order of the given words as they would appear in an English dictionary. 1. Profess 2. Product 3. Prosecute 4. Precaution 5. Proctor
Option 1: 2, 5, 4, 1, 3
Option 2: 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
Option 3: 4, 5, 2, 3, 1
Option 4: 4, 5, 2, 1, 3
Correct Answer: 4, 5, 2, 1, 3
Solution : Given: 1. Profess 2. Product 3. Prosecute 4. Precaution 5. Proctor
Step 1: Compare the first and second letters of each word. Since all the words start with the same letter P, and are followed by r then move on
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The passenger says to the railway clerk, "Is the train late?"
Option 1: The passenger has asked the railway clerk whether the train is late.
Option 2: The passenger asked the railway clerk was the train late.
Option 3: The passenger asks the railway clerk was the train late.
Option 4: The passenger asks the railway clerk if the train is late.
Correct Answer: The passenger asks the railway clerk if the train is late.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
In the conversion to indirect speech, we follow the steps as follows:
Question : Select the grammatically correct sentence.
Option 1: The easiest way to solve a issue was to accept the demands of the strikers unconditionally.
Option 2: The easiest way to solve an issue was to accept a demands of the strikers unconditionally.
Option 3: The easiest way to solve the issue was to accept the demands of the strikers unconditionally.
Option 4: An easiest way to solve the issue was to accept an demands of the strikers unconditionally.
Correct Answer: The easiest way to solve the issue was to accept the demands of the strikers unconditionally.
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
"The easiest way" is a grammatically correct phrase to start the sentence. "To solve the issue" is the correct structure to describe the
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The mother loves the baby.
Option 1: The baby was loved by the mother.
Option 2: The baby will be loved by the mother.
Option 3: The baby has been loved by the mother.
Option 4: The baby is loved by the mother.
Correct Answer: The baby is loved by the mother.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
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
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